On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:32:06 -0700, Rubystars wrote:

We don't really care what's growing back there now as we're not going
to eat it anyway, but I was curious to know if it would be safe to
garden in that soil later. Would the root or leaves or other
decomposed parts of the nightshade plant taint the soil or poison the
soil around the plant?


Nah, not an issue. The alkaloids compost quite nicely.