Recent content by Nick Altena

maybe you didn't see it... but the answer is quite simple if you know a little about this pyrrolizidine alkaloids As long as the plant has not been eaten the pyrrolizidine alkaloids are in a N-oxide form and are not poisonous. When the plant is eaten they are transformed, mostly in the small...

A strange way of reacting here.... We too are people who love their horses, whe don't say ragwort is not toxic for them,we just said, it is not toxic by skin. Is this the normal way in England as you deal with people ?? I want to ask you all ONE simple question...but maybe you can only...

I quote: A recent investigation by a Dutch organisation has found that many pigs in the Netherlands are still being raised in conditions that break EU law. An undercover investigation by Dutch animal rights group Ongehoord ssssttt....do not tell others... its yust ONE thing on the list i...

Why do you think this is the only thing we do ?? Do not stop in a box if you do not know us ...

Ahhh... we come to the point what WE mean.... When there is no ragwort paninc in the UK ... can you explain me then why they want to show you... schock value fhoto's ??? What is the completely incorrect info about that ? In a dense grass sward ... there is no disturbe (open) ground... what...

That's great, at least ONE is understand what i am saying... perhaps you can explain it to the others ? I am sorry when i have insulted you personaly by suggesting you are not wilfully accept what i am writing. But read this line again and then maiby you understand better why and what i'm...

May i ask what kind of grass is "normal" / regular in the UK for horses ?

I was raised in this way. When people ask questions, I answer, no mather how difficult this is for me , like on this forum ...in English. Despite that someone writes that most of the people here are so intelligent and other people write here that you know already everything, there are still...

because my English is so poor...here you will find the answers : http://www.ragwortfacts.com/ragwort-meat.html that is NOT Eshter's site but one from the UK

pfffff...again the complain about my English ?? I ask different people i know in England if my English writing here is realy that poor that you can't read or understand it, as several say on this forum. They tolt me... as they are realy that intelligent as they say... they can read AND...

I answer it for Esther No... and why should we ? We are not crazy even though I get the impression you here on this forum think so. We do not send a horse with "ragwort" poisoning to the UK for various reasons. 1: By the time it becomes visible, the horse is already well sick and you do not...

Yes there is. The PA's in this plant is not a special one. There are around 6000 plants that have the same PA's These PA's shout pas your digestion / stomach to be poison and damage you're liver. And thát's simply not possible when comming in you're body by your skin... ------------...

protrude from rosettes is better because it's not as deeply rooted But you still must be dig wide and deep enough It's (in my opinion) just stupid to wait 2 years to bloom because then he is much more deeply rooted so greater risk of root residue remain when pulling out with hand or...

i agree, you can wear them for this reasons and and if you have allergic to ragwort. But then you have to wear it for much more plants with the same PA's (around 6000 different species) The only point I wanted to make is you do not need to wear gloves by pulling ragwort because it is toxic...

You always have a choice This is one of them... In the Netherlands we say... when you don't have a pool.... you can't keep fish When i see the problems of ragwort in the UK and then see how the horses be kept.... First off all i dont want to buy that land, but with no other choise...