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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Yuet_Lee on July 24, 2007, 11:28:39

Title: Please ID these,are they edible berries?
Post by: Yuet_Lee on July 24, 2007, 11:28:39

Hi
I found this plant in one of mine flower bed,I thought it was cape gooseberry that I grew  last year! because the leaves are really look alike ???
So I moved it to the pot,
now it's flowers and berries are formed sure no way these are cape gooseberries,
what are they ???Anybody know? Are they edeble?Or they weeds >:(
please help!
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/millyle/gardening/berries.jpg)

Title: Re: Please ID these,are they edible berries?
Post by: cleo on July 24, 2007, 11:38:18

When in doubt leave it out-OK that was the level of sex education I had but the maxim holds true for unidentified flowering objects-or as we say in the trade UFOs ;D

Title: Re: Please ID these,are they edible berries?
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on July 24, 2007, 11:47:13

it looks like one of the nightshades - but not deadly nightshade, probably black nightshade, a common weed. The berry is poisonous, tho I did read that some nightshades roots in the past were used for making flour

Title: Re: Please ID these,are they edible berries?
Post by: cambourne7 on July 24, 2007, 11:53:39

yep black nightshade

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/black_nightshade.htm

Title: Re: Please ID these,are they edible berries?
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on July 24, 2007, 11:56:59

sorry to post twice - Wiki says that the raw berries are poisonous (of variable toxicity!) you can cook with them (wonderberry or sunberry are other names so they must have something going for them) You learn summat every day, tho I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole

Title: Re: Please ID these,are they edible berries?
Post by: cambourne7 on July 24, 2007, 12:04:45

agree and dont compost there can be loads of seeds there that are imposible to kill!!

Title: Re: Please ID these,are they edible berries?
Post by: Yuet_Lee on July 24, 2007, 21:41:59

thanks everybody ;)
I thought that's a weed!
I'm going to give it to hen!!!

Title: Re: Please ID these,are they edible berries?
Post by: pigeonseed on July 25, 2007, 11:07:07

Do you mean feed it to the chickens? Is that a good idea? It might be poisonous for them as well?