Tomatoville® Gardening Forums


Notices

Information and discussion for successfully cultivating potatoes, the world's fourth largest crop.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old June 1, 2020   #121
NathanP
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: RI
Posts: 183
Default

Here is a video about using stems. They are using a similar method to what we are discussing, but with clean, disease free potato material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdQLYtfbWZw


The goal is cleaner seed tubers to sell because it would be fewer generations between tissue culture and sale to customers

Last edited by NathanP; June 1, 2020 at 08:00 AM.
NathanP is offline   Reply With Quote
Old June 1, 2020   #122
slugworth
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: connecticut,usa
Posts: 1,150
Default

I topped some plants last week to clone.
slugworth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 5, 2020   #123
slugworth
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: connecticut,usa
Posts: 1,150
Default

4 plants I topped @5 weeks.
2 didn't set any roots but stayed alive and green.
The anemic looking one had a goiter that is sprouting leaves.
The biggest one made roots and sent out another shoot.
I would say the bigger the better if you are topping plants.
Shoe-box size box no drainage potting soil mix kept wet.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 100_0549.jpg (157.4 KB, 114 views)
File Type: jpg 100_0550.jpg (94.4 KB, 114 views)
slugworth is offline   Reply With Quote
Old September 8, 2020   #124
wmontanez
Tomatovillian™
 
wmontanez's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: MA
Posts: 776
Default

Nice to see some other people got some useful info from this post. Longer season potatoes do better with this method. I do it to multiply plants when I only have 1 seed potato.
__________________
Wendy
wmontanez is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 3, 2020   #125
bboomer
Tomatovillian™
 
bboomer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 67
Default

My volunteer sprouts experiment yielded....disappointing results. Maybe ten pounds of potatoes came from a 20 foot row that was filled with large vigorous plants this summer. Well, there is always next year!
bboomer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 17, 2020   #126
NathanP
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: RI
Posts: 183
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bboomer View Post
My volunteer sprouts experiment yielded....disappointing results. Maybe ten pounds of potatoes came from a 20 foot row that was filled with large vigorous plants this summer. Well, there is always next year!

What potato varieties were you trying this with?


Wendy is correct when she claims this works much better with long season potatoes. If you try this with early to mid season potatoes, they tend to start to senesce much to early to produce much. It has something to do with disruption of normal potato hormones when the plant is disconnected from the seed tuber. Disconnecting the stems usually starts the process of senescence in all but long season potatoes (150+ days), and in more determinate varieties, much too early.

Last edited by NathanP; October 17, 2020 at 12:28 PM.
NathanP is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 25, 2020   #127
bboomer
Tomatovillian™
 
bboomer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 67
Default

The volunteer sprouts were Kennebeck, a late maturing potato.
bboomer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 26, 2020   #128
MrBig46
Tomatovillian™
 
MrBig46's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Czech republic
Posts: 2,524
Default

I really like the experiment with Skagit Valley Gold potatoes. I would also like to try growing these potatoes (just as an experiment for my own use), but I have not found a source of TPS Skagit Valley Gold anywhere. Tom Wagner no longer sells TPS and I couldn't find anyone else. Are these TPS seeds available somewhere? I can't think of another way to get to this variety of potatoes.
¨ Vladimír
MrBig46 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 29, 2020   #129
NathanP
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: RI
Posts: 183
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by MrBig46 View Post
I really like the experiment with Skagit Valley Gold potatoes. I would also like to try growing these potatoes (just as an experiment for my own use), but I have not found a source of TPS Skagit Valley Gold anywhere. Tom Wagner no longer sells TPS and I couldn't find anyone else. Are these TPS seeds available somewhere? I can't think of another way to get to this variety of potatoes.
¨ Vladimír

Cultivariable is now selling true seeds internationally, not just in the US.


https://www.cultivariable.com/produc...100-seeds-tps/
NathanP is offline   Reply With Quote
Old October 31, 2020   #130
Fusion_power
Tomatovillian™
 
Fusion_power's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,250
Default

NathanP, Can you still get Sarpo Mira and Sarpo Axona from Kenosha?
Fusion_power is offline   Reply With Quote
Old November 1, 2020   #131
MrBig46
Tomatovillian™
 
MrBig46's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Czech republic
Posts: 2,524
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by NathanP View Post
Cultivariable is now selling true seeds internationally, not just in the US.


https://www.cultivariable.com/produc...100-seeds-tps/
I read that it is forbidden to send potato seeds to the Czech Republic - phytosanitary measures. I don't want to break this ban, so I'm giving up an experiment. Damage.
Vladimír
MrBig46 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old November 1, 2020   #132
NathanP
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: RI
Posts: 183
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by MrBig46 View Post
I read that it is forbidden to send potato seeds to the Czech Republic - phytosanitary measures. I don't want to break this ban, so I'm giving up an experiment. Damage.
Vladimír

This is fairly common, to prevent accidental imporation of potato viruses. Most countries now have similar laws, including the US and Canada.
NathanP is offline   Reply With Quote
Old November 1, 2020   #133
NathanP
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: RI
Posts: 183
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fusion_power View Post
NathanP, Can you still get Sarpo Mira and Sarpo Axona from Kenosha?

Just sent you a PM
NathanP is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:27 PM.


★ Tomatoville® is a registered trademark of Commerce Holdings, LLC ★ All Content ©2022 Commerce Holdings, LLC ★