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Are potato seeds poisonous?

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Characteristics. After flowering, potato plants produce small green fruits that resemble green cherry tomatoes, each containing about 300 seeds. Like all other parts of the plant except the tubers, the fruit contain the toxic alkaloid solanine and are therefore unsuitable for consumption.


Can you eat potato seeds?

A: No. Potato tubers purchased for seed purposes definitely should not be eaten. Frequently, such tubers have been chemically treated. Like all treated seeds, seed potatoes should not be fed to humans or animals.

Is potato plant poisonous?

Potatoes have two harmful glycoalkaloids – solanine and chaconine (source). Many other members of the family, including tomatoes, have solanine in their leaves and stems. Humans and all livestock animals are susceptible to solanine poisoning. Luckily, animals are typically smart enough to avoid eating potato plants!

What are the balls that grow on potato plants?

Those round seed pods are also called potato fruit, potato berries and seed balls. They look like green cherry tomatoes and usually appear in small clusters. The interior of a seed pod has up to 500 tiny seeds distributed throughout a mass of moist tissue.

What can you do with potato seeds?

Viable seeds will sink to the bottom and should then be rinsed well and allowed to dry on a paper towel. Seeds can then be labeled and saved in a cool dry place until planting season. The seeds should be started indoors in the winter since plants started from seed take longer to develop than those started from tubers.

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