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Old December 17, 2013   #21
aletheia
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Breeding potatoes with long stolones and lateral branches is one of my major goals too. I am also expecting high yields and another reason is the ability to regenerate once the major branch is damaged in case of a hailstorm or what ever. I also gained the experience that this cultivars are usually very late ones but some of them grew quite big tubers.

Here is one phureja type. A dark purple one with deep yellow flesh and some purple spots in it. Tubers are fingerling shape with deep eyes. I grew them in a 5l (1,3 gallon) container and there was not really enough place to hill the plants. So nearly all leteral branches appear above the soil and also some tubers saw daylight The plant was 1,6m (5,25foot) high when I harvested it at the End of November. Next year this cultivar will get a place in my test field to see its full potential.





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