Wild Potato, Solanum hougasii

Wild potato information and growing instructions

Solanum hougasii information and growing instructions

We classify true potato seeds as breeding seed; germination is not guaranteed

This product may produce plants with toxic levels of potato glycoalkaloids

This variety is offered intermittently and in small quantities.

Solanum hougasii is a hexaploid wild potato from central Mexico.  It has resistance to Columbia root knot nematode, which could be quite a valuable trait in the Pacific Northwest.  It can be crossed directly with tetraploid domesticated potatoes, producing small amounts of hybrid pentaploid seed.  Some plants produce non-bitter and presumably edible tubers, but not all.  For more information, click on the information and growing instructions link above.