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Old 10-07-2008, 01:35 PM
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Shortie's getting confuggled...

I've been a Googling and have found that you are supposed to finely chop the fruit and soak in water. Over 24 hours the seeds will sink and the bits to throw will float. They then need to be dried.

But another article I read suggested that the seeds will produce small tubers for planting the next year - so do the seeds produce 'seed potatoes' or just smaller crop per plant of normal potatoes?

Also I've read that the seeds are only known to carry spindle tuber virus across, not other diseases..

Here's where I've been reading:

More on disease and agricultural use Potatoes: Top of the plant for tip-top seed

WikiPedia Article: Potato - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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