Sunday, March 2, 2014

solanum morphology I

the early blue domesticates in the top photo have upright stems that branch off into leaves...the wild potatoes in the second photo ( these plants were all grown from seeds from bolivia...there will be an effort with argentinian seeds later this spring...i give up on the seeds from russia ) have a much more vine-like appearance than their descendants...the resemblance in new growth at the tops of the stems is pretty minimal...the early blue leaves are clustered together much more densely than the two or three leaves the wild potatoes produce...i am hoping for tubers from the wild potatoes that would enable a comparison of those...that won't be for another few months at best...stay tuned.

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