[chrissie B]

Not a massive potatoes grower but they are all over this year after last years success   having a look this morning I noticed what looked like tomatoes  growing off my potatoes pic to follow i never got them the last time is this usual .
Chrissie b

[JayG]

Potatoes are quite closely related to tomatoes and can produce similar looking fruits, although they don't turn red and are also poisonous. Perhaps you are a little later harvesting them this year compared with last?

[chrissie B]

I will nip down and remove them  thank you
Chrissie b

[JayG]

Only poisonous if eaten, so you don't have to remove them unless you think there's a risk that someone might do just that.

[chrissie B]

Will they not take anything from the potatoes.
Chrissie b

[al78]

Yes it is normal. Potatoes and tomatoes are from the same family and some varieties of potatoes will produce fruit when they mature. Unlike tomatoes, the fruit is inedible).

[JayG]

Will they not take anything from the potatoes.
Chrissie b

Quite a hotly debated subject at times!

My guess would be that allowing flowering probably doesn't take much out of the plant, allowing them to go on to form fruits probably takes a bit more, although they've usually been harvested before that point is reached.

Removing them probably wouldn't make much difference either way now.