Nightshade the plant

37 chief · Jun 22, 2020

I had a plant grow up at my place. It had clusters of small black berries the size of a pea. I have seen these plants years ago. I found it on the internet. It says the are very deadly. Four berries can kill a person. Seams a little overboard, but I am not going to try. Do yo have these plants? It says cows can eat the plant, and does no harm to the amimal. Stan

caterpillar guy · Jun 22, 2020

Sounds like Black Nightshade ,wild grapes or poke weed. All 3 have a berry about the size of a pea. Though the grape would be more of a purple color. The Plant growth would also be different for each. The
Poke weed is a taller more of a stem or stalk like plant the grape would be a vine like regular grapes and then the night shade would be more of a vine line plant similar to a soybean plant and more vine like. Can't say about the toxicity never tried to eat any of them.

Michael Soldan · Jun 22, 2020

Nighshade is a terrible weed if it gets into a field of white beans. The berries will stain the beans as they are being combined , an absolute no no ! We would go out and pull the plants and carry them off the field so they couldn't ruin the bean harvest. We were lucky in that there was usually only a few plants that had matured enough to produce the berries.

bradley martin · Jun 22, 2020

Bad enough in white( navy) beans but absolutely non acceptable in peas. Whole fields are condemned if found. The berries are the same size as the peas and as Stan stated, very deadly. Strangely enough, birds readily eat them with no apparent ill effects. They are responsible for scattering the seed.

Janicholson · Jun 22, 2020

Potatoes and tomatoes as well as egg plant and Jimsonweed, are nightshade species. And all those have toxic components Getting rid of it needs to be done with a product that kills roots as well. They have a tendency to have shallow wide spread roots that can propagate new growth. Bittersweet nightshade and black nightshade are difficult because they also grow in residential areas and children can eat the berries. Nasty Glyphosate will take it out. Jim

Deutz Lover · Jun 22, 2020

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Traditional Farmer · Jun 22, 2020

Goats love poke berries when they are mature,the plants will grow all Summer in their field and then one day when the berries get ripe the goats will eat the berries and the plants.Only problem I've seen is the berries turn the goats head and body hair purple.I call it the Poke time of year.

4xMF · Jun 22, 2020

Black Nightshade is also a known weed here. It is commonly known to be very toxic. Potatoes that have been exposed to light and turned green are also toxic you know. Never heard that cattle should be immune. On the contrary it has always been said that plants should be pulled to avoid them in the feed. They seem to sprout in the fields better some years than others.

Deutz Lover · Jun 22, 2020

I think that both nightshade and jimson weed are toxic to all mammals including cattle, goats and horses. There are several weeds called locoweed among them is jimson weed. Jimson weed is also called zombie cucumber and is used by the haitian witch doctors. I saw some ornamentals with beautiful flowers (devil's trumpet), but later found they were jimson weed. Common names can be a pain.

Traditional Farmer · Jun 23, 2020

One type of Jimson Weed in my area is called Pig Lot Weed because its about the only thing that grows in a pig lot the pigs won't eat.

M w J · Jun 23, 2020

They say that nightshade is toxic but my grandmother would send us kids to pick them and made pie out of them. It was good too. she said not to eat them if they were green . we would pick ice cream pails full of them.

M w J · Jun 23, 2020

s black nightshade edible?
Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) is Edible and Delicious. ... Solanum nigrum is, by the way, much more commonplace. Unripe (green) fruit of Solanum nigrum does contain solanine and should be avoided, but the ripe fruit is perfectly edible and quite delicious.Jul 17, 2012

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