gamer.tv Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 For those that don't know it, Giant Hogweed is a relatively tall plant with white flowers that if cut and the sap lands on skin, will react with sunlight to cause reddening of the skin, then burns and lastly blisters and probably scarring. When I was about 18, I was strimming a lawn and it got me really badly so I've always been wary. On moving back to the Isle of Man, we found the garden we're going to use was covered in it, so I spent a few days pulling it out by hand, then wheelbarrowing it off to burn. I thought I'd cleared the garden and my wife asked me to strim the garden, though it turns out I was wrong and some less mature plants must have remained. Luckily, I was wearing jeans, a coat and a hat (along with a beard) which kept me relatively safe, but for some stupid reason, I didn't wear my gloves. So now I'm looking at my hands which are red and itchy (distractingly itchy) and I'm waiting for them to now mutate into horrible burned hands...which will be nice. A reminder to always dress appropriately for all work! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 We have it in upstate New York as well. It’s not native, and it looks like lady’s lace so every so often I hear of someone getting burns from it. I know you need to keep it from your eyes as in extreme cases it can cause blinding. I’m sorry you had a tangle with it sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Look at someone over here trying to humble brag about his giant hog. No I didn’t read the post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 The pictures on wikipedia of the blisters make this seem like it would be very unpleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Talk about unlocking a new fear. That stuff looks and sounds nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 This is the only reference to giant hogweed I knew about before this. Didn't know what it actually was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 “I have a giant hogweed that needs pulling” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 8 hours ago, LazyPiranha said: Look at someone over here trying to humble brag about his giant hog. He's bragged about his giant hog before but I think it may have gotten wiped in the old server failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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