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potato seeds

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  • 28-06-2015 12:04pm
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    melissak
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    Has anyone tried growing the seeds from the tomatoelike fruits that grow on them. I have a few grown in pots and am unsure what to do with them now. The blog i read on it was American and the climate is different. I'm not sure it is the same


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    Cedrus
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    Are you sure that they are potatoes?


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    DANNY2014
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    These are called true seed and say if you grow from these you could possibly end up with a variety completely different to the one your growing... Any small tubers ya have left over can do for seed next year... Btw these true seed are highly poisonous so don't be fooled by there tomato like properties the potato and tomato are both from the same families...


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    melissak
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    So do you think to put them straight into garden when they are big enough or into cold frame.
    DANNY2014 wrote: »
    These are called true seed and say if you grow from these you could possibly end up with a variety completely different to the one your growing... Any small tubers ya have left over can do for seed next year... Btw these true seed are highly poisonous so don't be fooled by there tomato like properties the potato and tomato are both from the same families...


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    melissak
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    Ha ha. No they are potatoes.
    Cedrus wrote: »
    Are you sure that they are potatoes?


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    DANNY2014
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    Usually I just discard of them...


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    donaghs
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    People dont usually bother, for a few reasons:

    It's harder work than just sticking a potato in the ground.
    The potatoes which grow from the plant in the first year will be tiny.
    Rather than the normal cloning process of replanting potatoes, you're actually creating a new variety of potato plant so you don't really know what you're growing (probably not too exotic though if the parents are the same clone).

    http://daughterofthesoil.blogspot.ie/2010/04/sowing-potatoes-from-tps.html

    There's also the possibility that a new genetic variety of potato can have higher levels of solanine, and be more toxic than you'd like.
    http://boingboing.net/2013/03/25/the-case-of-the-poison-potato.html


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