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Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes by tharkun__ on Monday October 25, 2021 @08:26PM (#28995013)
And in fact potato fruit are poisonous! Just remember that when you grow potatoes and you get those "nice small tomatoes" on the potatoes that do bloom and fruit :) Luckily not many bloom and fruit usually, so most people that just grow a few potatoes for fun don't even get tempted. Then again they don't ripen red anyway, so I guess there's that to "save the curious".

EDIT: Anyone else have an unusually many potatoes bloom and bear fruit this year? I've never had this many before.

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Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes by morelisp on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:02AM (#28997253)
The bigger warning to any potential potato farmers is to make sure you keep the potatoes underground; any tuber above ground will also have heightened levels of solanine. If they're light-skinned they'll also turn green from chlorophyll, which helps identify them a bit, but better to make sure they're well-buried.

(All my potatoes had a couple fruits this year, but I'm in Germany, so I have no clue if that data is relevant...)

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Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes by tharkun__ on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @06:47PM (#29007365)
That's a good one that people should know even for potatoes they buy. If green, discard.

But you are right, some people don't.

I think it is relevant because I'm in Canada and even though we now have a total of statistically irrelevant 2 anecdotal data points only it is something. Lots of fruit on potatoes in the same year on different continents more than 5000 km apart on a plant that usually has very few if any fruit at all. My very first years of planting potatoes I did not even have flowers.

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Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes by hinkley on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:01PM (#28995937)
There’s a tomato plant that produces little purple tomatoes that don’t look that different from potato fruits. I knew someone who planted both one year and I still haven’t forgiven them for being so reckless.
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