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Post by gardensup on May 16, 2016 16:05:30 GMT -8
Wendy, I will be very curious to learn about your red skinned Skagit Valley Gold plant once you harvest it in the fall. This is the first time I have heard of anything other than gold skin. Perhaps you will have something very unique.
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Post by Tom Wagner on May 16, 2016 16:26:41 GMT -8
There have been thousands of Skagit Valley Gold hybrid TPS sent out over the years from my work. All colors of skin is to be expected since the berries from SVG are obligatory outcrossers thus male parents with different skin colors will show up readily.
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Post by wmontanez on May 16, 2016 16:40:16 GMT -8
As Tom says this is a hybrid. Gardensup I had many colored skin potatoes (red or blue) growing nearby so many possibilities for the male donor. I am excited about this red-color SVGx too. Only 1 is red the other 3 are yellow skin. The single berry only had 4 seeds inside.
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Post by aryla on May 21, 2016 13:28:15 GMT -8
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Post by wmontanez on Jul 26, 2016 12:13:59 GMT -8
These are the 2 strongest SVGx TPS seedlings these bloomed in late July, sowed seed mid March, transplant in the ground June 1st. Attachments:
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Post by gardensup on Jul 26, 2016 16:43:14 GMT -8
Very healthy looking leaves. Quite a bit of difference in the color of the flowers. It is likely an indicator that the tubers may be a bit different as well.
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Post by wmontanez on Jul 26, 2016 17:35:08 GMT -8
I have a suspect for the male donor that was blue-skin potato with white flesh. The flowers look like those from that side. Not sure at this point, none of my other TPS are in bloom. SVG is not in bloom so instead I tried to cross the siblings with themselves. Next will try w/ Fiesta Gold. I want to preserve the yellow flesh.
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Post by wmontanez on Aug 10, 2016 12:00:50 GMT -8
I sent one sample of each plant to Bill W for ploidy analysis. The crosses between siblings all aborted. I crossed both to Fiesta Gold and so far SVGx#1 has one berry. I crossed both also with another yellow fleshed F#1 CIP396286-7 #2. I want to preserve the Yellow flesh.
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Post by jocelyn on Aug 10, 2016 15:28:10 GMT -8
Is anybody working with Island Sunshine too? It has nice yellow flesh. Mine are just blooming now, so I don't know if there will be berries or not. I like yellow flesh too, Wendy, grin. Mine will be open pollinated, if they set seed, but I will share if there are any.
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Post by WendyM on Aug 14, 2016 21:29:17 GMT -8
I dont know that potato. Where is it from?
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Post by WendyM on Aug 14, 2016 21:31:35 GMT -8
Ploidy results are that both SVGx1 and SVGx2 are diploids.
I thought that if SVG is self incompatible there are higher chances the outcrossing results are tetra....interesting!
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Post by jocelyn on Aug 15, 2016 1:56:31 GMT -8
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Post by nathanp on Aug 15, 2016 3:01:53 GMT -8
I am growing Island Sunshine this year for the first time. I have not tried it yet. No berries on it, from what I recall, so that's not a positive. Allegedly it has late blight resistance, which is one of the things I am interested in.
I may give it a 2nd year to try to get berries, but only if it tastes good or appears to have some positive traits.
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Post by jocelyn on Aug 15, 2016 5:08:40 GMT -8
It sets lots of berries here in a usual year. It is blight resistant here, to races common here (mating groups) It doesn't like hot and dry, missing berry set in those years. Here, it blooms pretty late, so I'm going to have to get learning long term pollen storage. As to taste, eat some, grin, and make your own detirmination.
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Post by wmontanez on Sept 3, 2016 17:16:24 GMT -8
Only one berry developed on SVGx1 with is crossed to Fiesta Gold. The berry has white freckles (FG berries also have those white freckles). Anyone know what does these mean if anything?
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