The Inglorious End of the Potatoes

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I dug my potatoes yesterday.  It was a bit depressing since plants that looked so hearty a month ago came to such a puny end.

I'm sure there are worse things you can dig out of the ground than little blobs of stinky jelly that used to be a potato, but none immediately spring to mind. Eew! 

I found at least one skin from an All Blue potato that indicated that it was a good-sized potato before its insides turned to goo.  I encountered a few more pockets of goo where the purple potatoes were supposed to be and then moved on to the Rose Gold potatoes.

The Rose Gold potatoes were small, but not rotten.  I saw how tiny the potatoes were on the first plant and considered stopping right there.  But then I realized that the plants were dying, so I decided that I'd better just go ahead and dig them up. While I was digging, I found one of the missing potato berries! 

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Here's a closer look at the potato berry:


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And then I cut it in half.  Now if you didn't know better, wouldn't you think that is a green tomato? 

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If I remember, I think I'll dig up the tomato plants in the fall and examine the roots to see if they make little tuber-looking things.  It seems possible - potatoes and tomatoes are both members of the Solanaceae family - and who thought potatoes would grow these little berry things?!?  *shrug*



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