Devirusing potatos

Medbury Gardens · July 3, 2008

After reading back through this forum,i can tell that Tom tends to gets a little bit bored when nothing is being posted,so i thought i might write a thread about devirusing.
I have being growing two potatos -Rima, a maori cultivar with pink skin but more red around its shallow eyes, but they have always given me poor returns.So last spring i planted my largest spud in a pot till i had a shoot with roots long enough to remove from the tuber and transplant into the garden.The other potato i did was Robin Adair, a old Engish cultivar,They both grew spuds of about the same size as previous years but hopefully yields will improved in the coming seasons as i was recommended to do so by a old fella who i inherited these two from along with a few other cultivars that give me give me good yields (8 kgs-12 lbs)per plant,every year for the last 20.The theory behind this was that the virus is spread from tuber to tuber,snaping off the shoots supposedly breaks this cycle.
Unlike my other spuds Rima and Robin Adair don`t grow seed pods which i could work with to try to improve yields, so have a done the right thing????

**Tom Wagner** · July 4, 2008

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i can tell that Tom tends to gets a little bit bored when nothing is being posted,so i thought i might write a thread about devirusing.

Thanks for posting. I have only myself to blame for being bit bored at times. I do like to see a lot of comments here on the potato section of TVille.

Sometimes I take the time to answer the various messages on the various posts and today I thought I could do it simply!

No such luck. I have about 10 pages of notes that need editing about the topic of devirusing potatoes. The July 4 holiday weekend is here and I may have to take a few days off to be with my sons and daughter and in-laws.

I think I may have some good ideas and loosely supported research that may be of interest to you. Give me the time to respond. Meanwhile here are some other potatoes that may be of interest to you in NZ. Note since they have the Adair variety, you may wish to call the officials that list these varieties to see if clean stock is available.

Tom

http://www.dect.org.nz/modules/AMS/i...5&submit=Go%21

Akaroa
pink/yellow

Arran Banner, Scotland
white

Banks Peninsula

Bluff Whaler, Spain
blue/white

Chatham Id.
pink/yellow

Chatham Id. Red Rock
red/yellow

Gladstone, Scotland
white/pink

Huakararo
yellow/cream

Karuparera
purple/cream

Karupoti Purple/white

King Edward
red/yellow

Kowiniwini
purple/creamy

Ladies fingers, Ireland
pink/yellow

Maori purplish/white

Matariki yellow-pink/cream

Moeraki Whaler, Captn. Cook
red

MoieMoie
yellow-red

Ngateuteu yellow-pink/cream

Old Blue, Denmark
purple/white

Old Otago, Dunedin
rosypink/cream

Paraketia purple/white

Pawhero purple/white

PeruPeru, Peru
creamy-purple

Pink fir, Ireland
pink/yellow

Poiwa
yellow

Portobello purple, Portobello
purple-pink/white

Raupi yellow-purple

Red Dakota, Vermont, USA
red/white

Robin Adair, Canterbury
pinkish-red/white

St. Joseph's purple/white

Seven Oaks
whitish purple/white

Sheppard, Papanui Inlet
pinky-cream

Stewart Id, Stewart Id.
pink

Te Maori purple/white

Urenika purple/purple

Uwhi red/yellow

Waikato purple/white

Whataroa pinkish-cream/yellow

July 3, 2008	#1
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Devirusing potatos After reading back through this forum,i can tell that Tom tends to gets a little bit bored when nothing is being posted,so i thought i might write a thread about devirusing. I have being growing two potatos -Rima, a maori cultivar with pink skin but more red around its shallow eyes, but they have always given me poor returns.So last spring i planted my largest spud in a pot till i had a shoot with roots long enough to remove from the tuber and transplant into the garden.The other potato i did was Robin Adair, a old Engish cultivar,They both grew spuds of about the same size as previous years but hopefully yields will improved in the coming seasons as i was recommended to do so by a old fella who i inherited these two from along with a few other cultivars that give me give me good yields (8 kgs-12 lbs)per plant,every year for the last 20.The theory behind this was that the virus is spread from tuber to tuber,snaping off the shoots supposedly breaks this cycle. Unlike my other spuds Rima and Robin Adair don`t grow seed pods which i could work with to try to improve yields, so have a done the right thing????