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Goosegirl

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Potato fruits??
« on: August 21, 2015, 12:45 »
My neighbour took this pic of her potatoes with what looks like tomatoes on the end. I believe pots and toms are in the same family so are these potato "fruits" resulting from their flowers?
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Re: Potato fruits??
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2015, 12:50 »
Yes they are related and those are the fruits of the potato plant, but they are poisonous.  If your neighbour has children, best remove them and put them in the bin out of harms way  ;)
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Re: Potato fruits??
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2015, 12:52 »
The potato fruits of course, not the children  :lol:
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Re: Potato fruits??
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2015, 13:02 »
So it's not in the "Sin Bin" then???  :lol:
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Re: Potato fruits??
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2015, 22:56 »
They are called potato apples, some varieties have them and some don't.
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Re: Potato fruits??
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2015, 10:22 »
I have read that you can grow potatoes from them. There are a blogs out there explaining how to but it all seems to be a bit of a faff- especially for a no-faff gardener.
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Re: Potato fruits??
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2015, 10:24 »
That's why we don't do it ;)
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Re: Potato fruits??
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2015, 15:02 »
Years ago, I heard of some old boys who used their tomato leaves as a kind of tobacco...

But that was many, many years ago, so don't worry, we're not back onto an E-Spud post...

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Re: Potato fruits??
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2015, 21:35 »
Quote from: moose on August 22, 2015, 10:22
I have read that you can grow potatoes from them. There are a blogs out there explaining how to but it all seems to be a bit of a faff- especially for a no-faff gardener.

How else do you think new varieties of potatoes are produced.

From cross pollinating the first flowers to marketing a new commercial variety takes many years.
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