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Gardening

NRaleighLiberal

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1. I do some speculation about it in my book - haven't tried it.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 05:10 PM

Oct 2015

I think that the biggest challenge is going to be dealing with potato vines that emerge from other eyes on the potato piece, as well as pests that the potato foliage could draw that could also impact the tomato. Probably no need to do a graft - just plant a seed potato at the same time you settle in your tomato plants. (can't envision what the advantage would be, I guess).

The other potential issue is that late blight is spread by infected potato plants, so there is a slight but real risk, mediated if one is confident of the lack of disease on the potato seedling piece.

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has anyone ever done tomato/potato grafts? [View all] mopinko Oct 2015 OP

I do some speculation about it in my book - haven't tried it. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2015 #1

Interesting... Galileo126 Oct 2015 #2

advantage would be space, i assume. mopinko Oct 2015 #3

The other day... TeeYiYi Oct 2015 #4

that's pretty crazy. mopinko Oct 2015 #5

Me either. TeeYiYi Oct 2015 #6