Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 minutes ago
It can be difficult to tell when a potato berry is ripe enough to harvest, they are green and hard even when it is time to harvest them from the plant. This video demonstrates the signs to look for to determine when your potato berries are harvestable. After they are harvested it is best to sort them to separate any damaged berries from the perfect ones, because they will spoil much faster while you are after-ripening them before you extract the true potato seed (TPS).
The quantity of berries I've harvested in this video is really too much seed for my own needs, so I will be donated most of it to the Kenosha Potato Project to be added into the Beginners Seed Train so people new to growing TPS potatoes can acquire some TPS to try growing their own seedlings. If you are interested I recommend joining the Kenosha Potato Project and getting on the Beginners Train.
I highly recommend the book "The Lost Art of Potato Breeding" by Rebsie Fairholm for people interested in learning more about breeding potatoes and growing them from true potato seed. skylightpress.co.uk/horticulture.html
It can be difficult to tell when a potato berry is ripe enough to harvest, they are green and hard even when it is time to harvest them from the plant. This video demonstrates the signs to look for to determine when your potato berries are harvestable. After they are harvested it is best to sort them to separate any damaged berries from the perfect ones, because they will spoil much faster while you are after-ripening them before you extract the true potato seed (TPS).
The quantity of berries I've harvested in this video is really too much seed for my own needs, so I will be donated most of it to the Kenosha Potato Project to be added into the Beginners Seed Train so people new to growing TPS potatoes can acquire some TPS to try growing their own seedlings. If you are interested I recommend joining the Kenosha Potato Project and getting on the Beginners Train.
I highly recommend the book "The Lost Art of Potato Breeding" by Rebsie Fairholm for people interested in learning more about breeding potatoes and growing them from true potato seed. skylightpress.co.uk/horticulture.html
