Not a misprint Just wondering what other's experience is with potato seeds. I tried some Adirondack blue seed potatoes this summer. They produced above ground fruit that looked like dark-green cherry tomato clusters. I have saved some seed and will try them in the coming season, but I never saw, no less planted, potato seeds before.
Thanks, Bob. I have looked them up got the same info as you just gave me. So hoping someone else has dealt with them before. If Adirondacks are heirloom, the seed my resemble the parent.
were there other kinds of potatoes being grown in that area and blooming at roughly the same time?
songbird
I actually had some red-skinned potatoes that escaped the fall harvest last year and came up on their own. Something else I never saw happen before. Those red potatoes bloomed, but I can't say they were blooming at the same time. Many seeds about the size of a sesame seed in each fruit. Going to experiment and see what happens.
I remember that Luther Burbank's "Burbank" potato came from one of the seeds from a rare potato fruit. And I met a fellow at the Seed Saver's Exchange summer meet that breeds potatos (and tomatos) by cross pollinating and growing out the resulting seeds. He had a number of potato colors bred from Peruvian wild stock.
Thanks Gary. I have no real expectations, but a strong curiosity about things grow-able. I'm always collecting things in the wild and sometimes even get to plant them. If I planted 15 seeds and had anything come from them, I would be happy. If I had 15 different types of potatoes, I would be ecstatic. Thanks for that info.
Thanks Gary. I have no real expectations, but a strong curiosity about things grow-able. I'm always collecting things in the wild and sometimes even get to plant them. If I planted 15 seeds and had anything come from them, I would be happy. If I had 15 different types of potatoes, I would be ecstatic. Thanks for that info.
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Wilson, send me a PM (the e-mail i use for this group is valid) and i will send you some further links to explore on the topic. :)
songbird
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