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Here are the close up shots... I guess that considering peppers are in the same family (Solanaceae) as nightshade that it's not surprising that the plants and flowers are morphologically very similar.

The clusters of berries look EXACTLY like the black nightshade and the leaves are a pretty close match too. And, yep, the stalks are much thicker than pepper plants would be. There is also one berry that has already turned black (as indicated they do below)...

I haven't tried eating it or crushing the leaves. I'll give that a try but I have to say, it's been flowering for over a month and it looks JUST like a flowering pepper plant. I'll post some close up picks of the fruit tomorrow when it's light out.

Hi, I have a couple of plants that came up this year in the middle of the yard. They don't look like anything I planted last year (they are REALLY healthy). Here's a shot of one of them--it's about 2 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. It already is fruiting--the fruits are in clusters of 5-6 and are...

I suppose it depends on how the compost is made. Some municipal composts include bio solid waste from the water treatment plant. I've also heard some people have reservations about using compost that has source material from peoples yards that could include fertilizers and pesticides. Frankly...

Little black flies are probably aphids. The winged ones look like this

Out here in San Diego, it has been cool at night (high 40's, low 50's) but I went ahead and put a bunch of stuff in the ground a few weeks ago. It's high 60's, low 70's during the day with plenty of sun after the marine layer burns off around 10 or 11am. I have a selection of herbs (basil...

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