ID berry plant

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  1. mrmck

    mrmck Apprentice Gardener

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    Hello everyone,
    new to this forum and id like someone to try to identify this plant, which i sowed from seed from a packet of busy lizzie seeds !!, i'm no expert but i think i have a pack of wrongly labeled seeds here.
    if anyone can tell me wat this is i'd be very gratefull, thanks in advance.
    :yho:
     
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    Hello Mrmck , did all the seeds germinate into nightshade ? You can possibly imagine one or two rogue seeds getting into a pack , but never a full pack of nightshade seeds.
     
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    Yes difinitely one of the Solanum family as to which I am not sure.. The only white flowered one I know of is Solanum jasminoides album, but that is a climber... :scratch: Does yours look like it could be a climber.?
     
  5. mrmck

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    harrys, yes, i have about 30 of them all in a nice row
    marley, they're all about 10 inch high and dont look like a climber, every one has produced lots of berries.
    should i dispose of this plant if it's poisonous ???
    thanks for the info folks !!
     
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    I do hope the whole packet wasn't like this, can you imagine if someone got this in a tomato packet...:cry:
     
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    :doh: Oh good gracous Aesculus what a horrendous thought if it was their 1st time growing...!!!

    :scratch: Dont suppose you still have the seed packet..? If you have I would defo write to the company or email & attach photos & see what they say.. You never know you may not be alone in this..... :scratch: If you do contact them I might be inclined to leave the plants in case they want to see them...
     
  8. Phil A

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    Blimey, that could be a manslaughter charge.

    Leaves like black nightshade, berries like a tomato, nightmare !
     
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    I would agree with the others - definately one of the Solanum family, and potentially poisonous.

    I have had a Google and there are quite a few white varieties of things that we normally think of as blue flowered - such as Solanum crispum Glasnevin alba and Solanum laxum var alba.
     
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    thanks for the comments, i've cut my losses and pulled them all up, as i don't want the berries to be seeding anywhere else,, i will email the company with the findings and photos and let you know how i got on, once again thanks to everyone for averting a trip to the hospital or worse :p
     
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    No worries,

    Glad to be of some help.
     
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    Just had another look at the pics, leaves look more like Aubergines than black nightshade.
     
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    well that's what I thought... but then looking at the fruit you can see the remains of the flower calyx which is small and the tips are curled back (very much like a nightshade or even a tomato) however on a egg plant the calyx actually hugs the end of the fruit and does not curl back:skp:
     
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