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Post by atilgan on Jul 11, 2018 5:48:48 GMT -5
This one is from nathanp and it is their second year as well.  |
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Post by jondear on Jan 22, 2019 22:29:29 GMT -5
The kpp tps train stopped here in Maine today. My organizational skills are going to be pushed to the max to keep all the cool stuff I selected sorted out. Should go out to New York tomorrow.
I'm adding some non potato seeds to the box, including leeks, hot peppers, kale x choy, and a black cherry tomato. Please help yourself to these seeds.
It makes me wonder if a Homegrown Goodness seed train would be awesome.
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Post by imgrimmer on Jun 25, 2019 16:06:57 GMT -5
Anyone has ever heard of this? It is a commercial ukrainian potatoe variety propagated by seeds. It is still ebay but it might be interesting |
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Post by imgrimmer on Nov 1, 2019 12:16:08 GMT -5
One of my seedlings made a huge potato. On top it seems to be Late Blight tolerant.   |
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Post by imgrimmer on Nov 1, 2019 12:22:02 GMT -5
I found a single berry of phureja potato. The first one in years. Phureja is great. Late Blight resistent, winter hardy and has a great taste. Only minus is the small tubers. It didn`t cross with other potatoes neither naturally nor intended. I hope for something interesting among the seedlings.
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Post by steev on Nov 1, 2019 18:54:08 GMT -5
That spud looks promising for dishes with visual appeal.
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Post by jocelyn on Nov 2, 2019 5:49:41 GMT -5
Those blue ones are often late blight resistant. I have some pooled genetics, based on Russian Blues, Uncle Dawson's blue/blacks and
whatever open pollinations happened over the years. Nearly all are blight resistant, so nice in a bad blight year. Yours looks really great too.
How does it taste? Is it good?
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Post by nathanp on Nov 3, 2019 21:10:37 GMT -5
Most blue potatoes do not have much late blight resistance, at least nothing more than an average potato would have. I am not aware of any commercial blue potatoes with specific LB R genes, and the only ones I have heard that may have it are ones from Tom Wagner's breeding program.
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Post by nathanp on Nov 8, 2019 0:19:42 GMT -5
Here are a few of my 2019 TPS seedlings that I plan to grow from tubers next year.  |
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Post by wmontanez on Nov 10, 2019 11:55:33 GMT -5
" what is the point if the tubers that keep the best in storage end up not tasting that great" Try doing controlled open pollination using techniques of design of experiments. What I mean by that is if you need to have long storage and good flavor then grow a block that has parents with long storage like WHEROROA 16-4 and others and a parent with good flavor and cross that block. Then select TPS seedling hardly on the traits you need. Then another block with fertility and whsteverelse you want. Then cross that first Block to the 2nd block that has promiscuous pollination or the other characteristics you need. Once you have good foundation you can landrace or have them select themselves. Be careful to introduce anything that might bring a problem. E.g male sterility etc. Takes years, not few to get solid foundation. Not everyone is willing or have patience to do it. Good luck  dont give up, reinvent your strategy. To Nathan's point : "quickly found out there was a good amount of value to being able to track lineage across generations, then make intentional crosses. Not every TPS line, batch or variety is equal" Completely agree, being able to trace back when the 'poor scab resistance' gene was introduced to your TPS lines has lots of value! Then you can trace back and start the previous year batch and select again. I used to save everything with notes etc and good thing I have because 2015 proved to be the turning point on my scabby issue. Going back to the TPS before that to be able to get rid of it or increase resistance. |
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Post by prairiegardens on Dec 18, 2019 23:38:21 GMT -5
I was somewhat astonished to see TPS being offered in West Coast seed catalog today. It's being offered just like any other seed without any clarification at all. They also offer the "normal" seed potatoes (i.e. potatoes) but not even in the same general area of the catalog, though they do reference the page.
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Post by nathanp on Dec 20, 2019 0:39:54 GMT -5
I was somewhat astonished to see TPS being offered in West Coast seed catalog today. It's being offered just like any other seed without any clarification at all. They also offer the "normal" seed potatoes (i.e. potatoes) but not even in the same general area of the catalog, though they do reference the page. can you post a link? I don't see it in their catalog. |
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Post by jocelyn on Dec 20, 2019 6:51:54 GMT -5
www.westcoastseeds.com/products/clancyI might add that blue potatoes can have good blight resistance. I am the second generation with a blue landrace. My Uncle kept the LBR ones for years and gave me some of the seedlings:) That gave me quite a bit of help.
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Post by prairiegardens on Dec 21, 2019 11:53:13 GMT -5
I was somewhat astonished to see TPS being offered in West Coast seed catalog today. It's being offered just like any other seed without any clarification at all. They also offer the "normal" seed potatoes (i.e. potatoes) but not even in the same general area of the catalog, though they do reference the page. can you post a link? I don't see it in their catalog. their 2020 catalog on the top of page 64 above the quinoa listings...I have the paper catalog so no idea what the link would be. Their "seed potatoes" listing is on page 147 but they have a little blurb on the bottom corner of that page about Clancy pelleted potato seeds item PT624 offering 20 seeds for 5.99 up to 5000 seeds for 346.99 Says they are a mix of red and rose gold creamer-size spuds. |
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Post by prairiegardens on Dec 21, 2019 12:12:23 GMT -5
so exactly what are creamer potatoes? Are they a variant of a fingerling potato? I was thinking perhaps just very young potatoes but the one site says no they are bred to be tiny, anyone know where they came from?
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dont give up, reinvent your strategy.