Re: Want to see my root?

Posted by Determined on October 24, 2019 at 07:25:23 from (216.130.212.201):

In Reply to: Want to see my root? posted by tom671 on October 23, 2019 at 17:13:22:

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Although most people plant pieces of the previous years crop in the potato garden, potatoes do on occasion produce a berry that looks like a green tomato on the top of the plant.

We experimented with them years ago and created a new variety.

Something about an odd number of genes means every seed in a berry is different from the other app 300 seeds in it.

Save the things that look like tomatoes

briefly bust them up in a blender with some water

Pour into a bowl and let sit a few days

All the pulp will rise to the top and the seeds will settle to the bottom

Separate out the seeds and let them dry out on a paper towel

Let them sit a year to break dormancy

Plant indoors early, treat them like you would treat a tomato seed

Many will be duds or do poor so out of the hundreds you plant by the time they are ready for the garden you might be down to only a few dozen plants

In the garden some will do good, others not so eliminate those as you go

End of season dig them up and decide which ones did the best in your soil and decide which ones taste the best

Because they were started from seed they will not produce as much in the first year compared to a plant started from a cutting so you will only have enough harvested to use for cuttings to start the next years garden with.

By the time year 4 comes around you will have ample to eat and start the next years crop with and you will have created a completely new variety of potato exclusive in taste, color and disease resistance that will thrive in your climate and soil.

Yes it takes a lot of time but you end up with something nobody else has or can sell you and you earn the right to name the variety after yourself if you do so choose.

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