On 1/8/2015 3:06 PM, Frank Miles wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:00:26 -0800, Todd wrote:

Hi All,

You knew this was going to happen eventually. A tomato
plant grafted unto a potato plant. Both are Solanaceae
(nightshade) and probably were the same plant years and
years ago.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/...hup-and-fries/

What I don't understand is how the plant would have enough
power left in it to grow both potatoes and tomatoes. Must
be the richest soil the plant could handle without burning
the plant!

Will wonders ever cease!

-T

Actually this has been done for years (no idea how successfully).
Your favorite search engine can find many how-tos.
Only thing slightly new is someone trying to commercialize
the grafted plant.


Actually they have been on the market for years. Some of the seed
catalogs (the kind that you always get on or near January 1st) used to
sell them as kits. IIRC they sent you a tomato plant or seed and a
potato with instructions to split the potato, insert the tomato plant or
seed in the potato and then plant the whole unit. I imagine that the
success rate was quite low.