Nightshade Vegetables: Friend or Foe? Let’s Discuss!

Hey fellow gardeners! 👋

I’ve been diving deep into the world of nightshade vegetables—tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and potatoes. There’s so much conflicting information out there! Some say they’re nutritional powerhouses, while others believe they might contribute to inflammation. 🤔

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

✔ Do you grow nightshades in your garden?
✔ Have you noticed any benefits (or downsides) from eating them regularly?
✔ What are your best tips for growing thriving nightshade crops organically?

I recently wrote an article about the myths and truths behind nightshade vegetables, covering everything from nutritional benefits to organic growing techniques. If you’re curious, check it out here: 👉 www.nightshadefamily.com

Let’s swap knowledge and experiences! What’s your take on nightshades? 🍆🌶️🥔

#NightshadeVegetables #OrganicGardening #Permaculture #SustainableFarming #GardeningTips

Each person is an individual.  Different food affect everyone differently.

The benefits I get out of growing tomatoes is that they taste better than the ones at the grocery store.

And a little known fact is that the leaves are edible:

https://permies.com/t/58961/culinary-tomato-foliage

I don't know about other than tomatoes.

Linda Ly (permies.com member) has a cookbook, The CSA Cookbook, that has recipes using tomato leaves.  She advocates using all parts of vegetables as edible, including carrot leaves.  You can even use "look inside" on Amazon to see her index of recipes.

https://permies.com/t/40/58961/culinary-tomato-foliage#502268

Some other threads:

https://permies.com/t/58961/culinary-tomato-foliage

https://permies.com/t/166311/tomato-leaves-stems

Of course I have not tried eating them.

My garden, when operational, includes most of the edible  nightshade plants.  I know that there are people who have sensitivity to some of them. Australian first nations people also include some varieties of local wild nightshades in their diet, although I'm told that it pays to have the finer points of plant recognition down pat, they look very alike and only some  species are edible e.g.- bush tomato - Solanum centrale  aka desert raisin.
Takes a lot to make a feed as the fruits are very small.

They kind of remind me of rhubarb, the leaves are not really good to eat, but the benefits are from the stalks. Just like with nightshades to their fruits. They use to use tobacco for a natural pesticides long time ago and that's a nightshade.