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On The Ledge | Grow houseplants with the experts

Episode 316: Deadly nightshade - as a houseplant?!

On The Ledge | Grow houseplants with the experts

Jane Perrone

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.9782 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever thought about growing deadly nightshade indoors? Me neither! But Kenny Moiane aka @ambientflora on Instagram is here to tell us all how it's done - and why we should be captivated by these incredible plants.

For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/poisonous-plants-indoors 

WARNING

Poisonous plants deserve our respect and understanding. The information in this podcast is for entertainment only - please keep poisonous plants well away from children, pets and anyone who may not know the dangers of ingesting them. Seek professional medical help before using any plant medicinally.

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Check out The Atlas of Deadly Plants, Legends of the Leaf, my book on houseplants and my houseplant cards Houseplant Gardener in a Box here.

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Want to ask me a question? Email ontheledgepodcast@gmail.com. The more information you can include, the better - pictures of your plant, details of your location and how long you have had the plant are always useful to help solve your issue!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to On the Ledge podcast. I'm your host, Jane Perrone, and this week we are

0:16.3

treading very carefully into the world of poisonous plants, specifically the Nightshade family,

0:24.2

to find out how you can grow these fascinating plants indoors, with this week's guest, Ambient Flora,

0:32.9

aka Kenny. Thanks to all my new Patreon subscribers this week, including Neil, Ryan, Theo, Don

0:42.0

Hang, Michelle, Sarah, Jazzy, Sean, and another Sarah. There's been a lot of new members

0:51.1

this week and I've just been working on my Patreon a little bit.

0:56.0

So there's a new post coming up soon about plant maintenance.

1:01.7

And there's also right now the chance to interact with other members of my Patreon clan via the lounges.

1:09.5

There's two new lounges.

1:13.2

One is for the sew-along where you can discuss your progress on sewing seeds of houseplants. And the other one is the on the ledge

1:19.5

planty book club where you can come and talk about the planty books that you're reading right now.

1:26.7

So if you'd like to find a safe space to meet other planty people,

1:30.7

do check out my Patreon at patreon.com forward slash on the ledge.

1:37.9

Before we go any further, though, on this episode, a warning.

1:43.2

The information and medical uses of the plants that we're talking about in this episode a warning. The information and medical uses of the plants that we're talking about

1:47.7

in this episode are purely for entertainment and information. So please, please don't go

1:55.8

trying to do anything other than look at the plants that we're talking about in this episode.

2:03.5

In any way, shape or form, it's fine to grow poisonous plants in your home,

2:08.0

but you do have a duty of care to those around you to make sure that everyone stays safe.

2:14.0

So keep them well away from children and pets pets and anyone who may not know the risk they

2:21.4

pose if ingested. So with that warning complete, it's time to get on with my interview.

2:31.5

Kenny, aka Ambient Flora, joins me to talk all things nightshake.

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