Comments on: Cornflower http://www.thehomeherbalist.com/cornflower/ ...become your family's herbalist; learn herbalism online with The Home Herbalist course Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:47:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Belle http://www.thehomeherbalist.com/cornflower/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Belle Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:56:09 +0000 http://wordpress.homeherbalist.com/?p=339#comment-147 That's a very good question Dan. I think cornflowers and other plants grow well along roadsides because they get quite a good supply of water there as road surfaces are designed for water to run off easily. There would also be good drainage too. It's never a good practice to consume plants that grow along roadsides as they absorb petrol fumes etc so, as you say, these pollutants may provide some type of nutrition for them but I have no idea what it would be. That’s a very good question Dan. I think cornflowers and other plants grow well along roadsides because they get quite a good supply of water there as road surfaces are designed for water to run off easily. There would also be good drainage too.

It’s never a good practice to consume plants that grow along roadsides as they absorb petrol fumes etc so, as you say, these pollutants may provide some type of nutrition for them but I have no idea what it would be.

]]> By: Dan http://www.thehomeherbalist.com/cornflower/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Dan Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:25:28 +0000 http://wordpress.homeherbalist.com/?p=339#comment-146 Why do cornflowers grow so well or proliferate along the roadside? Is there a benefit from salts or melting agents deposited there - a nutritional benefit for them? Why do cornflowers grow so well or proliferate along the roadside? Is there a benefit from salts or melting agents deposited there – a nutritional benefit for them?

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