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Posted by shortarse_hedgewitch Bucks UK (shortarse_hedgewitch@hotmail.com) on Fri, Oct 14, 05 at 14:17
| hey does any know anything about the poison in black nightshade ( solanum nigrum) because it has recently started growing round here (came in with some topsiol for the flowerbedds of the flats the built nextdoor) and i wany to make jam from it
boiling destroys tropane alkaloids as far as i know but i would like some reasurance on whether there are any risks involved with the process and i thought this wud be thebest place to ask
oh and as i haven't been here in a while hi everybody :) |
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RE: black nightshade (garden huckelberry)
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| Is it my imagination or are more and more posts disappearing? I could SWEAR there were 2 answers in this thread... |
RE: black nightshade (garden huckelberry)
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| Rip the stuff out and turn it into compost ... it's not worth the risk. |
RE: black nightshade (garden huckelberry)
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| heathen1, i do have another but similar thread on the herbs forum that has several replies, might you be confusing it with that? i think it actually has the same title... imaginative aren't i |
RE: black nightshade (garden huckelberry)
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| yeah... found it! :o) sorry... I DID have a post disappear (had a witness) on another forum... |
RE: black nightshade (garden huckelberry)
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| There is a huckleberry plant in the States that produces an edible black berry; your Solanum must look something like it. I would not chance it if I were you. The huckleberry we have over here can be eaten raw; I've done this, so I know it's not the same plant. Do you get elderberries? They would probably be safer and more fun to work with, esp since elderberry flowers can be steeped to make a fragrant tea that is good for bronchitis, and the ripe berries can be made into jellies and wine! |
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| oh how many elderberries grow here, i.e. loads and loads it is the same plant, but i'm not accounting for geographic differences leading to slight genetic variance hmm, maybe i should err(sp?) on the side of caution thx |
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