I get a big range of color from jamesii, from light tan to dark purple, coming from the same plant. I've eaten a few. Did me no harm. Supposedly they are doing a glycoalkaloid assessment of the accessions in GRIN so there may be data on the levels and types of glykes in the future, but if it turns out to be consistently mostly tomatine then that is a little confusing because the literature on tomatine toxicity is really conflicting.

@PlantAssassin

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information. Mine have been rather uniform, even though in theory I have different accessions. (And even some from berries my own plants formed). Bill at Cultivarible has some information about safety when eating wild potatoes, and I have talked with him about it before. Did you boil them as you would a regular potato?

@oxbowfarm5803

5 жыл бұрын

@@PlantAssassin I steamed approx 7-8 and ate them that way, and on another occasion I shallow fried about a tablespoon, whole. Neither cooking method gave me any discomfort, but I wasn't eating a large quantity really.

Are there any benefits to growing a wild potato strain? I feel as if I'm missing something. I couldn't imagine someone growing say a wild yakon, then putting up a video showing how much smaller their yield is compared to a cultivated variety.

@PlantAssassin

5 жыл бұрын

Does it help if you think of it as my Zelda sword-less run?