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RE: Getting ready to plant potatoes! And some thoughts on true potato seeds.
It will be interesting to know how you'll be testing for solanine and other glycoalkaloids in your new potato varieties. Solanine is bitter, but in the commercial trade, breeders have to test their new varieties before they can release them. There's such a tradeoff between pest resistance and glycoalkaloid content. But high solanine content keeps many new varieties from being released. And concentrations can change within a variety as the spuds mature or age in storage, so the tests happen under a range of conditions. It will be exciting to see what you get from your true seeds!
Hey Thank you very much for this info @haphazard-hstead. I had never heard of potatoes being bitter or with high solanine content if grown from seed. This is good to know ahead of time. Yes it will be interesting to see what happens! I wonder how common it is in concentrations that are toxic or unpalatable.