Saving Potato Seeds (TPS) | Potato Berries
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Today I show you how to save true potato seed (TPS) from potato berries.
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This is the first year my plants made berries and I didn't know what they were. Did some research and found your video. Going to try saving and growing from seed next year.
Awesome, I hope they do well for you!
Thank you so much. I got TPS for the very first time this season. I wanted to save them. Your video was extremely helpful. You took time to explain things step by step without skipping steps, This was very helpful to someone who has not ever had a TPS before and was looking for basic information on what to do. Other videos I found skipped steps or didn't explain how to save in a easy to understand
Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful. I hope your TPS do well for you!
Thanks, now I am going to attempt to save my beautiful Yukon gold potatoes. This will be a fun experiment. Your instruction was very clear.
Thank you! I hope they work out for you!
Thank you let my little potatoes grow eyes cut them put them in a pot about to move them to a potato bag the greens are beautiful
This is the second person I've heard say you have to ferment your tomatoe seeds I grow a garden every year I grow tomatoes from seeds every year and the way I collect my tomato seeds is by raking them out on the paper towel letting them drive for a day or so and then putting them in a mason jar with a lid on them until next year then I just take a little piece of paper towel with a seat on it and plan it and I have never had any issues doing this
The idea behind fermenting them is that it may reduce pathogens that can possibly cause issues with the plants later on. Additionally, the gel surrounding the seeds can inhibit germination and fermenting them then breaks that gel down to increase germination rates. That being said, I have been reading more recently about many who use the method you do with great results. Others simply rinse them in water and then let them dry on a piece of wax paper or ceramic plate (to avoid the gel from sticking) until they're dry and then put in storage. While I haven't tested the other methods outside of fermentation myself, the more I read it up on, I think any of the methods can produce the same end result and each gardener can do just what works for them. There is no exact way to do multiple things with gardening for sure. Thank you for your comment and sharing your experience!
Good information, thanks
I'm in Michigan and I've had 1 plant produce potatoe berries and I only grew one type out of 9 plants only 1 plant of the Yukon gold potatoes developed the berries. I got the potatoe small planters from the Amish.. First time ever growing potatoes so i watched you to figure out about the berries.
So helpful thank you 🤗
Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Finally, great content on potato seeds. I'm trying to cross breeds my potatoes and you provided so much valuable and miscellaneous information like you said :) thank you much, friend!
So glad you found the video helpful! Wishing you success with your crop!
Great video, thanks !
Had 8 berries for the first time last year but the squirrel or raccoon nibbled off 4 after 5th week of the 6 week waiting period ! This year so far only one berries grown. Planted around 10 seeds this spring but only 4 plants are growing, but with stunted growth. Still very excited as to what ‘possibly’ exotic species will be uncovered. August now and I can’t wait till next spring already 😂
It's different every year, as the berry formation can be picky about the weather. Last year I had tons of them, this year, not a single one. Good luck with yours!
Great information man, i have thousands of potato berries this year and I’m going to try this out.
With having thousands of berries you are going to have millions of seeds to choose from! Hope they do well for you if you try it!
Thankyou
Like the others said great and useful video, do you get the same size potatoes from these little seeds as you would using a seed potato ?
The first year crop can potentially have smaller potatoes, although if successful you could then use those as seed potatoes for future crops that would produce larger sizes.
Thank-you! This was very helpful. My potatoes haven't made flowers yet, hoping they will, but I now will know what to do if they produce berries. I never knew about the need for fermentation. I saved some eggplant seeds from last year's harvest, but none of them germinated this year. I wonder if they should have gone through fermentation as well. Also, I never fermented my tomato seeds and they seem to germinate if just even near some dirt lol! Thank-you again for the clarity of information.
I don't think you need to ferment eggplant seeds. Fermentation isn't always necessary with tomatoes (and probably even potatoes), but it helps break down the gel that surrounds the seed that can inhibit germination. Best of luck with your potato seeds if you get some berries!
You did not mention at what stage should I pick my first ever potatoe berry harvest please. I have so many on each of my potatoe plants. But thank you for the information you provided after you harvested them.
@@ME-tz5kr The easiest way to tell if they are ripe and have mature seeds is when they are falling off the potato vines. You will see them on the ground, or if you have them on the plant, they should pretty much fall off in your hand with just the smallest amount of pressure. If you really have to tug at them, they're not ready yet.
Do you start your potato seeds indoors to give them a head start or is it best to sow directly in ground?
Great video, thank you. I watched because I have berries on my potatoes just now. Do potatoes take longer to grow from seed as opposed to growing from seed potatoes? If so, would you plant potato seeds earlier than seed potatoes?
Yes. If growing them from true seed, you'll want to start the seeds indoors, about 4 to 6 weeks before your last frost date. Once they have germinated and get a couple of sets on true leaves on them, you can transplant into pots until danger of frost is past, then harden off and transplant outside.
Growing potatoes from true potato seeds is fun and you can discover some very good new varieties, but it is not as reliable as growing potatoes from tubers.
Potato is a genetically diverse crop and the seedlings do not grow true. That means that every seedling grown from TPS is genetically unique and will produce tubers with different characteristics than the parent. Every potato plant grown from seed is a new variety.
There are thousands of potato varieties with different colors and forms found in the Andes, but these types are a challenge to grow in North America because they do not form tubers until very late in the growing season. Andean potatoes are more readily available as TPS than as tubers.
Yes, most of mine were too small to use by the end of the season. But I noticed this week, I must have missed some, because new ones are sprouting up this spring, so I guess I'll get to try them this year!
where do you get the original seed from?
Mine came from the berries that grew on my potato plants. The original plants grew from seed potatoes (tubers). I don't think its as common, but there may be some online vendors that sell True Potato Seed (TPS) instead of tubers (or maybe both). You may also be able to get some from garden groups on Facebook with a seed trade or something along those lines.
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Awesome video ! ... just found this out for the first time my self !!! .. how long to harvest the berries for seed ?
Mine have been around for about 3 to 4 weeks
You normally wait about 6 weeks or more to harvest berries for seed. Around the 6 week mark, the berries will be getting soft and will probably start dropping off on to the ground. Thats a good sign they ready to harvest for seed.
@@oneseedoneworld thank you very much!
Do you close the jar?
Its not necessary to close the jar, although probably best to cover with some cheese cloth and a rubberband to keep any bugs from getting into it. If you do choose to use a lid, make sure to "burp" it (loosen/remove the lid) at least once a day to let any of the gases out that may build up from fermentation.