With all this rain, it seems my little purple potatoes had a fungus. The leaves were starting to yellow with black specks all over them.
I was afraid the fungus problem would spread to neighboring plants or tomato plants near by so I cut the stems off and dug up the potoatoes. Does that sound like a fungus problem?
I only had 6 plants ===that started out with 6 little purple potatoes and ended up with about 80 potatoes----some the same size the orignal started out as===and most slightly smaller.
Sigh. Saw many little tiny ones that started to grow too.
I know the plant wasn't mature=-or at least I assumed they were not cause they never had a chance to boom yet.
Now==about some russet potatoes I am growing. First= This is the first year I ever grew potatoes = officially====and I noticed how the blooms resemble that of a tomato bloom. I also have a bloom that has formed a seed pod that looks a lot like a cherry tomato...........interesting. Do you do anything with those seed pods? Do those seeds grow plants? Curious.
Also noticed some black spots on my red potato plants too. Is it a good or bad idea to cut the plants down?
Thanks and Happy Gardening.
Potato question
The seed pod is totally INEDIBLE. I think it might even make you sick.
Re: the black spots, I think I'd try just cutting the stems back to the soil line to see if the spud would send out some new, undiseased shoots.
I have a strange step dad. He swears the potato has grown a tomato. I wanted to laugh but knew i better not. He was serious. My mom knew better too. she suggested that I keep up with the potato pod==pictures===etc...... that way step dad could be proven wrong in a nice manner. He swears it pollinated with one of my tomato plants and made a tomato.......... I know better but he doesn't.... I was rolling my eyes behind my sunglasses.
I will trim all the spotted leaves and spray it with something. Hopefully I can slow down the fungus. I haven't studied potatoes much.
Ate one of my raw purple potatoes. Tasted like a potato. YUM
CricketsGarden
There are potato- tomato graphs that produce tomatoes on top and potatoes on the bottom. It's possible that he ended up with one of them.
Nah, I still say it's a true potato seed. Google it. ^^_^^
Some potatoes will do that occasionally, bound to be a reason, but I dont know it, but have had them do the same, I decided I didnt need it and snipped it so it wouldnt slow my potatoes down...wasnt sure it could, but...