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Poisoned by a bitter courgette?

  • Management Committee
  • Aug 11, 2021
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 30, 2022

A cautionary tale has reached us via Brighton and Hove Allotment Federation: their author reports that if courgette plants are hybridised or water-stressed they can sometimes contain a poison called 'Cucurbitacin E', apparently giving the courgettes a bitter taste. Other plants can be affected similarly (bitter cucumbers have been cited - see link).

 
 
 

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