"Tomatoes" on potato tops: it turns out that many people don't know what to do with them
After the potato bushes have finished flowering, berries appear on them that look like small tomatoes.
These are fruits in which seeds ripen. What to do with them, says the expert of the online publication "Belnovosti", scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
What to do with "tomatoes" on potato bushes
If you do not plan to harvest the planting material in the form of seeds, then it is better to remove the “tomatoes”.
They do not harm the plant, but they negatively affect the yield. Experienced gardeners remove the "tomatoes" immediately after they appear.
You should never eat tomatoes, as they contain a large amount of the poisonous substance solanine.
But you shouldn't throw away these inedible fruits either. The solanine they contain is a strong insecticide. You can make a remedy against caterpillars, cabbage whites, aphids, slugs, and spider mites from the "tomatoes".
You can also make a tincture from the “tomatoes” that helps with skin diseases such as psoriasis and eczema.
