Hi there,
This year I grew purple potatoes, and I'm pretty thrilled with them. I was wondering about the selectivity. Would you get pretty much the same plant from any one of the potatoes, or is there value in selecting bigger, smaller, well formed, perfect shape, or some other quality?
Potato clones aren't particularly responsive to selection. There are some sports out there, so sometimes you get an interesting mutation, but there is generally not much variability to select against in a crop of potatoes. Tuber size is not important above a threshold of very small potatoes that may not grow plants as quickly in spring.
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