Potato/tomato in the Vegetables and Fruit forum

Aug 7, 2023 2:45 PM CST

Thread OP

Bovey Tracey, Devon UK

We know they are the same family.
This mutant potato plant has produced tomato-like fruit above ground.
We'd be interested in your comments.

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crawgarden

Aug 7, 2023 2:54 PM CST

Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)

Welcome to the site!

Moving the question to the Vegetable and Fruit forum.

As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

| @crawgarden | Post #2981062 (2)

NMoasis

Aug 7, 2023 2:56 PM CST

Name: Zoë
Albuquerque NM, Elev 5310 ft (Zone 7b)

Ha! We just had the same question a couple of days ago. Here's the thread with the answers (and a bit of other stuff not related directly to your question)
The thread "Potatoes again ?" in Vegetables and Fruit forum

| @NMoasis | Post #2981063 (3)

farmerdill

Aug 7, 2023 5:18 PM CST

Name: Dillard Haley
Augusta Georgia (Zone 8a)

Potatoes are flowering plants that produce seed. We normally only care about the tubers, but developers and some gardeners save seed to replant and hopefully get new varieties. The seed pods are similar small cherry tomatoes. In the 70's and eighties, Inserts in Sunday newspapers touted the Pomato which was usually a Subartic tomato grafted onto a Red Norland potato.

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