How I Grew Potatoes And Tomatoes On The Same Plant

I thought it would be fun to graft a tomato plant onto a potato plant to create one plant that produces potatoes underneath the soil and tomatoes on the top. I grew this over Spring and Summer, so now I've put together a start to finish gardening video to share the whole process!
In this video we'll cover how to grow tomatoes from seed, how to start potato plants, as well as the full process of how to graft plants together using the cleft graft and whip and tongue graft techniques. I'll share lessons along the way of this fun experiment so you can learn with me and have a go yourself at growing and creating one of these Frankenstein or frankenplants. Or should we call it a Pomato, or maybe a Tomtato?
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Tomato Ketchup Sauce Recipe:
(please note that this only makes a small amount, so feel free to double or triple the recipe depending on the amount of tomatoes you have).
800g washed tomatoes
3/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup sugar. Feel free to reduce this quantity a little.
1/3 tsp chilli powder or cayenne pepper (your choice)
Pinch of salt
Method:
Roughly chop tomatoes and place in a pot with 1/4 cup water. Cook over medium, high heat stirring until tomatoes have cooked, softened and broken down (approx. 5 mins).
In the pot, blend tomatoes well with a stick blender, then strain the puree through a sieve to remove seeds and skins.
Put the tomato puree back in the pot along with all other ingredients and simmer on medium heat for 15-20 mins, stirring until thick.
To test if ready, place a few drops onto a cold plate. Let the drops cool and if there is no water coming out of the sauce then it's ready.
Let cool and place into bottle or jar. Store in fridge and it should last a few months (if you don't eat it all first😉)
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Hi, I'm Kalem, and this channel features all sorts of unusual and exotic fruiting plants with tips of how to successfully grow them. I'm interested in all things gardening and love growing my own food and all types of edible plants.
I live on a 2 acre piece of land in New Zealand where we are turning a grass paddock into and abundant, edible paradise and food forest! So come along on this journey with me as I experiment with growing, and try to push the limits of what I can grow. I'll share with you my successes and failures so hopefully you'll learn from them and have a go yourself! Come learn with me and Subscribe to join this awesome community :)
0:00 Intro
0:23 Starting Tomatoes & Potatoes from Seed
1:20 Grafting
4:14 After graft care
5:25 Planting the "pomatoes"
6:21 Unwrapping the grafts
6:49 Worm tea and flowers
7:02 Tasting the first tomatoes
8:24 My favorite tomato variety
9:00 Are there any potatoes
10:31 Making ketchup and fries
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[@TheKiwiGrower]

I hope you enjoyed this little experiment! I've linked the Grafting knife & the book I recommended in the description :) Also, here's a Grafting video I made for beginners - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvHnHmoedt7eNE - It shows the process and results of grafting multiple varieties onto one Apple tree. Thanks so much for joining me and I hope you have a great rest of your day! -Kalem

[@justpaul280]

I really enjoyed this video ! You have inspired me to someday start my own vegetable garden when I’m old and grey hahaha

[@TyroneBeiron]

Perfect for Musk's Mars (no, not the bars!) 😆 PS: and not forgetting to graft a paprika onto the 🥔 as well.

[@ma2perdue]

Dude this is classy material. I think you could get more production out of it with a different grow setup and further experimentation on breeds of both Toms & Pots

[@HomeCADvantage]

I love these timeline video's mate. Really inspires me to sell up and buy a property to do my own gardening.

[@PacesIII]

Why not try it again, but make sure to cover the graft for maximum rooting..?

[@lyonheart84]

Lol that video contained everything all in one, seed sowing, grafting, planting out, harvesting, cooking recipe and a tasting 😲😲

[@Coolclimatetropicalfruits]

Very true Brett 👍

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Haha always try to include as much as I can! Hope you liked it :)

[@shelldie8523]

@@TheKiwiGrower very cool, thanks for doing it

[@qiannivan5287]

I honestly love all in one video. Others videos make you mad.

[@wariogiovanna2883]

Is that an elden ring reference?

