PAPAS from Peru

[biofutur]

Hi,
We bought from Peruvian Potatoes, mainly from arequipa, cusco, and an Island of Titicaca lake.
Hereunder, you'll see some pics taken from the arequipa market.
Unfortunatly, from Cusco we lost the pics due to a bad memory flash card.

In my private forum, I've posted the varieties we got. I've planted them very late in August, but in spain we may have a second season for the potatoes. and they are thriving quite well, in flowers since september. not many seeds, but there are.

I cannot post all the pictures, it is a bit long long and tough, but you can go and see them here if you want, i fear you have to registrate your self before. el-foro.biofutur.org But it worth I think.

My question to Tom is.
I have not be able to name all my varieties, thus, if you or any other can help ...

here are the pics from arequipa
(I forgot, they have a very taste, specially the "peruanita" variety, very famous overthere)

[biofutur]

MERCADO DE AREQUIPA

[Tom Wagner]

Thanks for posting all of those wonderful pix.

[PatrickW]

These are great pictures biofutur, thanks for posting them! Wow, it really makes me want to visit Peru.

[biofutur]

thks Tom
and Patrick, In your next trip don't forget to visit my garden, you'll be surprised,

[biofutur]

here is the list of all the potatoes varieties which were for sale on this market this spring

[Tom Wagner]

Canchan is the only one I know for sure I have had out of that great assortment. I always thought that no matter how matter lines I get, either as TPS or tubers, from the Plant Introduction folks at Sturgeon Bay, I never can get quite what I want.

[thefuture]

very nice pics.

[biofutur]

I hope it will help for those tripping overthere. very worthy to fly to peru.

[thefuture]

so i am clear, you are now growing these in spain?

[biofutur]

almost 13 different types and origins, but only 5 to 6 true varieties I fear. I'll harvest them next month I think. In spain fortunatly we can grow potatoes twice a year.
Lot of flowers, very dark for main of them. But only a few of seeds are expected. may be problem of fecondation.

[biofutur]

A question to Tom or to others who have tried feccondation of potatoes.

I've planted near 100m2 with my peruvian tubers. Last september I've polinisated or left a selfpolinisation of the hundreds of flowers I got from all my varieties. But up to now it is a desaster.
All the flowers have fallen and near nothing of fruits maturing. Curiously one plant only, bears fruits (small olive size) and this one only, which is an "amarilla peruanita".
I have 4 or 5 differents strains of this variety and this is the plant which bears something.

Thus, what is the best way for the fecondation of potatoes, and what could my story suggest to you ?

cheers

[joseph]

If only 1 plant in 100 produces seeds and you save the seeds from that one plant, and plant them the following year, then you are selecting for fruit bearing plants in your next generation. After some generations your plants will be producing seeds on a regular basis.

[biofutur]

the fllower of this plant only. That is funny, from this same origin I got 10 or a little more tubers very similar, and only this one give some seeds.

[biofutur]

no any advice for the pollinisation ?