You don't necessarily have to put warning signs or fences around your Castor Oil Plants but for the safety of kids being around. I'm living in the US Virgin Islands and they grow wild, especially in the rain forest. The reason why my family have theirs fenced because we run an agricultural business and process the seeds to make the Castor Oil. People will often see the plant and know its a Castor Oil Plant and pick the seeds. Many people got poisoned from the seeds because they tried making the oil by themselves or boiled the seeds as a tea. But never heard of anybody dying from them where I'm from. If you don't reach to the emergency room in time, then it can become deadly.
Good thing you didn't attempt to make the oil yourself. Your family would of been rushing you to the emergency room. Definitely, you would have been poisoned by the oil. You wouldn't have died instantly like others have stated but you would off felt ill. The only way you would die; if you didn't make it to the emergency room on time.
You can buy castor oil in any drugstore or in bulk from feed stores. The process for extracting the oil denatures the traces of ricin found in the beans. Extracting ricin is a difficult process and quite distinct from the much simpler process for extracting the oil. Tomato plants are also toxic, as are petunias. Oleander is far more toxic and also widely grown as an ornamental. There is no danger from castor oil You may want to handle the raw beans with care as some people are allergic to other compounds found in the beans. Once heated during the extraction process all danger is gone.Good thing you didn't attempt to make the oil yourself. Your family would of been rushing you to the emergency room. Definitely, you would have been poisoned by the oil. You wouldn't have died instantly like others have stated but you would off felt ill. The only way you would die; if you didn't make it to the emergency room on time.
