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Post by wmontanez on Mar 20, 2011 17:37:55 GMT -8
Today I sowed my tomatoes and a tray of TPS, a lot of them!
Squat Orange Skagit Beets La Pan Yungay Huagalina Suytu Vilquina Fripapa F1 AmosAmey x Golden Amey Oregon Peaks Unalm Guisi
Open polinated TPS from last year sampler (listed the mother, father is unknown)
Amey Cosima Tom Kaighin Reiche Tom Nordic October Nordic Lumper
and Blue 2010 Medbury Garden's Mystery
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Post by Rebsie on Mar 21, 2011 4:28:48 GMT -8
Lovely. I've just sown my first batch too ... I'll be sowing more in the next few weeks but I try to spread them out a bit because they grow so fast, I can get overwhelmed if I have to plant them out all at once!
I've ordered these from Tom, some of them are the same ones you're growing so it'll be interesting to see how they grow in different parts of the world.
Skagit Beets Redder Blood Gold Thumbs Red White and Blue Suytu Vilquina Huagalina
It's probably obvious that I'm going for the ones with interesting flesh colours ... and for some Andean heritage types after having such good results from Tom's Pirampo x Khuchi Akita hybrid last year. I would have loved to try Squat Orange but it was already sold out when I got there!
Also sown some of my own TPS from last year's experiments:
Shetland Black (self-pollinated) Foula Red (self-pollinated) Negresse x Salad Blue F1 Pink Fir Apple x Salad Blue F1 Congo x (Mandel x John Tom Kaighin) Highland Burgundy Red x Shetland Black F1
Lots more to come, but trying not to get too carried away too quickly ...
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Post by wmontanez on Mar 21, 2011 7:20:59 GMT -8
Rebsie, hello from New England. I love your blog very informative and really enjoy your photos! it does make me want to attemp hybridizing but I let the bees do their work instead to get OP TPS.
Squat Orange is sold out and I only have few seeds left in case the first batch fails but if I get berries either selfed or OP I will have your name in mind to send you some across the pond. Last year I was lucky to have 6 varieties produce berries.
I will keep the pics flowing to compare notes, too many tubers to plant this spring and lots of good TPS varieties to try for the first time.
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Post by Rebsie on Mar 23, 2011 2:45:07 GMT -8
Hi Wendy, thank you! Letting the bees do the work for you is a good way of producing TPS ... it brings a special mystery and magic to the process if you don't know what you're going to end up with! It's nice to have a surprise.
It will be interesting to compare notes on how these varieties grow in New England and Old England.
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Post by thefuture on Mar 24, 2011 17:12:32 GMT -8
sign me up.
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Post by wmontanez on Mar 27, 2011 14:40:58 GMT -8
Quick update: Most of TPS are germinating after one week. Tom sent me a tomato called Blanco Rayado (Stripped White? or White zebra?), sowed 4 seeds all germinated.
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Post by wmontanez on Apr 5, 2011 16:55:35 GMT -8
More pics
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Post by azgirl on Apr 8, 2011 16:45:42 GMT -8
Count me in on the comparisons of a few and how they grow in different parts of the world. In addition to what I previously started from TPS ordered last year, I just HAD to order some this year as well. I ended up with 4 additional types (thanks to a bonus from Tom):
Agria Blue Blood Diamond Toro Howie Mandel Suytu Vilquina
My daughter was fascinated with the picture of the Peruvian potatoes and is hoping for something similar.
I planted about 9 seeds of each of the above. Some are ready to be transplanted to their own containers and already have multiple leaves.
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Post by wmontanez on Apr 11, 2011 7:44:03 GMT -8
My TPS seedlings are growing very fast lately. Some are still catching up. Pictures are 20 days after sowing (~3 weeks after germination) Amey X, red stems in most of the seedlings probably OP cross with mule skinner blues Squat orange, tiny plants I can tell it's diploid Skagit beets, some dark stem, some light, some green. I am very excited to grow this bunch. I probably will be transplanting in bigger pots and burying the stems next weekend. I can't seem to have a heart to discard some seedlings.I sowed too densely this time. How are you guys doing so far? Wendy
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Post by indyartist on Apr 11, 2011 19:32:55 GMT -8
Two of my three TPS varieties from Tom's site germinated today. "Lady Krokar" and "Skagit Magic", this is my first try at potatoes from seeds. I'm thrilled, I'll buy plenty more as Tom gets his site back where I can order more TPS, even though I'll likely grow them out in 2012.
