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Re: Crete/Blackberry nightshade

One day I was sitting on a rock looking over our back fence (the property
adjoins bushland) and thinking about getting out there and pulling up weeds.
Lo an behold, a blue-tongue lizard came along and ate all the berries off
the Blackberry nightshade!
I don't know if it's right, but I've just been reading that each plant can
produce up to 10000 seeds and these can survive 40 years in soil.   Maybe
the answer here in Australia is that we need more lizards!

Cheers,
Mary

-----Original Message-----
From: Julius & Beverly Elischer <elischer@town.nd.edu.au>
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: Crete


>Julius & Beverly Elischer wrote:

>> Nick, Solanum nigrum has a terrible reputation in Australia, seemingly
>> from being confused with the Belladonna nightshade. However I met
>> someone who went out and gathered the berries for jam. This group had a
>> discussion awhile ago and the consensus seemed to be that the berries
>> are not poisonous if thoroughly ripe.
>>
>> Beverly
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