Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
In this video we are digging true potato seedlings from a cross of Sarpo Duro with a bulk pollen mix. The pollen parents included in the mix were Chellan, Chaposa, Sarpo Duro, Fiesta Gold, DG-D8-330, Tollocan, Monstruo Azul, and Azul Rose. Essentially we cleaned up this row of Sarpo Duro crosses after digging many of them in TPS Potato Reveal #2. This time the results were a lot more interesting, demonstrating that when you are growing potatoes from TPS (true potato seed), the seedlings from the same parents will often show a huge variation in color, shape, size, and yield among other things.
We ended up harvesting two seedlings that yielded over our 2 pound cutoff limit, one pink skinned fingerling that yielded 2 pounds 10 ounces, and a personal high yield seedling with a violet skinned russet with a yield of 8 pounds!
In this video we are digging true potato seedlings from a cross of Sarpo Duro with a bulk pollen mix. The pollen parents included in the mix were Chellan, Chaposa, Sarpo Duro, Fiesta Gold, DG-D8-330, Tollocan, Monstruo Azul, and Azul Rose. Essentially we cleaned up this row of Sarpo Duro crosses after digging many of them in TPS Potato Reveal #2. This time the results were a lot more interesting, demonstrating that when you are growing potatoes from TPS (true potato seed), the seedlings from the same parents will often show a huge variation in color, shape, size, and yield among other things.
We ended up harvesting two seedlings that yielded over our 2 pound cutoff limit, one pink skinned fingerling that yielded 2 pounds 10 ounces, and a personal high yield seedling with a violet skinned russet with a yield of 8 pounds!
