potato fruit

laoch na mona

I had never heard of this until this year, a quick google told me they are poisonous. should i just pull them off and throw them in the dung heap or what.

also out of curiosity how common are they

Markcheese

As in the fruit that develops after the flowers on an ordinary potato stalk ... ?
Leave them alone... Compost them with the stalks when you pull the stalks ..

laoch na mona

Markcheese wrote: »

As in the fruit that develops after the flowers on an ordinary potato stalk ... ?
..

ya they look like little tomatoes
like this http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9KYb8LRshuY/TgUlmWK-vAI/AAAAAAAADrs/DCqPlzrG4WM/s1600/gardensurprise.JPG

magicbastarder

i don't see the benefit in leaving them be, i would assume the spuds would suffer at the benefit of the fruit.

iainBB

I would remove them ASAP, then the plant would not put that energy into seed production and rather put its energy in its other form of reproduction.

Oldtree

Once the flowers appear then potato production is under way. As above I would remove them as they appear but I don't put the stalks into my compost that will go back into the beds next year to avoid any transfer of blight (I garden as organically as I can) if I can help it. I have a second compost heap for potato leaves and weeds that spread by bits of roots.

Supercell

They are related plants, in fact you can order tomato plants grafted on to potato stalks in order to double crop in small spaces. However the fruit the OP has is poisonous and should be cut off asap to put more energy into the Spud's

Oldtree

Supercell wrote: »

They are related plants, in fact you can order tomato plants grafted on to potato stalks in order to double crop in small spaces.

I learn something new every day.:D

Supercell

Posted the above from my phone, its now late and I'm bored in work.

Here's the "Tomtato" plant: - http://www.thompson-morgan.com/vegetables/vegetable-plants/all-vegetable-plants/tomtato/t47176TM

For those with more money than sense IMHO!

calum22

Haha

Seen a good article earlier actually on how to grow 'Super Fruits', however I cannot post a link yet. You could probably google it, I think it was on the selfbuild page maybe?

evolving_doors

true potato seed is the term for em....