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Post by orflo on Jan 26, 2009 13:11:48 GMT -5
So good to see a charming man here, only for the ladies Solanum phureja is a bit of a slow starter, it needs more warmthe compared to the common 'tuberosum' varieties. But, once it started, well, it started ;D ;D They are quite late producing potatoes, too bad, normally production starts by July or even later over here. And the potatoes stay on the small side, but some selections are bigger, the most renowned is 'papa criolla' grown a lot in Colombia and by far the best potato I've ever tasted (even though they were small). The main issue here is overwintering the potatoes, they don't have a 'rest' period as tuberosum potatoes have, so they keep on growing , even if temperatures are just above freezing point. Fortunately, they grow reasonably well from seed. They do get late blight though, a bit later than others, but still
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Post by ottawagardener on Jan 26, 2009 13:58:05 GMT -5
Beautiful flowers and the picture is very nice too. Thanks for posting. Potatoes are so pretty (the tubers too.)
As for the solanum phureja - they sound like something that would do well in mild areas but I guess than again the blight would get them. I was thinking that my mother's gulf coast environment would suit them if they were in a tent over winter.
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Post by kimikat on Jan 27, 2009 21:52:21 GMT -5
Funny. I went to my friend's CSA operation during their annual day, there were lots of clients eating cakes and cookies with them around a table, and when I arrived, that's exactly how she described me: a seed pusher Nothing wrong with that!
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Post by canadamike on Jan 28, 2009 11:22:40 GMT -5
Yes,Tom will be offering seeds apparently. But I have some, in a mix my dear. Most of them are colored due to multi-specific breeding. Should you want some. y'a know where to ask...
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 29, 2009 3:47:25 GMT -5
Yes,Tom will be offering seeds apparently. But I have some, in a mix my dear. Most of them are colored due to multi-specific breeding. Should you want some. y'a know where to ask... If you have some seeds to spare, I would love some. Thanks. The colored taters I got for free last yr went in late. And the weather was not great. I just left them in the ground. Maybe I'll get something this season from them.
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Post by ottawagardener on Feb 3, 2009 12:40:50 GMT -5
It is Stephen.
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Post by stevil on Feb 4, 2009 14:48:52 GMT -5
Not absolutely following the drift of the discussion here. However, I'm not at all potato shaped, thank you...more like skirret.
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Post by ottawagardener on Feb 4, 2009 15:23:56 GMT -5
No, no! I meant that the bouquet now uploaded is to my liking... I should really clarify myself... rather like butter??? Anyhoo, sorry for the confusion and the strange image of your head on a skirret bottom.
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Post by stevil on Feb 4, 2009 16:24:19 GMT -5
Ahhh! Subtle difference, stressing the "is" rather than the "Stephen". Well, I was kind of hoping to be the "prettiest skirret in flower" - long time since I was last called that
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Post by ottawagardener on Feb 4, 2009 18:43:38 GMT -5
You're far more better than a tuber! ;D
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Post by tatermater on Feb 23, 2009 13:16:57 GMT -5
One of my prettiest flowering potato varieties is Blue Rose. It can produce huge blooms sometimes as large as 2 1/2 inches across. Don't ask me what that is in cm. or mm., I just can't think metric!
If I could ever learn how to post pictures here or on my own forum, I would share. I do have some great shots of Lumpers in full bloom on my blog, however.
The nice thing about Blue Rose is that it never wants to die down, even with frost, Late blight, or dry weather. I have seen it bloom for over 4 months. I think it should be called a florist potato!!
I post on Homegrown Goodness only occasionally, so if you want to share your potato questions you may want to visit my forum. Alan's site is too complex for me to navigate.
I have some Solanum microdontum breeding lines where I cross different plant introductions lines among themselves to produce these super-potato leaf types with more white flowers per plant than just about any other of the more than 80 tuber-bearing wild species that I have grown over the last 50 years.
If there was some way I could post the video of me walking through all these species in bloom, it would knock your buds off. I really like the wild species that hug the ground like ground covers, spread out with hundreds of stolons producing a thick mat of leaves and flowers. The berries produced are absolutely touching the ground. The only way to propagate some of these species is to collect the berries and sow the seed every year. Those tubers are so small that I have to look for tubers the size of BB shot.
There are a lot of people posting here that I don't know. So don't be strangers.
Tom Wagner
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Post by flowerpower on Feb 24, 2009 7:13:39 GMT -5
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Post by ottawagardener on Feb 24, 2009 9:29:02 GMT -5
I'll have to hop on over, I'm interested in learning more and more and MORE. Especially about TPS.
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