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Old May 14, 2013   #1
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Default This year's TPS lines

Having secured some more space for growing I decided to diversify into potatoes this year. In particular I'm looking for new blue/black or red fleshed lines, which is reflected in the varieties I started from Tom Wagner's TPS. I've ended up with 65 vigorous seedlings out of 7 different lines. Two, Mt St Helens and Redder Blood were slow to germinate so those aren't pictured, they're about two weeks behind these.

Here are pictures of a representative plant from each line.

Skagit Beets



Blue Rose



Diamond Toro




Hedge Rose



Negate



This was my first year growing from TPS and I found it less intimidating than I expected. The seedlings are a little more delicate than tomatoes or peppers but with a little extra care separating and transplanting them they were not much different.

These plants are all a little past the point they should have been transplanted, but with last weekend's frost forecast I couldn't make myself put them out and risk it. They should go in the ground tonight!
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