Recently, messages from the UK and New Zealand appeared in the press about growing plants, giving the opportunity to obtain both tomatoes and potatoes with one bush.
This miracle was called Tomatoofel (in the English version of Tomtato, from words - "Tomato" - tomato and "Potato" - potatoes) and it is not a product of genetic engineering or selection, but the result of special vaccination technology.
Is it possible to successfully successfully grow such plants in their dacha and get a steady crop like "tops" and "roots"? Practical experience has shown that it is possible. Let's try to figure it out in this technology, especially since there are very important nuances.
Tomtato Tomato
Vaccination is one of the methods of reproduction of plants and increasing their stability to an unfavorable environment. For vegetables, it began to be used at the beginning of the last century. It turned out that the developed root system of catching, ensures an increased and stable yield of vegetables in the open soil. At the same time, the growing season of graft plants is reduced and their yield increases significantly. Currently, the most popular intraspecific vaccination of plants, mainly fruit crops. Interhown vaccination is known, but it is extremely rare.
We all know that the potato tops contain toxic substances. If the potatoes do not grow native tops, but a tomato bush, will these toxins do not appear in tomatoes and how will all this affect the toxicity of potato tubers? Which of the plant will the main flow of nutrients, in the upper or lower? Does special agrotechnology need for growing such plants?
We turn directly to technology. In the middle of April, in the pot, drop potatoes in the potato mixture. Two weeks later, you can make the vaccination of tomato on potatoes, preferably by the method of improved copulating. Copulation is a method for connecting vaccination components more or less than the same diameter, with improved - not only sections are connected, but also an additional split and cuttings are made with a trip line.
Tomato Vaccination for Potatoes
The vaccination is carried out when the thickness of the stalk of potatoes and the tomato seedlings of 0.5 cm can be at home. In this case, each escape is given, it is desirable that the length of the cuts exceeds more than four times the thickness of the stems of the stems. At the cuts of trunks, the blade are made split-tongs that immediately connect, not allowing the slightest drying. After that, shoots are tightly tied with bactericidal adhesive plaster and put in a shaded place, pre-moistened by the soil and the plant itself.
Landing in the primer
Do not be afraid if in a day or two, the Tomato will fad, if everything is done correctly, the next day he will restore the original appearance. After 7-9 days, it is possible to disembark the plants to the bed under the underfloor material, and another week to remove the bandage from the place of the lead. Soon you will notice the appearance of a blooming brush of tomato, and in a month you will see the fruits. If you carefully dispel the soil, you can see the appearance of young tubers.
Time to collect harvest. From one bush, you can collect 1.5-3 kg of potatoes and 5-8 kg of tomatoes, which is very good.
Vintage of tomatoes and potatoes from one bush
Studies of scientists revealed increased stability of graft plants to phytoofluorosis and Colorado beetles, and the content of a toxic substance of Solanin in tomato fruits and potato tubers remains within the normal range. Experience shows that special agrotechnics of growing grafting plant is not required.
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