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When is polk salad poisonous to humans?

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Iread in a book it's poisonous to humans after it gets over 7inches long but it didn't say what over 7 inches long the leave or the stalk-----confused

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  1. Young pokeweed leaves can be boiled three times to reduce the toxin, discarding the water after each boiling. The result is known as poke salit, or poke salad, and is occasionally available commercially.[1] Many authorities advise against eating pokeweed even after thrice boiling, as traces of the toxin may still remain. For many decades, poke salad has been a staple of southern U.S. cuisine, despite campaigns by doctors who believed pokeweed remained toxic even after being boiled.


  2. Poisonous or not, I do not cut any plant over 7-8 inches tall.

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