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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.

This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.

Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.

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[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Also don't plant any of the seeds these flowers may make. They could be poisonous.

Potatoes (and tomatoes, and I think eggplants) are nightshades, and we grow them by sticking them in the ground because new offshoots are clones.

Keep it as a flower, though, its neat.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What are you talking about? Planting the seeds just produces true seed potatoes which wont look like the original potato since they are a product of hetero plant reproduction. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultivariable.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F10%2Fpotato-category-1024x1024.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=8b9308693771c83c483e718804d2137ab7b4bd73177e5d7de9e91596fbb6b69c&ipo=images

[–] FinnFooted@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Two low glycoalkaloid varieties are unlikely to create a high glycoalkaloid variety (and its unlikely to find a high glycoalkaloid variety outside of south America. But it's possible. Like two short people having a tall child.

Also its probably sterile.