Plant ID please

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I have not been in my garden for some weeks and this plant has took over one of my beds can you tell me what it is please . Thanks

[ButternutSquash]

The pictures are unclear, but what about Solanum dulcamara aka bittersweet?

[Martin H]

My first thought was Woody Nightshade, but googling Solanum dulcamara I find it's the same thing as bittersweet

I don't think it is though, the flowers are wrong. So it's one of the other nightshades, my best guess is Solanum nigrum the Black Nightshade.

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Sounds nasty is it poisonous.Some of the berries were starting to go black.Sorry about the pics its a bit of a rubbish phone.Thanks for your quick replies.

[Martin H]

Assuming it's Black Nightshade, Wikipedia says to avoid eating it unless it's "a known edible strain". All the solanums are dodgy for eating, with a few exceptions like the tubers of potatoes and the fruit of tomatoes. The rest of the potato and tomato plants are poisonous.

Here's wikipedia: Solanum nigrum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Thanks Martin it does look like its Black Nightshade I am presuming it came in the bag of compost i topped the bed up with as its only in the one bed i topped up with b&q multipurpose compost.Obviously it has overtaken all my parsnips and beetroot so i will now have an empty bed once my daughter comes home and pulls it all up. Will it be safe to resow in the bed straight away would you know ?.

[Martin H]

Just pull it up before the berries ripen and drop seed, it'll be fine. I bet your parsnips are doing perfectly well underneath.

[Two_Sheds]

I am presuming it came in the bag of compost... b&q multipurpose compost.

Doubtful. MPC is supposedly sterile

Will it be safe to resow in the bed straight away would you know ?.

It's only poisonous (if it is at all) if you eat it. You aren't going to be poisoned by having it in the vicinity ... other plants can't "catch" its poison

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Thanks Two Sheds thought it might be the MPC as its only in the one bed and thats the one i topped up .Ive got rid of it all now so i will try finding some cabbage plants to put in it .Hope it doesnt show its ugly head again !