I nearly gave up on my TPS producing anything this year after a very slow start and most of the plants dying as seedlings. I left the three best seedlings alone but sowed a cover crop over the rest of the bed, and ironically they perked right up along with the growth of the cover crop.
One plant is blooming now and a second is forming buds but maybe a week or two behind the first, so I don’t expect to get any crossing or even viable fruits this year, but hopefully a few small tubers to plant next spring.
Harvest complete. Tuber selections for next year’s replant complete. Until I get gh or row covers established I will likely never get the time for the berries - future dreaming. The flowering was sparse this season in general and the majority began actually flowering late. Part of this relates to me planting them out later than I’d like due to mad respect I have for King Frost on farm and part of this quite simply goes back to seasonal extension coming down the pipe. All in all? A very successful seed tuber harvest!
