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What are my potatoes doing?

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Nij48

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What are my potatoes doing?
« on: July 15, 2013, 17:56 »
I would assume going to 'seed' but I never expected this.....

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Re: What are my potatoes doing?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2013, 17:59 »
Yes.

Quite normal. They carry the true potato seed.

Some varieties have berries, some don't.
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Re: What are my potatoes doing?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2013, 17:59 »
Potatoes are related to tomatoes so don't be too surprised!

VERY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE - potato "fruits" are poisonous - don't eat them or let anyone else eat them.  :ohmy:
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Re: What are my potatoes doing?
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2013, 18:01 »
They`re just fruiting - a while back they had flowers on and this is the end result.

Have a good look at one and you can see the affinity with tomatoes - they look pretty much the same as small green toms if you slice them open. Not edible though.

Some cut flowers off so that the plant doesn`t waste energy growing fruit. Never bothered myself.

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Re: What are my potatoes doing?
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2013, 18:10 »
Cheers for that, I feel such a newbie......I was worried there was something wrong with them, and now someone has mentioned it, they do look a little like small green tomatoes.......

Cheers again
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Re: What are my potatoes doing?
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2013, 19:03 »
Quote from: Nij48 on July 15, 2013, 18:10
Cheers for that, I feel such a newbie......I was worried there was something wrong with them, and now someone has mentioned it, they do look a little like small green tomatoes.......

Cheers again

 :lol: the same thing happened to me a couple of days ago, I got quite a shock thought I had a tomato plant mixed in with them
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Re: What are my potatoes doing?
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2013, 19:15 »
Quote from: vanessa.xx on July 15, 2013, 19:03
Quote from: Nij48 on July 15, 2013, 18:10
Cheers for that, I feel such a newbie......I was worried there was something wrong with them, and now someone has mentioned it, they do look a little like small green tomatoes.......

Cheers again

 :lol: the same thing happened to me a couple of days ago, I got quite a shock thought I had a tomato plant mixed in with them

I knew it wasnt a tomato...but wasnt at all sure what happened TBH - was worried
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Re: What are my potatoes doing?
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2013, 20:32 »
Just out of interest what type are you growing? Mine are maincrop Desiree
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Re: What are my potatoes doing?
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2013, 20:53 »
Just to hammer it home potato's and tomato's are related and are part of the nightshade family.
As in Deadly Nightshade.

Just in case someone thinks potato's are OK, tomato's are OK, so maybe people are being a bit overcautious. The fruits that form from the flowers are not to be eaten.

Next time you get the chance to see any nightshade in flower take a look at the similarity of the flowers.
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Re: What are my potatoes doing?
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2013, 22:13 »
Quote from: AnnieB on July 15, 2013, 20:53

Just in case someone thinks potato's are OK, tomato's are OK, so maybe people are being a bit overcautious.


Sorry Annie, I can't understand what you've written there.
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