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Anyone successfully grown potatoes from the berries?

JancreedyJancreedy Posts: 21
in Fruit & veg
i am sure one of you lovely experienced peeps have been successful . I collected only 2 berries last year and followed complicated online instructions but nothing grew. This year there are loads of berries - if a lot smaller- and I would like to try again. Any helpful advise would be appreciated.

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    They are not ripe, so the seed will not grow. Unless you want a new variety, potatoes are vegetatively propagated by tubers. That way the result will be the same as the parent.Even with ripe seeds, you could get a huge variation in the result.
  • JancreedyJancreedy Posts: 21
    Thanks I suspected that was the case but they were being eatenn by something and disappearing one by one so I thought I needed to harvest them. Oh well never mind.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I think they are poisonous, don't leave them near children or dogs. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JancreedyJancreedy Posts: 21
    Thanks . I had Sussex that one out. But worth a mention.
  • JancreedyJancreedy Posts: 21
    Sussed not Sussex 😄😄😄😄😄
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