New Mutant Plant Tomtato
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New Mutant Plant Tomtato
Tomatoes at top and roots give potatoes
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Re: New Mutant Plant Tomtato
Heard of it decades ago, how is it that it is not grown commercially?.
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Re: New Mutant Plant Tomtato
it is not mutant but grafted plant.tomato is grafted on potato as they are from same family.so only plug plants are sold.
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Re: New Mutant Plant Tomtato
Thompson and Morgan are selling grafted plants now.Muhammad Arif Khan wrote:Heard of it decades ago, how is it that it is not grown commercially?.
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Re: New Mutant Plant Tomtato
Interesting. Want to have one.
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Re: New Mutant Plant Tomtato
Nice info, didn't know about this possibility:-)
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/graft-pota ... 52381.html
Muntasir, try grafting your own potato with a tomato and see if it works. You will certainly be in the TV news. Here is the recipe:Mustansir Billah wrote:Interesting. Want to have one.
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/graft-pota ... 52381.html
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Re: New Mutant Plant Tomtato
I will try it next month InShaAllah.
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Re: New Mutant Plant Tomtato
Calling it mutant is pure ********Hamad Ahmed Kisana wrote:it is not mutant but grafted plant.tomato is grafted on potato as they are from same family.so only plug plants are sold.
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Re: New Mutant Plant Tomtato
lol;;;;; sir take it as funny ooorrrrr more funny.Muhammad Arif Khan wrote:Calling it mutant is pure ********
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Re: New Mutant Plant Tomtato
Grafted Cherry Tomato plants in 14 inch pots can be purchased around Rs 50 each but somehow somehow i wasn't impressed by the taste and results.