This wild weed turns your mouth black when you eat it and may even fight cancer. Did you eat this childhood delicacy?

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Grow a black nightshade at home, rediscover the taste of childhood, and bring that delicious flavor home

Have you ever eaten black nightshade berries? Sweet and tasty, they turn your mouth black, and that childhood flavor is the best

Black nightshade has many other names, and they differ from region to region. Here we call it black bean or black tomato. When I was little, every summer we would go out into the wild looking for black beans to eat. When you found a black nightshade plant, you would guard it first, and even if the fruit was not ripe yet, you would mark the spot, then pick and eat them once they ripened. Three or five kids would crowd around one black nightshade plant, not even bothering to wipe their blackened mouths, eating with such sweet delight! That feeling is hard to find again!

Some gardening friends ask, can black nightshade be planted? Where can you buy the seeds?

I do not think there is any need to buy them. Take a walk in the wild and you are sure to come across a few plants. Bring a plastic bag and pick some well-ripened ones, and you will get plenty of seeds. It is very easy. Or go out into the wild, find a small black nightshade plant, and move it back home to grow in a flowerpot. Very simple. You also get to be close to nature. What a great thing. Of course, seeds can also be bought from online shops or flower shops, so you can give that a try.

How black nightshade grows

Black nightshade is a product of nature, and it can be found everywhere: in fields, along ditch banks and river slopes, in front of and behind houses. You never even see how it grows; when you notice it, it is already a whole plant covered in small fruits, black or green, laden with fruit.

You can see how strong its adaptability is. It is not picky about soil, likes plenty of sunlight, and tolerates either more or less water. Then it quietly grows up and gives you sweet-and-sour black beans.

If you grow it at home, it is best to use sandy soil with good drainage, give it plenty of light, and keep the soil moist but not waterlogged, otherwise the roots are easily damaged. When fertilizing, use more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to encourage bud differentiation and produce more fruit. Let it grow naturally, or prune it appropriately according to the space available. With proper care, you too can harvest delicious black beans!

Black nightshade also has high medicinal value and is used to treat many diseases; the whole plant is a treasure. It also has antioxidant properties and is very suitable for cancer patients to eat. Cancer is usually formed by a combination of heat toxin, blood stasis, yin deficiency, and qi stagnation. The whole plant is used as medicine to treat digestive tract cancer, lung cancer, and so on,

But how it is used as medicine is up to the doctor. Never use it as medicine on your own; it is dangerous.

Gardening friends who like black nightshade can move it home and grow it. See how many black nightshade berries you can harvest, and whether the taste is even better?

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