Once upon a time on usenet T wrote:
On 01/27/2015 06:44 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
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.


Hmmmm. I am looking forward the Shaun's amazing car tire tomatoes
at the next county fair.

I didn't say that I use car tyres as raised beds - just that I've had it
suggested to me as an affordable option and have seen others using them.
--
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)

All we need now is an office car tire
tomato taste tester. I nominate Higgs. That will get even with
her for that airline joke!