How to harvest, keep and sow Potato seed balls...

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How to harvest, keep and sow Potato seed balls...
« on: August 09, 2011, 09:44 »
Hi,
I recently bought a book about saving seeds from your veg (in order to try and be more sustainable and save money on buying seeds)

It says you can use the little "green tomato-like" seed balls from the greenery to plants next years crop but it doesn't say how to harvest them? A few questions I have are...
1 - Do I wait for them to drop off / turn a certain colour or size
2 - How do I store them best over winte
3 - How / when would I sow them

If anyone can help with this I'd be most grateful!
Regards
Julia



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Re: How to harvest, keep and sow Potato seed balls...
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2011, 10:00 »
Welcome to the forums.

Whilst it's an American site, have a look at this, it will give you a better clue as to what's involved:

http://www.growseed.org/potato-breeding.html

I'm afraid that book of yours has deceived you somewhat if it's given you the impression that you'll get a crop next year the equivalent of using certified seed potatoes.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: How to harvest, keep and sow Potato seed balls...
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2011, 10:06 »
Thanks for this, it did say not to rely on your whole crop for it but that it was something to try... I'm just intrigued to see if I can make it work as I had no idea it was even possible... your website was good as I now know when and how to harvest them and how to prepare for storage,

Many thanks
Julia


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