It just started growing beside of my rose bush . It is pr...
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@ActualRosea80 Hi Cheryl, can you take some more pictures so I can be positive of the 🆔? I’ll need some of the leaf shape and zoomed in on the flowers I see? Don’t touch it with bare hands!
And, if it is indeed American Black Nightshade, then: NOOO, it is NOT a good houseplant. 😩 💀 ❌ 🙅♀️ And I would recommend you rip it out and safely dispose of it. American Black Nightshade will thrive, and can easily spread and take over areas.
All parts of American Black Nightshade are toxic. The sap can irritate the skin and berries are poisonous if ingested. This plant is harmful to people, pets, and livestock.
To remove it: wear thick heavy duty waterproof gardening or rubber gloves. Wear long sleeves and long pants. Safety glasses for good measure. Use a pitchfork or towel to loosen the ground around it, and then grasp it by the stem, close to the ground and pull it up. Try to get all of the roots. Any root fragments can resprout. Put it immediately into a thick trash bag, and put it right into a trash bin. Don’t put it in your home compost pile, if you have one. Cover the area it was in with a thick layer of mulch, straw, or cardboard to stop seeds from germinating. Monitor closely, I had this once and had to check every week and sometimes pull new baby plants out.
After disposing of it, wash all your tools, hands and skin thoroughly. If you used rubber gloves and you can buy a new pair, just toss them. Wash your work clothes right away in a separate load of laundry.
Please keep me updated. 🙏
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/solanum-americanum/
And, if it is indeed American Black Nightshade, then: NOOO, it is NOT a good houseplant. 😩 💀 ❌ 🙅♀️ And I would recommend you rip it out and safely dispose of it. American Black Nightshade will thrive, and can easily spread and take over areas.
All parts of American Black Nightshade are toxic. The sap can irritate the skin and berries are poisonous if ingested. This plant is harmful to people, pets, and livestock.
To remove it: wear thick heavy duty waterproof gardening or rubber gloves. Wear long sleeves and long pants. Safety glasses for good measure. Use a pitchfork or towel to loosen the ground around it, and then grasp it by the stem, close to the ground and pull it up. Try to get all of the roots. Any root fragments can resprout. Put it immediately into a thick trash bag, and put it right into a trash bin. Don’t put it in your home compost pile, if you have one. Cover the area it was in with a thick layer of mulch, straw, or cardboard to stop seeds from germinating. Monitor closely, I had this once and had to check every week and sometimes pull new baby plants out.
After disposing of it, wash all your tools, hands and skin thoroughly. If you used rubber gloves and you can buy a new pair, just toss them. Wash your work clothes right away in a separate load of laundry.
Please keep me updated. 🙏
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/solanum-americanum/
