Growing Potato

28 Jan 15 Diane (Australia - temperate climate): My potato bushes are starting to turn yellow and I have noticed there are small green berry's growing where the flowers were , what are these???
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16 Mar 15 Maggie (Australia - temperate climate): Nothing just don't worry about that's what I would say. they are like little seed pods . Cheers Maggie
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30 Jan 15 Tracey (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Diane, the small green berrys are actually seed pods, if you get these on your plants it means the potatoes are very happy where you've grown them and are in ideal conditions. If you use these seeds you can get a really good crop of genetically diverse potatoes unlike those grown from seed potatoes which will only produce clones. Cheers Tracey
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29 Jan 15 Olmec Sinclair (New Zealand - temperate climate): Diane, Generally when plant leaves turn yellow it can be a sign of nitrogen deficiency. Perhaps you need to feed the spuds with some quick release fertiliser. It may also be that the plants are nearing maturity and dying back.... time to harvest? The green berries are perfectly normal and are the potato seeds. Kind of like a tiny tomato. If you were to plant these you would produce a new, unique variety of potato.
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