What am i? (white flowers - black berries)

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  1. robocod10

    robocod10 Gardener

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    Hello all

    i threw down some horse muck about a month ago an quite a few "things" have grown since. once plant has especially caught my eye

    any ideas what it is?

    apologies for the quality of photo's....damn blackberries!!

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    as you can probably tell from the background the garden is still like a bomb site....

    could this be "Black Nightshade"?

    thanks all
     
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    It's almost certainly Solanum nigrum (black nightshade) - sometimes called Solanum americanum in the U.S.

    If it is then it is not dangerous but is a common weed in Europe. The berries are a traditional herbal remedy but I wouldn't try them if I were you.

    They were likely to have been in the field where the horses grazed. That's one of the reasons they recommend using older horse poo instead of fairly recent. :dbgrtmb:
     
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      robocod10 Gardener

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      fantastic!

      thanks for the reply, i was worried that it was poisonous as our border collie seem to enjoy sniffing the plant/ weed. i will pull it up

      plus i didnt want to pull it up before i knew what it was!

      thanks once again
       
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