Lets see your Ricinus ..

collins99 · Post by **collins99** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:07 pm

I know this plant was the HTUK competition last year to see who could grow the biggest leaf, anybody who is growing this lets get some pictures on here and see how everybody's is getting on . I am going to get some pictures of mine now to get the ball rolling ...

nick...

collins99 · Post by **collins99** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:22 pm

A few pictures of mine from tonight ...

Post by **Dave Brown** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:51 pm

I thought I had a lot of seed from last year's plant so didn't buy any more. I don't know what went wrong but I got a germination rate of big fat zilch

so don't have anything to take a pic of this year

bobbyd44 · Post by **bobbyd44** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:53 pm

al the green ricinus seeds i bought failed to doo anything too! all my red one germinated no probs will do some pics tomo!!
and i also brought back alot of wild ricinus seed from portugal two weeks ago where they was the size of a small tree on wasteland!!

lee-ann · Post by **lee-ann** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:54 pm

Well they look better than mine they're there honest.

ElTel · Post by **ElTel** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:43 pm

i dont know if you know but Ricinus is where the poision Ricin comes from. Its very deadly poison. see wikipedia if you havent seen this before http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricin

It was used to make a gas which was then released in the Japanese subway in 1995 (anyone else remember that). about 10 people died

if you have pets or children then you really shoulnt grow plants like this, or even if your neighbours have pets or children, only a small amount would kill say a cat. if you do grow it and touch it then wash your hands stright away with a strong soap or even weargloves to be protected.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:36 pm

I haven't had time to germinate any this year. However, in previous years I've started them in a heated propagator in Feb. Here's mine from last year, cheating I know.

bobbyd44 · Post by **bobbyd44** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:17 pm

thats not cheating!! just a head start

and why not when they get too that size

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:44 pm

Richard wrote:I haven't had time to germinate any this year. However, in previous years I've started them in a heated propagator in Feb. Here's mine from last year, cheating I know.

Thats a plant to aspire to Richard,

I started my N.Z.P. on Valentines day, but they have only really started moving in the past couple of weeks.

derrick · Post by **derrick** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:31 pm

Ricinus was grown from a seed last year i cut it back and kept it inside for the winter .This is it now its grown a little its not for the competition i would be cheating its not to big anyway. This year seeds are small plants and my red stems went leggy ID PLEASE

grayk2 · Post by **grayk2** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:06 am

Here are some of my ricins, most grown from seed this year but a couple were over-wintered in a greenhouse.

simon · Post by **simon** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:08 am

grayk2, In picture 6, what is the deeply cut green palmate leaf bottom left, please?

simon · Post by **simon** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:04 am

Here are a few of mine. Zanzibarensis, NZ Purple and the 'variegated' one - Bloem Paul D'Hont.

Hankers · Post by **Hankers** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:40 pm

Mine seem to be growing quickly now.

Steve

Dan L · Post by **Dan L** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:57 pm

The ones on the left are carmencita. Middle ones are NZ purple, and the zanzibarensis on the right.

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