On Monday, January 26, 2015 at 7:15:28 PM UTC-8, ~misfit~ wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet Todd wrote:
On 01/11/2015 05:56 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet 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.

They've been available in garden centres here in New Zealand for the
last few years at least. They're more of a gimick than a vaild food
production method I think.


What gets me the amount of power the plant would have to produce
to create both large fruit and tubers at the same time.

IIRC the advice given out by one supplier was to stack three old car tyres
on top of each other and fill with soil / compost mix, insert a strong stake
and grow in there.
--
Shaun.
Horrors! Did supplier know what kind of **** leaks out of car tires? Into your soil & thence into your food!

Is this is not true, will someone point me to a scientific analysis?HB