[@urmomsh0use]

From a science teacher - the reason they're not growing as much as you expected is because the plant has a huge demand on its limited resources. It has to produce fruit, which are resource intensive, and find energy to store away in the tubers (potato) which is also resource intensive. You'd have to do some intensive breeding to get your harvest to be better.

[@samdeakin846]

Maybe next time they can leave some potato shoots to benefit the tubers, who knows, some of those sugars might end up in the tomato fruit?

[@kittentacticalwarfare1140]

Would the use of hydroponics make the yield better tho

[@coloradolove7957]

Same thing I just said. This is nonsense.

[@coloradolove7957]

@@kittentacticalwarfare1140 no. The reason the yield will be low is because the plant has a maximum amount of adenosine triphosphate that it can produce. Hydroponics doesn't Force nutrients into a plant. It just creates a stable soup for it to consume what it wants. And it can't over consume.

[@splowski]

Just graft another (expansive and nonproductive) rootsystem below and some really good photosynthesizing branches on top. Energy and nutrient problem solved.

[@GyroCannon]

Considering that the plant had to split all its energy between two different energy stores, the fact that you yielded some of both is really amazing. Goes to show that your gardening knowledge is awesome because you fought a real uphill battle with nature here!

[@Dg83646]

For a second my mind broke when he said the same planet

[@dethaddr]

Problem is... you can go for fruit or you can go for roots, but nature seldom ever lets both happen unless things are exactly right. Nice work on getting some of both, but I was expecting the potatoes to be small and few and that's where it ended up. There's a possibility if you really nailed the potatoes with Potash early on and the tomato with Phosphorous and Nitrogen (and again after the graft) that you could get a killer harvest from both ends.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

👉 Well, I'm not much of a tomato consumer, but I _am_ a big fan of steak and potatoes. So my plan is to graft a cow to a potato plant. That way I'll have an organism that produces beef up top and potatoes down under! I'm confident it'll work. Somewhere I read that cows are scientifically categorized within the potato/tomato family. I previously tried grafting a chicken with a wheat plant, in order to create a one-stop shop for the raw materials to make a chicken sandwich. The graft didn't take though.....☹️

[@princesingh-zu9zt]

@@HighlanderNorth1 🤣🤣

[@billyandrew]

​@@HighlanderNorth1 Try beefsteak tomatoes. 😉🤪😂

[@Boudicca-the-musical]

​@@HighlanderNorth1I tried watering my chickens to make chicken soup. But it didn't work.

[@heavymetal116]

​@HighlanderNorth1 , you can try shoving the potato plant in the cow's arse. By that, the plant can get nutrients from its manure 😅😂

[@thomaskrafft9890]

Well done!! We did this in Horticulture lab and found that while you do grow both tomatoes and potatoes, it turns out that you get about half the normal amount of each. Apparently there is only so much photosynthate to go around. (I was the only student, however, to ever return the next semester and present our prof with both a tomato and potato!😉)

[@ismaelrodriguez714]

That's a shame and very interesting, although the advantage of space is very tempting, for example I grow in pots on my balcony and a small part on the roof so doing this would open half of the pots I would use to grow something else, maybe by supplementing nutrients through the growing season you could even the crops out or maybe pair grafting could give better the crops ej: russet potato + grape tomatoes & yellow fingerling + big juicy varietie of tomato.

[@Berkeloid0]

@@ismaelrodriguez714 Maybe you could try just planting potatoes and tomatoes in the same pot and see whether you get a similar result? If they share nutrients anyway when you graft them then having them in the same pot might not be that different.

[@junemcdonald9345]

Enjoyed watching the video good idea if your space is limited thankyou 😀👏

[@koningsbruggen]

It would be interesting to create a plant with higher energy conversion. Some solar panels can get 50% yield whereas cholorplasts only do around 6%

[@ma2perdue]

Hey Tom if you posted a reply video explaining the role of Photosynthate in this grafted organism i would totally watch it. Can you give me some advice about grafting male tree pollen producing branches on female flower producing trees?

