notthespoopyyourelookingfor:

freyjas: did-you-kno: Source has science gone too far no

That’s not a real hybrid: it’s a graft! You would call it a “chimera.”

Those two plants are both in the nightshade family (Solanum), so they usually have compatible tissues.

You can do this at home with a razor, electrical tape, a potato plant, and a tomato plant. It works best with a cherry tomato on top, and it saves a lot of space.

How to make a pomato / tomoffel:

1. Take an 25 cm or taller tomato

2. Take an 25 cm or higher potato

3. Make a wound 1/3 into the stem of the tomato with a razor

4. Make a would 1/3 into the stem of the potato with a razor

5. Press wounds together and seal with a flexible waterproof tape

6. Wait until there is a bulge in the tape and new growth before cutting off the root ball of the tomato and the top growth of the potato

7. Enjoy potatoes in the bottom and tomatoes on the top. It’s the mullet of the plant world.

#garden science