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Posted by greeneddy (U6603838) on Friday, 24th September 2010
Has anyone else had this popping up on their allotments this year? I've not seen it on allotments previously, and at first I assumed it was rogue potato sproutings, but woke at 5am the other morning and thought "deadly nightshade?!" After a bit of internet browsing, I now think it's solanum nigrum, or black nightshade. Still v poisonous. At first I thought the seed might have come in with manure, but I've spoken to work colleagues (we're all organic growers), and it's cropping up at other sites, who have used different suppliers for manure.
And I've just been looking at a site which tells me that raw runner beens are poisonous as well
I've also had more blck nightshade than usual on my plot this year but I haven't added any manure in the last few years. I've had the occasional plant before though. Perhaps it was just a really good year for it and long-dormant seeds were germinating?
I'd heard that about raw runner beans too.
black nighshade is a very late germinating plant so often does bot really put in a show till other plants have finished
It is a very dsommon weed and quite unlikkely to have come in with manure due to its nature
probably lain dormant for some time.
Yes,Steve, one of the internet sites I looked at said it had been known to germinate after 80-odd years of dormancy! Well, I've only been on that allotment for 6 years (obviously got a long way to go!) but it's the first time I've seen it, even though it's described as a common weed. (& Sorry, I didn't mean to cast aspersions on farmers or their manure!)
Most likely spread by birds, eating the seeds.
, in reply to message 5.
Posted by 4smilingcat6 (U14338727) on Saturday, 25th September 2010
Plenty of it here as well
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