Gorgeous blossoms from Tom's TPS

owiebrain · July 7, 2011

I am so in love!

Suytu Vilquina

Land Races

**Tom Wagner** · July 7, 2011

Thanks. Nice knowing others out there are getting addicted to potato flowers!

Big week ahead of me to cross tomatoes here and there.....and of course..potatoes.

salix · July 7, 2011

Owie, just beautiful, thanks for posting.

Tom, can you give us some idea of the correlation between blossom/anther colour and tuber colour (skin/flesh)? Or is that classified information...

wmontanez · July 7, 2011

Owiebrian,woohoo. Those are beautiful. Way to go! I remember you sowed your TPS a tad earlier than me. I checked mine last weekend and saw one flower cluster but too soon to tell

Salix, for what I gather in the various forums I read about potatoes... red in the anthers cue red flesh, rust or dark brown is blue...the stems/axils cue to skin colors.

Red thumb (red skin, red flesh)

Mule skinner blues (blue skin/blue flesh)

I would like also to distinguish other combinations too like Yellow flesh but only Skagit Valley Gold has bright green-yellow leaves that stands out as different.

nicky · July 7, 2011

Owiebrain - You're right - I never noticed how beatiful the flowers are until this year. These are Caribe Flowers...

salix · July 7, 2011

Thanks for the info, Wendy - I will have to locate some potato forums to improve my potato knowledge.

owiebrain · July 9, 2011

Wendy, thanks for the color info!

Nicky, gorgeous flowers! I see you're surrounded by cornfields like me. Corn & beans, corn & beans, as far as the eye can see...

wingnut · July 9, 2011

Caribe has been my male side for breeding this year...LOT'S of pollen!

July 7, 2011	#1
owiebrain Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: northeastern Missouri Posts: 94	Gorgeous blossoms from Tom's TPS I am so in love! Suytu Vilquina Land Races __________________ Diane CrackpotHippie.com

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wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	Owiebrian,woohoo. Those are beautiful. Way to go! I remember you sowed your TPS a tad earlier than me. I checked mine last weekend and saw one flower cluster but too soon to tell Salix, for what I gather in the various forums I read about potatoes... red in the anthers cue red flesh, rust or dark brown is blue...the stems/axils cue to skin colors. Red thumb (red skin, red flesh) Mule skinner blues (blue skin/blue flesh) I would like also to distinguish other combinations too like Yellow flesh but only Skagit Valley Gold has bright green-yellow leaves that stands out as different. __________________ Wendy

July 9, 2011	#7
owiebrain Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: northeastern Missouri Posts: 94	Wendy, thanks for the color info! Nicky, gorgeous flowers! I see you're surrounded by cornfields like me. Corn & beans, corn & beans, as far as the eye can see... __________________ Diane CrackpotHippie.com

July 7, 2011	#2
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	Thanks. Nice knowing others out there are getting addicted to potato flowers! Big week ahead of me to cross tomatoes here and there.....and of course..potatoes.

July 7, 2011	#3
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Owie, just beautiful, thanks for posting. Tom, can you give us some idea of the correlation between blossom/anther colour and tuber colour (skin/flesh)? Or is that classified information...

July 7, 2011	#5
nicky Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ontario Posts: 600	Owiebrain - You're right - I never noticed how beatiful the flowers are until this year. These are Caribe Flowers...

July 9, 2011	#8
wingnut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: bald hill area thurston county washington Posts: 312	Caribe has been my male side for breeding this year...LOT'S of pollen!