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Post by owiebrain on Apr 12, 2011 8:47:51 GMT -8
I planted three 4" pots each of eight varieties at the end of March and all are now up. 9 Dings Gold Thumbs La Pan Land Races Pokhipsie Suytu Vilquina Tollocan Fiesta Yungay I cannot wait to see how they do! Pics of the seedlings are here speedkin.com/2011/04/12/tps-update/. I just posted those so figured I'd share here as well.
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Post by macmex on Apr 12, 2011 10:05:19 GMT -8
Hi Diane!
I planted, perhaps a dozen each from Huagalina & Kassie Winoka. This is a first for me to try potatoes from seed. I've enjoyed looking at Peruvian web sites and reading about Huagalina and others they have, including one site gave the folklore version of how potatoes came into cultivation.
I'd love some history on Kassie Winoka. Can't find anything except the physical description as found on newworldcrops.com
George Tahlequah, OK
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Post by owiebrain on Apr 12, 2011 21:08:16 GMT -8
Hiya, George! Glad to know that someone I "know" is growing TPS this year, too.
"including one site gave the folklore version of how potatoes came into cultivation."
Do you happen to still have that link? Sounds right up my alley.
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Post by Tom Wagner on Apr 13, 2011 6:56:10 GMT -8
All of the information about the potato variety KASSIE WINOKA is from my breeding work and the information I provided for the website newworldcrops.com is just a blurb from me.
KASSIE WINOKA is a potato variety that had a larger vine than most other varieties. It also had a huge yield of oval/long white skinned tubers with a pink eye. The flesh inside was a medium yellow. The flavor was good but not outstanding for a yellow. I wanted to use it for more breeding to get the flavor enhanced.
The origin of this variety goes back to Casanova...a Monalisa cross...that I first witnessed in a California potato variety trial west of Lamont somewhere in the Sandrini Rd. area. I noticed the Casanova as a tall variety with lots of blooms and I had some bulk pollen from many varieties and I crossed the Casanova flowers. I came back later about 7 or weeks later and picked the berries. I had the seed in storage for a few years until I launched my Washington breeding work in '04. The family of this Casanova hyb. was part of over 100.000 seedlings of various background. The next year in '05 and again in '06 I noticed the vigor of the seedling clone maintain itself a tuber line.
The seed of KASSIE WINOKA is OP but could be crossed with any number of thousands of clones grown in the field. Kassie was chosen for a female link to Casanova and Winoka is an Indian name that was my grandmother-in-law's personal name.
If one of my cooperators in Oklahoma ever grows out a good seedlings from the KASSIE WINOKA ......they ought to name one WAYNOKA.....a town just south of the Kansas border with Oklahoma.
I transplanted a few seedling TPS of KASSIE WINOKA into single unit trays yesterday. I may apply the name Kassinoka or Kassinova to the better clones later on this year.
When I did a quick search for Casanova...I see that it has dropped off the face of the earth...must not be grown anymore....it certainly is not among the certified acres of potatoes within the USA. A full sib of Casanova called Vivaldi is much better in my opinion. Even though PVP was taken out for Casanova about 10 years ago....most of the European varieties trotted out 10 years ago are falling out of favor for newer clones.
Tom Wagner
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Post by macmex on Apr 13, 2011 13:58:16 GMT -8
Diane, That page is in Spanish, coming out of Peru. It belongs to a fellow named Lorenzo Basurto Rodriguéz, quite a good writer, I might add. Here's the link. It will take me a few days, due to time constraints. But I'll translate that part and either e-mail it to you, or if others here would like, I could post it here. I'm a real lover of culture, especially Hispanic culture. taninos.tripod.com/Papa.htmTom, thank you so much for that info! The background makes the whole venture so much more meaningful. Thank you, also, for sending me the seed. George
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