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About Earleaf Nightshade
Earleaf Nightshade is a relatively rare houseplant 🌿 that needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Earleaf Nightshade likes soil that is well draining. You may want to supplement with a gentle, organic fertilizer throughout the peak growing season.
⚠️ Earleaf Nightshade is extremely dangerous if consumed. If you, a family member, or a pet has ingested any amount of plant material contact Poison Control, US (800) 222-1222, or your veterinarian immediately. These plants are not recommended for homes with children, cats, or dogs.
Taxonomy
Solanum mauritianum
Solanum
Solanaceae
Solanales
Also known as
Woolly nightshade, Flannel weed, Bugweed, Tobacco weed, Tobacco bush, Wild tobacco and Kerosene plant

How to care for Earleaf Nightshade
How often to water your Earleaf Nightshade

every 9
Earleaf Nightshade needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Earleaf Nightshade in your home

a window
Earleaf Nightshade love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Earleaf Nightshade does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Earleaf Nightshade in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Earleaf Nightshade

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Earleaf Nightshade after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Don’t mind the mess behind the plant. I took a picture during a gathering for my birthday (belated) last night. Aside from celebrating myself, I wanted to celebrate this new bloom by taking the plant off the shelf for my guests to marvel at. I must say, Yoshi is the most dramatic plant under my care. Right on watering day if I don’t do it first thing in the morning, this plant will literally “play dead” until I not only do a regular water but also bottom water. After sucking the bottom watering bowl dry, Yoshi will perk right back up and look greener than ever. Seeing this bloom both relieves me and fills me with pride. Some effort should yield me a season’s worth of groceries and laughs to boot. 💚 #IndoorGardening #NewBlooms #DramaticPlants #Eggplant
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Holy Cow I leave for 1 week on a trip and my tomato plant was doing great. I come back and I notice this on a few of its leaves. Tell me this is not some weird disease. I’ve had someone water it while I was out too!
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What's wrong ? What is it lacking ?
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I transferred him after finding Larvae and flies around him, new soil with some cinnamon in it and new sunspot right in the window. Is he is shock? #TomatoPlant
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Care Summary for Earleaf Nightshade
Earleaf Nightshade
Greg recommends:

0.5 cups every 9 days

< 1ft from a window

Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
