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Harvest potatoes AND tomatoes from the same plant
Thompson & Morgan announces another
major horticultural breakthrough. Specially
hand-grafted plants producing potatoes AND
tomatoes will soon be available to UK home
gardeners for the first time.
Above the ground - gardeners can pick more than 500
cherry tomatoes with a Brix level of 10.2 - that’s sweeter than
supermarket varieties. The fruits also have just the right level of
acidity that only the very tastiest tomatoes can boast. They really
are delicious. And that’s not all!
Below the ground - gardeners will find a nice big crop of
delicious white potatoes which are incredibly versatile. They can
be boiled, mashed, roasted or made into chips.
It sounds incredible, but it’s true. Home gardeners really can
grow tomatoes and potatoes on one plant. This concept has been
worked on for over 15 years, but this is the first time that plants
have been successfully produced commercially. Tomatoes
are members of the potato family (Solanaceae) and are therefore
naturally compatible with potatoes. Each plant is hand-grafted to
create this unique double-cropping feature. There’s no genetic
modification - it’s an all-natural and completely safe process.
As is the case with all of Thompson & Morgan’s plants, TomTato™
is dispatched with full growing instructions. However the company
says that these are hardly necessary as the plants are so easy to
grow. TomTato™ can be grown inside or outside, in a large patio
pot or 40 litre bag, on the allotment or in the vegetable patch.
Thompson & Morgan is expecting huge interest in its innovative
new ‘veg plot in a pot’ and customers are being urged to order
early to be sure to get their hands on these unique plants.
Paul Hansord, T&M’s horticultural director, is understandably
excited about bringing TomTato™ to UK gardeners: ‘When I first
saw this plant, I was amazed! Potatoes and tomatoes on the
same plant? You really have to grow TomTato™ to believe it’.
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