[@edim108]

Theoretically you could graft multiple different nightshades and have a single plant that grows potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and even egg plants, so you can make an entire dinner off of produce grown on a single plant. Also if you can get your hands on fresh tobacco leafs they're perfect for grafting nightshades- tobacco is a nightshade too and wrapping the cut in its leafs helps the healing process.

[@baddog9320]

wait eggplant and peppers are nightshade? I did not know that.

[@kkrystus]

And grow it on some animal ;P

[@filippoeich1180]

Thats a tomacco!!

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

Nooo# Tis is not possible. You can do that with multiple plants not on single plant!

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

@@baddog9320 yep# They are

[@theexposer5303]

The BEST gardening video ever from start (seed) + grafting to harvest all in one video. Short, compact to the point and no BS! Thank you!

[@robertballuumm730]

I'm 68 years old and just learned something new. I would never have dreamt of doing that. Thank you 🙏🙏🇬🇧

[@johnwilliams2711]

Really love how you don't leave us hanging, and tell the whole story. Worth the wait.😁👍👍

[@seekwisdom5102]

I know, the “after” shots are so important to me. I just saw someone pruning plants and there is no evidence of the results in production, it makes me wonder if it worked. One video they pruned the leaves of the eggplant, the other removed the suckers. Which would would be best? I still don’t know

[@creativeline03]

Yes, wonderful✨😍✨😍

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

This is not just a fascinating experiment it's also a very well produced video. I'm glad you edited it into one video telling the whole story rather than stringing it out into a series as many would have done. As someone allergic to both potatoes and tomatoes the final result was something that would kill me, but the experiment was still fascinating.

[@radamson1]

If I were allergic to both tomatoes and potatoes I would go ahead and eat myself to death. It would be worth it. :-) I love hot peppers, any kind as long as they are hot, but I'm allergic to Capsaicin, It gives me horrible stomach cramps and pain. But being the dumb ass I am I eat them anyway. They are so worth the pain.

[@1Naturalsolutions]

@@radamson1 Try making a Homeopathic preparation of Capsaicin.... that could relieve your allergy

[@ane9898]

😂

[@patrickiplagat4801]

At this point am afraid you are allergic to your own toes... Gerrit? Haha sorry I had to

[@billyandrew]

You must also be allergic to other members of the _Belladonna_ family, such as aubergine/eggplant and peppers.

[@ChinthakaRathnayake]

As a kid I used to graft plants in my home garden. I remember a teacher telling me that this could be done. Your video brought it all back and I’m stoked to do some grafting!

[@fahsai_saisadue]

I'm impressed in the consistent effort that you put in the 6-8 months filming and narrating the video. Incredible channel!

[@erdafska3788]

My heart melted when he said if he could share some with us he would. Keep making the top quality content

[@janglangmalatang7475]

Thanks so much for this information ℹ️. My Children LOV it . So important that they know all . As there world 🌎. There Time Now ! ✌️our future are in ALL OUR CHILDREN S HANDS NOW! Show them as much as possible! Make it FUN AND LOVE 💕 INTERESTING FOR THEM TO PASS 2THERE GENERATION S’ that’s why we here! 🌎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

Very cool. I studied Botany at the UW about 50 years ago, and grafting was my passion.

[@neilstrongarm377]

You have blown my mind, sir. You have made one of the best videos I have ever watched on KZbin. Well done.

[@AleksaMilicevic]

Given your first name literally means “graft” in Serbo-Croatian, this rather intriguing experiment comes as no surprise 😅 In all seriousness, fantastic job with the tomato-potato crossover; I've found your videos nothing short of informative and captivating. The amount of effort you put into each project, as well as your passion for all things horticulture really do come through 🙂 A massive _green thumb_ up - keep up the awesome work! 👍

[@rubylicious977]

Never heard that word being used for grafting. Might be a Serbia only thing?

