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minus-squareTudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThey 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-up1·2 months agoThey can cross pollinate even. But the fruits such a crossbreed produces are not as tasty as they are separately.
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoWould definitely be interesting if you could get two crops in one, harvest your tomatoes and then dig up your potatoes.
minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomato
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYou 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.
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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.