One tuber from each (TPS) plant?

GunnarSK · October 11, 2010

Is it common, that there is only one potato on each plant started from TPS, or did it just happen by chance?

wmontanez · October 11, 2010

In my TPS plant experiment I found 3-5 marble size tubers, one had 3 of decent size around 2 by 3 inches, one plant only 1 tuber. I though maybe I did not hill them enough to reach their full potential.

TZ-OH6 · October 11, 2010

No I don't think that is normal. I got at least a few from each plant. Only one didn't produce any. Even the seedlings I left to die in pots usualy had more than one tuber.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=15013

wmontanez · October 11, 2010

I am glad you brought that thread here, I learned a few things for my next TPS attempt.

I made the mistake of taking the tiny tubers from green plants instead of letting them die down. Also I "harvested" one plant not completely dead, I better watch the seeds to see if they begin to shrivel.

GunnarSK · October 13, 2010

After reading the responses in this thread I raked the soil where my lone TPS plant used to be once more and found another tuber slightly smaller than the first one. They will both be used as seed potatoes in spring, and are of course identical (clones). I cannot tell, if there are mini-tubers left, but if there are and they survive the winter, they will appear as volunteers next year.

October 11, 2010	#1
GunnarSK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland 52° N Posts: 363	One tuber from each (TPS) plant? Is it common, that there is only one potato on each plant started from TPS, or did it just happen by chance?

October 11, 2010	#2
wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	In my TPS plant experiment I found 3-5 marble size tubers, one had 3 of decent size around 2 by 3 inches, one plant only 1 tuber. I though maybe I did not hill them enough to reach their full potential. __________________ Wendy

October 11, 2010	#4
wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	I am glad you brought that thread here, I learned a few things for my next TPS attempt. I made the mistake of taking the tiny tubers from green plants instead of letting them die down. Also I "harvested" one plant not completely dead, I better watch the seeds to see if they begin to shrivel. __________________ Wendy

October 11, 2010	#3
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 848	No I don't think that is normal. I got at least a few from each plant. Only one didn't produce any. Even the seedlings I left to die in pots usualy had more than one tuber. http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=15013

October 13, 2010	#5
GunnarSK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland 52° N Posts: 363	After reading the responses in this thread I raked the soil where my lone TPS plant used to be once more and found another tuber slightly smaller than the first one. They will both be used as seed potatoes in spring, and are of course identical (clones). I cannot tell, if there are mini-tubers left, but if there are and they survive the winter, they will appear as volunteers next year.