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If I understand this right a potato that exhibits this trait will grow out side ways forming potatoes along the way. Does such a plant send out stolons, send up shoots and grow potatoes and keep repeating until frost kills it? It would seem to be a great trait for grewing large quanities of potatoes from a limited number of seed tubers.
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Hi Doug
As Nathan also said, there is POTENTIAL for this, so far those that have the traits to send out stolons, and grow somewhat along the main stems are long variety potatoes(180days ) and also has direct tie to peruvian origin.
The commercial bred potatoes are bred for machine harvest so they are most likely behave like Yukon gold. Uniform size tubes, close to the base etc. Easier to harvest.
Therefore those wild ones that sprawl etc and set tubers at different times (not at once) are not considered good for mass production but as a backyard gardener, we can benefit from it.