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Post by philagardener on Oct 18, 2016 20:27:46 GMT -5
Hi @debthefarmer ! Long time no see - great to have you posting again!
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Post by prairiegardens on Dec 9, 2016 22:15:42 GMT -5
Eagle Creek isn't offering amarosa this year, and I would really like to get some tps. missed any from my potato plants if they even had them this summer. BillW what does " ornamental" potatoes mean? I see that I'm too late for anything else, it's all sold out.
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Post by steev on Dec 9, 2016 22:53:56 GMT -5
If I may jump in before billw, "ornamental potatoes" are the ones strung into garlands and draped on the festive tree by Celts masquerading as Christians.
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Post by jocelyn on Dec 10, 2016 9:15:01 GMT -5
Prairiegardens, would you like me to save an amarosa tuber for you and mail it when things warm up? I also have open pollinated and pooled seed. This year's seeds are from open pollinated berries harvested from the ground, or by yelling at the hens to drop them, grin. Available parents; purplechief, amarosa, milva, yukon gold, pink fir apple, russian blue, some red seedlings, some mixed seedlings and some irish cobblers. All seedballs pooled.
Last year's seed, all seedballs from red tubered plants, year before, pooled seed, which has produced some quite red tubers, plus many other colours.
I have only small amounts, but am willing to share. Want, seed or a tuber?
Jocelyn
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Post by prairiegardens on Dec 10, 2016 9:34:05 GMT -5
Hi Jocelyn. What a super offer, messaged you. Thanks!
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Post by jocelyn on Dec 11, 2016 8:28:49 GMT -5
Check your PM's Prairiegardens
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Post by prairiegardens on Dec 13, 2016 11:55:10 GMT -5
answered you, let me know if you don't see it, wasn't sure if I had to reply under your name or if it would let you know an answer was there. Thanks Jocelyn
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Post by billw on Dec 14, 2016 0:52:26 GMT -5
BillW what does " ornamental" potatoes mean? I see that I'm too late for anything else, it's all sold out. I still have some other diploid mixes in stock, Prairiegardens. Demand for tetraploid seed was surprising. I sold roughly 180,000 potato seeds this year, an amount that I expected to last three years. I guess there are going to be some pretty impressive potato grow outs next year. The ornamental mix is seed from various varieties that had abundant and beautiful flowers, but not necessarily very interesting tubers. I don't expect to sell a lot of it, but I thought it would be fun. |
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Post by prairiegardens on Dec 14, 2016 10:08:21 GMT -5
The diploid is day length sensitive though so unlikely to work well for Saskatchewan, or so I understood. Where I am, by the time the soil is warm enough to plant we are usually already into 12 hour or longer days and by Equinox are at about 18 hour days of full daylight. If I read the material correctly that would mean little chance of success with the diploid seed. Did I get it wrong?
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Post by billw on Dec 14, 2016 13:26:36 GMT -5
Diploids aren't necessarily day length sensitive for tuberization, but they are more likely to be than tetraploids. I usually get plenty that form tubers during long days. The short day varieties are obvious because the plants grow really huge while they are waiting for short days.
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Post by prairiegardens on Dec 23, 2016 15:44:04 GMT -5
Prairiegardens, would you like me to save an amarosa tuber for you and mail it when things warm up? I also have open pollinated and pooled seed. This year's seeds are from open pollinated berries harvested from the ground, or by yelling at the hens to drop them, grin. Available parents; purplechief, amarosa, milva, yukon gold, pink fir apple, russian blue, some red seedlings, some mixed seedlings and some irish cobblers. All seedballs pooled. Last year's seed, all seedballs from red tubered plants, year before, pooled seed, which has produced some quite red tubers, plus many other colours. I have only small amounts, but am willing to share. Want, seed or a tuber? Jocelyn Hi Jocelyn The seed arrived today, a lovely Christmas present! Thank you  |
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Post by jocelyn on Dec 25, 2016 10:07:16 GMT -5
Ah, good, merry Christmas then.
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