Many parts of the tomato plant are deadly to pets. Same goes for all nightshade members.
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Vathsade@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I can see a deadly link for nightshade for a few of them (like when potatoes turn green) but I’ve never heard of poisonous tomato facts… Are there any?
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
ben_dover@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
any of the green parts of the tomato (even just the small bits inside the tomato) can kill small pets like hamsters or mice
millie@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
Europeans used to think tomatoes were poisonous. They referred to them as poison apples.
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
That’s because they used pewter containers which were pretty common back in the day. The acidity from tomatoes would leech the lead out of the pewter and into the tomato so anyone eating this lead infused tomato product was gonna be in for a bad time.
millie@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
I remember hearing that but I’d forgotten the specifics! Thanks!
bob_lemon@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
The poison apple thing is based on works of Galen, who, seeing how he lived in Europe in the 3rd century, has never seen a tomato, nor spoken to anyone who has. But he did describe a poisonous “wolf peach” that happened to match a tomato, so obviously that must be it.