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west yorkshire, United Kingdom Gb

I am a first time vegetable gardener. have a question re: potatoes - growing on the foliage are what looks like small green tomatoes - what are they and is it normal?




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Seed of the plant, ripens to llook like a tomato, deadly poisonous, do not eat. We cut them off to save the plant wasting energy on producing seeds.

16 Jul, 2008

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Owdboggy is right. In fact, potatos are in the same family as tomatoes and deadly nightshade - ie the Solanum family. That's why they look so familier!

16 Jul, 2008

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