seeds on september's last day

those are carolina horse nettle fruits on the left and potato fruits on the right and they are soft enough to process 9 i tried this a couple of weeks ago when they were not quite ready...today saw better results )

and here's one of each still oriented left and right...

and here sliced open...

the carolina horse nettle seeds are large relative tot he size of the fruit...

while the potato seeds are not...

and the seeds of their nightshade cousin the tomato are even larger...

the nine carolina horse nettle fruits produced...

...far fewer seeds than an equal number ( albeit physically larger ) of potato fruits...the potato seeds are so genetically diverse it will be impossible to predict what i will get in the way of tubers when i germinate them in the spring..i have to wonder about the horse nettle...we will be growing some of that in very controlled conditions next season as well...

outside the nasturtiums continue to bloom...and will until there is a hard frost...

and where there are blooms there will be seeds..i collected thirty more today and now have over one hundred from a handful of seed i planted in may...no need to purchase seed in spring of 2018 ( and i will happily share )...

and, finally, the obligatory teosinte ears...it is almost october...only about a month and a half of this to get through yet..you can handle it.