"Chookie" wrote in message
"0tterbot" wrote:

i wouldn't know crap from christmas when it comes to potatoes, but i read
somewhere that potato plants will very, very occasionally make fruits.

It's not *that* uncommon!

I agree

does anyone know if the fruits will have viable seeds? how would one tell
when the fruits are ripe? (atm they look not unlike little tresses of
green
cherry tomatoes.)

The fruits *can* produce viable seeds, but the plants will not be true to
type
afaik, and I believe the viability rate is low.

Its how the potato breeders grow new varieties - lot sof testing of course
but the seed pods are the genesis of new strains.

Can't remember what happens to the fruits. IME the whole plant seems to
die down at once.

I can't remember either but I do seem to recall seed pods going black, but
can't quite remeber whether this has been on other plants of the Solunum
family or on spuds.