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Post by orflo on Jun 1, 2008 1:42:21 GMT -5
here are some of the flowers from a few wild potatoes, most of them have a bigger late blight resistance, and certainly the solanum phureja is very tasty (but a late producer): solanum phureja:  solanum juzepczukii:  solanum aucale:  Frank |
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Post by flowerpower on Jun 2, 2008 20:59:21 GMT -5
Since they are wild and you are not mounding them, how many potatoes will you get from each plant?
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Post by sammyqc on Jun 2, 2008 23:05:45 GMT -5
Very pretty. Never realized how much tomatoes and potatoes really look like dats and brugs, in plant form and leaf shape, or vice versa. All in the family, I guess.
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Post by orflo on Jun 2, 2008 23:17:28 GMT -5
Harvest of these wild ones depends a lot on the autumn weather, most of them are daylight-sensitive and produce tubers after september 21, so an early frost can destroy a possible harvest. Solanum phureja has to be earthed up regularly, but has really the best-tasting potatoes, buttery potato taste, juzepczukii is a bit less tasting and has to be earthed up quite regurarly as well, while sol. aucale has a sort of self-spreading habit, a bit comparable to strawberries.
The flowers are beeing sold in their countries of origin, with an ornamental purpose, the amount of colours is quite amazing over there, deep pink, even some reddish-like colour, white, yellow,.....Mind you, these can be solanum tuberosum as well (our 'common' potato),
Frank
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