Once upon a time on usenet Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
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

You could well be right. However it's quite common to use old car tyres as
mini raised beds here (well I've seen it more than once and read 'green'
articles advising it several times). Generally it's advised to 'weather'
them for a while before use - or at least wash them very well.
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)