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It sounds like something from a science fiction film, but a plant which
produces both potatoes and tomatoes has been launched in the UK.
The ‘TomTato’ can grow more than 500 sweet cherry tomatoes above ground, while
beneath the soil it produces white potatoes that are suitable for boiling,
roasting or turning into chips.
Horticultural mail order company Thompson & Morgan, which is selling the
plants for £14.99 each, described their new product as a “veg plot in a
pot”.
The hybrid plants are not a product of genetic engineering, but are each
individually hand-grafted. Like potatoes, tomatoes are members of the
nightshade family (Solanaceae), which makes them compatible for
grafting.
Grafted potato/tomato plants have been around for decades, including from some
small British nurseries, but Thompson & Morgan say this is the first
time the plants have been widely produced commercially in the UK.
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