[@AleksaMilicevic]

@@rubylicious977 The word _kalem_ does, indeed, mean “[a] graft” in Serbo-Croatian (from Ottoman Turkish _kalem,_ “a vaccine”) -- both the verb _kalemiti_ (to graft, to make grafts) and the noun _kalemljenje_ (grafting) were derived from it 🙂 With regards to Kalem's name, it's just an amusing coincidence; there's no actual correlation 😅

[@Deepaksingh-xq4fg]

@@AleksaMilicevic 'Kalam' means graft in Hindi too.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That’s so interesting! How bizarre, but I like it 😁. I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@bento4876]

@@Deepaksingh-xq4fg Thats likely where it stems from. A bunch of words are almost identical to sanskrit.

[@justjaguar2314]

Grafting is so cool!! In 10th grade, we had a week of *forestry practice* , where we grafted domesticated pear and apple scions to wild apple rootstock. Our guide/helper said it's more beneficial, because the wild plants are sturdier and can survive more easily. It's been 3 years now, and I wonder how they're doing!

[@eloiseharbeson2483]

I have scads of crabapples on my property. They are remarkably hardy.

[@user-xu3qd7yl6x]

You r the coolest gardener with good results that's what we want to see keep it up I tell alot of people to watch you instead of asking me

[@josheliwa2381]

its so cool what you can do with nature, I think I found my new answer to "what do you wanna do when you grow up"

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's so awesome! :)

[@alastairleung1883]

That was wild. I thought this was an April fools video as I've never heard of anything being grafted with a potato and then you turn this into one of the most comprehensive planting videos ever all the way from seed to grafting to growing to harvesting and then even to cooking

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Haha yeah it does sounds a bit too good to be true 😅. Thanks for the comment!

[@beast9028]

Thekiwigrower is just too big brain 🧠

[@rob-time]

This video is packed with interesting bits from growing the ingredients in such a unique way, then harvesting and cooking it all up for something yummy! I love it!

[@PolishGypski]

That was really cool. Thank you for all the work it took to condense all of that in to a great video. That size potato is common for a pot. They are like goldfish and grow to the size of their surrounding. A well fertilized soil and extra space between plants will give you some big potatoes. I had red potatoes this year that where as white as an apple inside and were as big as a large grapefruit. They were amazing mashed as well as cut.

[@Mowgi]

The amount of time and effort you put into your videos really shows, such a pleasure to watch. And what a cool concept!

[@foldyriken3773]

New Zealand is always so original, thanks for sharing this adventure with us.

[@hollyfortman4279]

😮 i cant believe it actually works and is so beautiful colors of the tomatoes and the awe 😊 potatoes you can actually grow both different colors . Thank you for sharing your planting ❤

[@matthewellisor5835]

Outstanding video! Committing 8-10 months AND keeping all the clips organized, all while presenting such a polished presentation, you definitely earned a like, subscribe, share. I remember reading about this many years ago and that the total yield on a dry matter basis was similar enough that, for a small space, it's a reasonable way to plant once but still get two crops. Does that match up with your results?

[@JoachimVampire]

i feel like potato itself is quite demanding on the root (to produce more potatoes) while tomato is the oposite, it is really fruit heavy, so you got less yield just because the plants had to split up.. love this idea and it's fun! i allways wanted to have one "merlin's tree" (the wizard merlin had a tree that yield all kinds of fruits) i know that's impossible to get an apple tree that grows grapes (sadly xD ) but it would be awesome to have different kinds of citrus or apples + plums

[@galvarthefailure4774]

Could you not encourage the grape Vines to grow on the tree

[@georgewilliamsiii4677]

There is a tree with over 40 types of fruit. But like here they have to be similar.

[@stellaargallon8271]

Thank you so much for your ability and showing us how to graft tomatoes and potatoes. At the end it is rewarding and I love it.

[@StockTechieConsulting]

I was did that method got really great result, simple way to utilisation of time

[@Justsomedude81]

That blew my mind, never thought about grafting them together. Also a way to save some space in the garden. Well done I enjoyed the video.

