[USCC] If you compost Jimson weed (Datura), can the compost be used safely?

[John Cossham]

Actually, all parts of Datura are toxic.  However, many of the plants in 
our parks and gardens are... think potatoes and Narcissus as just two 
examples.

To get poisoned by Datura, you have to ingest some of it.  I don't 
recommend it!  It is halucinogenic and, from experience, something you 
wouldn't want to do again!

Composting degrades the vast majority (if not all) of plant toxins, and 
you could make an excellent compost from Cannabis, Coca, Opium poppies, 
foxgloves, ivy, buttercups, castor oil plant, laurel, nightshade, mescal 
cactus, death cap mushrooms, etc etc. This compost could be used just 
like any other.

The only thing I can think of which might come through composting is 
juglone in walnut leaves.  But I 'home compost' my fallen autumnal 
walnut leaves in with lots of other stuff with no problem with poor 
germination/growth of foodplants in the resultant compost.

John, York, UK
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