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minus-squareRangerJosey@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·5 个月前I love tomatoes. Raw or processed. Cooked however. Almost as versatile as potatoes.
minus-squareTudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 个月前They are both part of the nightshade family, yes. If you don’t know or can’t pronounce the botanical group, you usually just say they are “closely related (species)”.
minus-squareRangerJosey@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前They can cross pollinate even. But the fruits such a crossbreed produces are not as tasty as they are separately.
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 个月前Would definitely be interesting if you could get two crops in one, harvest your tomatoes and then dig up your potatoes.
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 个月前You can do that by grafting a tomato plant on top of a potato plant. It’s tricky, though, and IIRC you can end up with inedible tomatoes.
I love tomatoes. Raw or processed. Cooked however. Almost as versatile as potatoes.
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They are both part of the nightshade family, yes.
If you don’t know or can’t pronounce the botanical group, you usually just say they are “closely related (species)”.
They can cross pollinate even. But the fruits such a crossbreed produces are not as tasty as they are separately.
Would definitely be interesting if you could get two crops in one, harvest your tomatoes and then dig up your potatoes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomato
You can do that by grafting a tomato plant on top of a potato plant. It’s tricky, though, and IIRC you can end up with inedible tomatoes.