Do you still know this little fruit? What's it called in your place?

Nowadays, most snacks have additives, and people prefer to choose some natural preserved fruit snacks, but most of the preserved fruits on the market are processed with cyclamate preservatives.

If one or two kinds of small fruits that are easy to raise and delicious are planted at home, it will be healthy and save money. If there are children at home, they have to plant one more: delicious, nutritious and childish, and it can also make children get closer to plants and learn knowledge.

Fruits such as lemons, oranges, dragon fruits, etc. are planted in pots for a long time and take up more space. In addition to strawberries and blueberries, there is another option for herbs.

Solanum nigrum is a kind of plant that many people saw when they were young, but now it is very rare in the city. It is an annual herb that bears fruit in autumn. Its fruit is dark purple and black, and it tastes sweet and juicy.

It has many names: black day, black leisurely, wild eggplant, wild grape, black belly button.

Eating too much fruit in the market, growing such a small plant at home, the guests liked it very much, and the children's friends were so envious that they said they wanted to go home and ask their mother to plant one for themselves.

Solanum nigrum fruit is high in sugar and is rich in amino acids (protein decomposition into amino acids is useful for the human body), high-quality vitamins An and C, as well as B and B2, which are much higher than those of potatoes and tomatoes.

In addition to these, Solanum nigrum fruit has a variety of mineral elements: potassium, sodium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, iodine and other trace elements. Its protein, starch and pectin are higher than apples and grapes.

Often eat solanum nigrum fruit, can be more comprehensive supplement of human nutrients, enhance immunity.

The young leaves of Solanum nigrum are also nutritious vegetables, but they contain solanine (the toxin after the potato sprouts), which can only be eaten after boiling water and will not be poisoned.

Solanum nigrum grows commonly in moist and shaded places in rural areas, and now a large number of artificial planting is used as medicine, because it can not only resist and inhibit all kinds of bacteria, but also clear heat and detoxification, activate blood circulation and detumescence, and is effective for all kinds of inflammation, eczema, carbuncle and swelling. It is also widely used in the treatment of cancer.

How can you grow such a nice little plant?

Find fertile but well-drained soil, water thoroughly and set aside, you can buy seeds online, or fresh and ripe solanum nigrum fruit, pick out the seeds, dry them for two days, keep them dry, sow seeds in the spring and autumn, and sow seeds to cover half a centimeter of soil. ensure a temperature of about 20 degrees and germinate in about two weeks.

Daily maintenance can not be too dry, keep ventilation, give half a day of light, temperature 15 to 20 degrees is the most favorable to blossom and bear fruit.

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