What on Earth.

[Sandyb]

Could someone please explain this to me?
I have no clue how or why….
Seed potato’s planted in containers and I see this.

 

[Meadowlark]

Looks like some seed other than potato was in your container soil and it germinated and produced fruit which looks suspiciously like a tomato. They are notorious for being able to germinate in spite of hot composting and other adversities.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Yeah your tomatoh-potatoh is under some stress and fungal attack as well. You may need to hang out with some nicer spuds.

 

[cpp gardener]

Or the potato has bloomed and produced fruit. It is toxic so don’t eat it, but you can plant the seeds and get completely new varieties!

 

[Sandyb]

Or the potato has bloomed and produced fruit. It is toxic so don’t eat it, but you can plant the seeds and get completely new varieties!

 

[Sandyb]

Thanks for the thoughtful…not stupid reply, it is appreciated.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Thanks for the thoughtful…not stupid reply, it is appreciated.

I heard that! I consider myself cut by a very masterful linguist!

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Looks more like a potato fruit than a tomato to me, and I see no tomato like leaves. They are quite close relatives, potato will accept a tomato graft

 

[Chuck]

That tomato looking thing is a potato berry. It is from these that one gets potato seeds. A seed potato is in reality a cutting and produce clones of the parent plant. These potato berries produce seeds that may or may not have the same traits as the mother plant but can be planted and they will produce potatoes.

 

[Chuck]

Looks more like a potato fruit than a tomato to me, and I see no tomato like leaves. They are quite close relatives, potato will accept a tomato graft

Haven't you guys ever grown potato leaf tomato varieties? The leaves are very similar. I guess the most popular potato leaf variety is Brandywine.

 

[blenor]

I'm interested that Meadowlark and others have not seen a potato seed before. Maybe this is something to do with the different varieties grown in their climate - most of which I have never seen over here. Ours quite commonly produce a seed after flowering like most plants - although I have never tried to grow from them.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Maybe this is something to do with the different varieties grown in their climate -

Or the climate itself. Meadowlark once said there are no slugs in his garden, I don't know, but I wondered if that is a climate thing, old zone 8b, new zone nine doesn't sound that different from us in temperature terms, but I guess if there was a long dry spell ... I admit it surprised me, they are as ubiquitous as weeds, staying on top of them , yes, eradication is another matter. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some tiny island so far South of the tip of South America it is classified as Antarctica, and they still have slugs. Those bastards get everywhere, and I have never seen a plant they won't eat.
Rant over, for the moment.

 

[Chuck]

Or the climate itself. Meadowlark once said there are no slugs in his garden, I don't know, but I wondered if that is a climate thing, old zone 8b, new zone nine doesn't sound that different from us in temperature terms, but I guess if there was a long dry spell ... I admit it surprised me, they are as ubiquitous as weeds, staying on top of them , yes, eradication is another matter. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some tiny island so far South of the tip of South America it is classified as Antarctica, and they still have slugs. Those bastards get everywhere, and I have never seen a plant they won't eat.
Rant over, for the moment.

In this area it is too hot for slugs but snails, not often, can be a problem. It is also very dry here most of the time. Even when it rains a lot like it has been recently it doesn't give the slugs time enough to get a foothold. I live about 100 miles south of Meadowlark and even here I have never seen a slug. Snails are another thing. Zones tell you when you can expect a frost and not much else.

 

[Chuck]

I'm interested that Meadowlark and others have not seen a potato seed before. Maybe this is something to do with the different varieties grown in their climate - most of which I have never seen over here. Ours quite commonly produce a seed after flowering like most plants - although I have never tried to grow from them.

The reason potato berries are uncommon here is because it is too warm. The berries only form when it is unseasonably cool.

 

[Meadowlark]

Or the climate itself. Meadowlark once said there are no slugs in his garden, I don't know, but I wondered if that is a climate thing,

It may be the case. Honestly, I can't even remember seeing a slug in the garden...or elsewhere for that matter. Snails are rare here also and don't hurt anything.

I'd like to think garden practices are the reason...but too much evidence to the contrary from very good gardeners here.