I remember my grandmother talking about the occasional potato plant that would bear fruit but warned that they were NOT good to eat.  Something about them having a high amount of that ingredient that makes some other members of the nightshade family a tad deadly.  Of course that was info from 50+ years ago.

We had it happen a few times when I was a kid.  Could be a whole combo of things…variety of potato, age of seed potatoes, weather, soil conditions……who knows.

I have seen this up here on the top of potato plants for as long as I can remember…every fall. I was told when I was very young to NEVER eat these…that these were the seeds. Now, that is kind of incorrect. They contain the seeds. I always wondered why we never used them and why they were always just discarded. I will not discard mine again, but instead, develop my own variety now that I am armed with new information about how to do it!

I had read last winter about how to create stronger varieties of garden plants by using this method. I had NOT read any about potatoes. Now, I have everything that I need to begin a new hobby. Thanks a million! What a wonderful project for homeschoolers (sheesh, any kids and kids at heart) to do!