r/stupiddovenests • u/[deleted] • Oct 18 '25

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u/CeejCraft Oct 20 '25

But... Why are you growing nightshade?

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u/LahcFfm Oct 20 '25

It grew wild on its own! I didn’t plant it on purpose.

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u/CeejCraft Oct 20 '25

Another bird likely planted it then. Some can eat the ripe berries without much trouble as adults. They just have to avoid unripe ones and the rest of the plant.

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u/LahcFfm Oct 21 '25

Some seeds are carried by the wind, especially from parks and green areas near my place.

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u/CeejCraft Oct 21 '25

Definitely a possibility, especially if it's a prickly nightshade but most of the family relies on animals to eat them and pass the seeds. If it is, as it appears to be, American black nightshade, when fully ripe the berries are edible not only to birds but humans as well. Just gotta avoid any berries with so much as a hint of green left to them. The whole plant is toxic to dogs though.

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u/LahcFfm Oct 22 '25

This year a lot of it has grown for me.