I managed to dig the potatoes today - and there was no sign of blight on the tubers - fingers crossed! The title of this post refers to a family 'game' in which Sue & Lisa used to compete to collect the most potatoes. All in good humour of course... all right then it was basically the Eton Wall Game with potatoes and only two participants - scary...
Here we are before I started...
...and half way through. It was a lovely sunny late Summer afternoon and then a balmy evening when I returned later. The girls have been to Alton towers today but I have had just as much fun. (possibly - they are very good at having fun).
We had a good crop of potato fruit as well but of course they won't be eaten as they are poisonous:-) Oh I forgot to mention - the overall size and quantity of the potatoes was much better than usual (best ever actually) - and the largest tuber weighed exactly one and a half pounds on the kitchen scales! (pic to follow).
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Very impressive. I have never seen potato fruit before - they look like tomatoes. Pam
Yes they do as they are closely related - that's why they are both prone to potato blight.
I've never seen potato fruit before either. I'm surprised they are poisonous. What exactly happens if you eat them?
Lee
Hi Steve Wikipedia says
"The symptoms are mainly vomiting and diarrhea, and the condition may be misdiagnosed as gastroenteritis. Most potato poisoning victims recover fully, although fatalities are known especially when victims are undernourished or do not receive suitable treatment." Check out the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanine
Thanks Mike, I'll check out that article.
Lee
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