Spud help?

Discussion in 'Edible Gardening' started by Zeviel, Aug 24, 2008.

  1. JWK

    JWK Gardener Staff Member

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    OK I know I'm a bit late responding to this but my advice would be to not bother trying to grow spuds from seed pods. There is a very high chance that you will end up with a poor result. Why? Because you don't know from where your seed pods got pollinated and you don't know what sort of parent plant you had in the first place. What you are doing is what the professional plant breeders do, but they do it on a massive scale and they cross pollinate plants that they hand select to give them a better chance of getting something useful. They might have to throw away 99.9% of their offspring plants to get one reasonable one.

    So its a real lottery, but of course there is a tiny chance that you might strike lucky and if you've got the space and time then go ahead and experiment, which is what gardening is all about - please let us know what happens. :thumb:

    For the same amount of work you can plant some proper seed pots in the spring next year and then you will have a much better chance of getting a decent result.
     
  2. Zeviel

    Zeviel Apprentice Gardener

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    well i really dont mind if it doesnt go right, at least i will know i gave it a try.. altho i opened one and there was no seeds inside.. so i'm not sure what i'm ment to do with em lol i'll just leave em there and see what happens, if they go mank i'll just chuck em.. i do like to try anything once :D
     
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