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Boutique Tomatoes · May 14, 2013

Having secured some more space for growing I decided to diversify into potatoes this year. In particular I'm looking for new blue/black or red fleshed lines, which is reflected in the varieties I started from Tom Wagner's TPS. I've ended up with 65 vigorous seedlings out of 7 different lines. Two, Mt St Helens and Redder Blood were slow to germinate so those aren't pictured, they're about two weeks behind these.

Here are pictures of a representative plant from each line.

Skagit Beets

Blue Rose

Diamond Toro

Hedge Rose

Negate

This was my first year growing from TPS and I found it less intimidating than I expected. The seedlings are a little more delicate than tomatoes or peppers but with a little extra care separating and transplanting them they were not much different.

These plants are all a little past the point they should have been transplanted, but with last weekend's frost forecast I couldn't make myself put them out and risk it. They should go in the ground tonight!

May 14, 2013	#1
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	This year's TPS lines Having secured some more space for growing I decided to diversify into potatoes this year. In particular I'm looking for new blue/black or red fleshed lines, which is reflected in the varieties I started from Tom Wagner's TPS. I've ended up with 65 vigorous seedlings out of 7 different lines. Two, Mt St Helens and Redder Blood were slow to germinate so those aren't pictured, they're about two weeks behind these. Here are pictures of a representative plant from each line. Skagit Beets Blue Rose Diamond Toro Hedge Rose Negate This was my first year growing from TPS and I found it less intimidating than I expected. The seedlings are a little more delicate than tomatoes or peppers but with a little extra care separating and transplanting them they were not much different. These plants are all a little past the point they should have been transplanted, but with last weekend's frost forecast I couldn't make myself put them out and risk it. They should go in the ground tonight!