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has anyone ever done tomato/potato grafts? (Original Post) mopinko Oct 2015 OP
I do some speculation about it in my book - haven't tried it. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2015 #1
Interesting... Galileo126 Oct 2015 #2
advantage would be space, i assume. mopinko Oct 2015 #3
The other day... TeeYiYi Oct 2015 #4
that's pretty crazy. mopinko Oct 2015 #5
Me either. TeeYiYi Oct 2015 #6

NRaleighLiberal

(60,465 posts)
1. I do some speculation about it in my book - haven't tried it.
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 04:10 PM
Oct 2015

I think that the biggest challenge is going to be dealing with potato vines that emerge from other eyes on the potato piece, as well as pests that the potato foliage could draw that could also impact the tomato. Probably no need to do a graft - just plant a seed potato at the same time you settle in your tomato plants. (can't envision what the advantage would be, I guess).

The other potential issue is that late blight is spread by infected potato plants, so there is a slight but real risk, mediated if one is confident of the lack of disease on the potato seedling piece.

Galileo126

(2,016 posts)
2. Interesting...
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 05:40 PM
Oct 2015

but as NRL asks (above), what would be the advantage?

(My gramps was a florist who used to try all sorts of crazy garden stuff. He best was hybridizing/breeding a "black" rose. It was really a deep-deep-deep indigo if you looked close enough.)

mopinko

(71,652 posts)
3. advantage would be space, i assume.
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:24 PM
Oct 2015

not sure if the grafts give any advantage, like when you graft a fruit tree.
these grafteds are popping up commercially. google ketchup and fries.

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)
4. The other day...
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 09:02 PM
Oct 2015

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(Images found on google.)

...I ate a tomato that had completely sprouted from inside. I left it with my parents, about a month ago, and when I visited a few days ago, it had completely sprouted from within.

I kind of wish I'd have planted it instead of eating it, but I have to admit... it was delicious.

TYY

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)
6. Me either.
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 10:44 PM
Oct 2015

Never. That's why I kind of regret eating it instead of planting the sprouts.

But, as I said, it was delicious! Live food is supposed to be better for you, nutritionally. I like to soak raw almonds overnight in water, which starts the sprouting process and turns them into living food.

TYY

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