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Post by wmontanez on Mar 12, 2011 9:27:16 GMT -8
Gardensquare,
Last year I planted a 1# sampler with 14 varieties and 6 of them produced berries and seeds open pollinated or selfed sinceI did not attemp any crossings. One of the Amey TPS seedlings I am growing since October (I am calling it Amey X) are showing red stems so is very likely it cross with one of the blue varieties Tom sent me. Amey was planted very close to 225710, Blue Rockies and Mule Skinner blues. In my notes I have that Amey and Mule skinner blues, Skagit Valley Gold and Nordic October were in bloom about the same time... I saw a lot of bees in my flowers so I am sure there is some cross pollination which in my case is even better to have many possibilities to discover.
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Post by wmontanez on Mar 12, 2011 9:41:42 GMT -8
My TPS order and 1# sampler tubers arrived today! Very pleased with the purchase AND I got more than I asked for because there were several extra freebies included there, thanks TOM.
I was taken by the beauty of some of the tubers and one in particular Skagit Leap I swear the skin is orange.
I hope sales are doing good and you can get to breeding soon. In 2 more weeks is TPS sowing weekend for me.
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Post by wmontanez on Mar 22, 2011 17:00:49 GMT -8
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Post by Tom Wagner on Mar 22, 2011 22:09:04 GMT -8
Thanks, Wendy.
I am stressed trying to get orders filled and mailed. But I appreciate the link to my potato site....I doubt if many will hear....read....or stumble across my potato offerings. As it is....I am finding so many new potato varieties this spring after several months of storage....too many last year and too little time to record my observations.
Anyway thanks ...I think...Whew!!! Tom Wagner
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Post by wmontanez on Mar 23, 2011 6:36:11 GMT -8
Well ...I guess... you are welcomed! I stopped myself from promoting SVG even thou I though of it.
Just an idea. Maybe you want to think about offering the seeds and tuber samplers for limited time in the spring and then again in the fall... so you can get to what is important: breeding! LOL
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Post by Frogsleap farm on Mar 24, 2011 12:24:33 GMT -8
Tom - is Scrofa a stable line or still segregating?
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Post by Tom Wagner on Mar 24, 2011 19:51:13 GMT -8
Scrofa is a tomato line that should be fairly stable by now. There could still be a bit of variation in size of fruit, but not much.
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Post by johno on Mar 29, 2011 20:48:39 GMT -8
Tom, I'm thinking of ordering a 1 lb sampler. I'm looking for mostly late maturing varieties. How are the prospects for that at this point (I know I'm a little late)? If that's no problem, a second criterion would be taters that like clay soil.
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Post by jeb on Apr 30, 2011 18:07:01 GMT -8
I have recently begun playing with tomato grafting as a hobby, and was wondering if anyone is grafting a potato scion onto a tomato rootstock in order to increase the seed production for TPS? It would seem to me that it would be a significantly faster way to produce seed in quantity. It might also be a means of creating hybrid seed faster than waiting for the potato crop to develop. Any thoughts?
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Post by xnavynuke on Apr 30, 2011 19:13:48 GMT -8
I have recently begun playing with tomato grafting as a hobby, and was wondering if anyone is grafting a potato scion onto a tomato rootstock in order to increase the seed production for TPS? It would seem to me that it would be a significantly faster way to produce seed in quantity. It might also be a means of creating hybrid seed faster than waiting for the potato crop to develop. Any thoughts? Luther Burbank had lots of thoughts on this matter. Take a look starting at page 109 here: Luther Burbank: his methods and discoveries and their practical application- Volume 7XNN
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Post by Tom Wagner on Apr 30, 2011 21:41:16 GMT -8
I did some grafting of potato tops to tomato bottoms about 35 years ago. The tomatoes were grown in a hydroponic bed of Haydite gravel. I did a side graft and eventually cut the tomato top off. Once the potato scion seemed to gather strength from the tomato rootstalk and its own potato rootstalk.....I cut the potato rootstalk away. The potato commenced to grow at an indeterminant and grew over 8 ft. tall with potato berries taking when I made crosses.
Had not done it since.
BTW, those Burbank volumes brought back memories since I read all of those journals back in 1958. My comment after reading them was...."BEEN THERE...DONE THAT".......
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Post by GunnarSK on May 1, 2011 2:17:02 GMT -8
I did some grafting of potato tops to tomato bottoms about 35 years ago. This is absolutely amazing, since most do it the other way around, grafting tomato scions on potato rootstock to get a harvest of both potato tubers and tomatoes with no consideration of potato berries.
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Post by GunnarSK on Jul 22, 2011 12:50:26 GMT -8
Bump (because it was too difficult to find this thread).
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Post by wmontanez on Jan 17, 2012 18:24:49 GMT -8
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Post by Tom Wagner on Jan 18, 2012 5:16:23 GMT -8
I had problems trying to reach that link...
Organic Seed Potato Sources | Chiot's Run chiotsrun.com/2011/03/22/organic-seed-potato-sources/ Mar 22, 2011 – New World Tubers – Specializes in rare and interesting potatoes for the home gardener and homesteader.
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