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otamot
head gardener
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 Posted - 09/03/2009 : 23:42:58
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thanks everyone. well this has got me stumped, they definitely weren't mislabeled because the ruby lous were the only ones I planted, once they were up I stuck some gourmet potatoes I had sprouting in the cupboard in another row but they went nowhere and never came up. so the ruby lou was it. they were definitely red when I put them in so this is really weird. The skin does have some pink colouring just not that much 
But I cooked it up and it was delish 
I'll let the plants die down and then dig them up and that should be interesting to see whats going on down there  |
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
3949 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2009 : 06:59:25
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You are doing better than me Ota. Congratulations
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2009 : 14:48:45
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Because all commercially bought potatoes are hybrids any colour variation will be some what limited,but you say that there is a small amount of red pigmentation???
What do think tessa,sounds like a job for Tom Wagner,
Below is a photo of some potatoes that i grew form the seed berries that grow from the top of some potatoes.
These are a good example of what happens when you grow seed from a hybrid variety as this seed came from only one potato variety which tends to throw back to its pervious parentage
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 08:45:15
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wow. are you saying all those potatoes came from the same mommy?
and are those peruvian purples there? i had some...and i couldn't spit them out fast enough. tasted like cat piss smells. could. not. deal.
i wonder if there really are hybrids here in WA, richard. for yonks now...the potato mafia has allowed only 3 varieties to be grown in the state. nadines (absolute garbage potato, those) ruby lous (best of the small lot) and royal blues (can take them or leave them).
this year...saw 3 more varieties permitted but i've yet to see the crops come in.
sometimes we can get kipflers from over east but we pay an arm and a leg for them.
anyway...with just three varities...how much hybriding could be going on???
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 08:55:06
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cool tatties Tessa
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 12:37:02
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Gee that's so interesting Richard I may try that, just got to remember to pick those berries. You are talking about the ones that look like tiny tomatoes right, how did you go about getting the seeds did you wait for the berries to dry and shrivel up on the plant and get them out or did you plant the entire berry..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 17:22:50
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In this link there is a lengthy discussionn on TPS (potato seed),i'm expert in this department but there are within this thread.
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=6761
Just skim through the technical stuff thats over my head,there's planty of info on the actual potato seed further on in this thread. |
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 17:49:36
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Bugger sorry tessa i didn't answer your question,
i dont know if its closely related to Peruvian purple or not as i dont know its parentage,but it does look similar doesn't it.
How much hybridizing is going on,lots i would think, they would be constantly reperforming the same cross that gives you those same varieties and at the same time restricting all other potato variety imports into W A.
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Val
assistant gardener
Australia
92 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 19:23:51
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| Oh yes, they taste really yummy! I cooked some Pink Eye today, they are the weirdest shapes but full of flavour and firm and waxy yellow flesh. |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 20:17:52
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Hope you did not hold back on the butter Val 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 20:48:11
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Thanks so much Richard..
Very Mind Boggling I think I will go for the pick when young 6 to 8 weeks after blooming then I dont have to go to Uni to be a Pharmacist
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 22:31:20
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LOL, MA.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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otamot
head gardener
1013 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 23:40:03
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interesting picture medbury! and yep there was definitely some colour in the skin, the peel was redder on the underside than on top too.
so they have a special way of getting consistent results commercially to stop them throwing back to the parents I guess? I love the colours by the way, gorgeous!
I'm going to follow the link and have a read now ....
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 13/03/2009 : 04:43:03
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| Commercial breeders maintain varieties by going back and crossing from the same parents to maintain vigour only,potatoes will not revert back if grown from the tubuler as the tubuler ia a clone. |
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otamot
head gardener
1013 Posts |
Posted - 13/03/2009 : 16:17:44
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that's what I was thinking medbury that it should be a clone from planting a potato. I've been thinking it must be something to do with the growing conditions? but then it's pretty typical that something would go wrong under my guidance, vegies just dont like me  |
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I have a potato!