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Dandelions are beginning to crop up here with the warm weather, and I picked one of the blooms for Bruce. He absolutely loved it. I know the greens are a good food source, but what about the flowers? Are they equally nutritious?

JR
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my family and i know nothing about yard work or pesticides and fertilizers.

anyway, last year nothing was used in my aunt's yard. in years past some chemicals were used but definitely nothing last year or this year. we have no idea how long these things linger around and i was wondering if it was safe to feed them the flowers out of the yard. there are tons of them, i could probably quit going to the grocery store if i didn't have to balance their diets.

as for the original post, douglas dix has a page on wild flowers on his website, deerfernfarms.com it talks about the flowers there, hopefully that helps some
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vonnie
***The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you. — Issac Asimov ***

Well, you could use the NOP standard... to be certified as organic farmland must be free of most pesticides, fungicides, herbicides or fertilizers (there is a list of acceptable 'natural' treatments), for at least 3 years.

Several people on this forum has espoused two months as a "safe" amount of time to wait before harvesting from plants that has been treated or sprayed. I think this is guesswork, as the amount of time it takes for insecticides & chemicals to work their way out of land or a plant is longer than 2 months, as evidenced by the watered-down organic standard of the NOP.

I wonder about all of this concern about home-use chemical weedkillers that may or may not have been sprayed on lawns... are these people also concerned about the chemicals in and on the produce they buy? are they buying entirely sustainably produced certified organic produce for their uros?

I advise you to use your best judgement, but if you are a worrier, you can send a sample of your soil to a lab.

--benedita

Ok, I know that I've had a couple, but I think the question was about the nutrition and not about pesticide worries.

I'm not sure of the nutrition but have been preaching feeding of the yelloow blooms. All my uros run for them. I'll dust them to ensure they get their vitamins and calcium.
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First, sorry about my previous post. I didn't read all the way through.
As for your question, until you find out with some certainty that it's safe, I'd hold off. I used to raid the neighbor's yard before we moved
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