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  1. If you'd like to learn about pests and diseases of potatoes, here are 14 pics that show spuds in various types of distress. From a visit to The Canadian Potato Museum in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island. #PrinceEdwardIsland #pei #potatoes #museum #garden #gardening #agriculture #coffins #blog #solanum colinpurrington.com/2025/08/ga

  2. RIP my snakes. Just kidding, it was potato-planting day. Trying Princess La Ratte (nutty fingerling) and Carla Rosa ("hardworking") this year. #GrowYourOwn #garden #gardening #allotment #potatoes #solanum

  3. I decided to sow tomatoes this afternoon: Mikado, Honey Drop, Mortgage Lifter, San Marzano, Super Sauce, Juliet, and Black Krim. I'm USDA Zone 7b so the plants will stay in my basement until early May. #tomatoes #solanum #gardening #vegetable #seeds #GrowYourOwn

  4. Something quite unsettling about the fruit of this porcupine tomato (#Solanum pyracanthos). Looks like it should be predicting the future for a warlock or attached to a wyvern.

  5. New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together

    Researchers have created an improved family tree for Solanum plants, revealing that fruit color and size evolved together, challenging previous theories that fruit-eating animals were the primary drivers. This study offers insights for breeding better crops.

    globalplantcouncil.org/new-tom #PlantScience #PlantSci #Science #Plants #Tomato #Solanum #Potato #Botany

  6. For those interested in growing potatoes, here's some before and after pics I took yesterday. The one on the right has an additional layer of pine needles topped off with several inches of composted cow manure. The sticks are driven into the ground to keep the pile from collapsing. It's ugly, but the idea is to keep burying the stem every several weeks to encourage generation of tubers at nodes. #potatoes #solanum #allotment #garden #VegetableGardening

  7. Dots of unexpected color against the winter drab

    Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) #Berries #Solanum