[@PierreLucSex]

It's like throwing out your wife from the window just to have a little more room in the bedroom. Stupid idea.

[@silasngui1601]

At last, a legit all in one DIY video I can actually do at home.. love it 🤌🏾

[@aidanforrest5957]

Hopefully the tomatoes won't be toxic

[@robetheridge6999]

I really like your content. I'm a woody ornamental horticulture guy who does landscape design, so I don't venture into gardening much, but you made this look like so much fun. Looking forward to seeing more of what you have to offer (this was my first video to see of yours).

[@MrBlackdragan]

This is amazing! Can't believe it worked! Those 🥔 wedges looked delicious 😋

[@s9josh778]

Wow, thank you so much for not making this a 12 part series. There was something fascinating every minute of the way. Subscribed!

[@edbot456]

This took me back 47 years ago, to the Duchy College, Cornwall. when we did the same grafts using potatoes and tomatoes. It was difficult finding the same thicknesses of stems to match so the cambium layers would align. I was amazed how quickly the grafts taken. We only let 4 trusses of tomatoes form and the potatoes produced were reduced too, as you’d expect. Interesting though.

[@zen4men]

Good old Stoke Climsland!

[@haquach7841]

Good job!It is a very creative gardening, and i will try to do it very soon when the Spring come, it is really fun to watch!And God bless you!I am watching from California, USA.

[@andreaobeng-appiah9743]

Thanks for the lessons. I’m a city girl now living on a farm and wish to grow a garden. I can see farming has done wonders on your physic too 💪🏼🧔🏼

[@uxtalzon]

You know it's a success when you keep dropping one. He didn't even know what variety was growing and just grew to harvest. Awesome. I gotta try this.

[@onlyfacts7816]

You did great grafting and documenting the entire process over months of work. Congrats on your success

[@fortissimoX]

Lol, amazing! Thank you very much for this video!

[@Shakespearept]

This is a really fun experiment. Makes me want to get out into the garden with some of the projects I've been thinking about.

[@gungasam3000]

I would love if you re-visited this with everything you've learned, like a single graft per potato plant, and see what difference it makes. Great video, thank you!

[@verngib9041]

This is and awesome experiment. Im ready for spring so i can try this out. Im wondering the same thing one tomato plant on a stalk and leave one potato to grow. That way photosynthesis can occur on each plant 🧐🧐… so interesting!!

[@Mrs.LadeyBug]

You should try it out too, and see how everyone’s compares with each others?!

[@derAtze]

Also wondering in how the nutrition content on the fruits and the knolls changes compared to their "graft parents". You couldn't ask for a better 1:1 comparison, it's literally the same plant 😬 would love to see a scientific comparison

[@basicbaroque]

Seeing the tomatoes become a smaller plant, I may try grafting with tomatillos instead. They can get really large, so it'd be better for my small garden next year! This technique is so fun, thanks for sharing.

[@guillaumedealmeida3980]

Smaller plant ??? I've never had several meters long potato plants, if you get small tomato plants, you're not doing it right

[@raymondilokapileo2186]

Thank you for sharing your gifts to the world. Sending love from Saipan, CNMI🙏😇❤

[@dubemccready7438]

Thank you fellow Kiwi, what an amazing way to grow food and so many different ways. definitely want to do this.

[@SamiZouad15]

Mate, I really like how chilled your videos are and creative. Amazing content, not overly edited, keep it up 👍 G'day from Perth

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Cheers Sami, really appreciate that feedback. Kia ora from NZ :)

[@TobyJin]

Really cool concept, I remember first hearing about this many years ago, it's great to see you pull it off with and the process that came along with it. It feels weird because the tomatoes only last 1 season so the graft doesn't last that long unlike those of a fruit tree (although the tomatoes I grew in spring are somehow still producing fruit).

[@lostsoulsthc7137]

If you keep them warm tomatoes can last over winter I have one that is still flowering in late July and a 2 year old silverbeet the longest I've had a tomato growing inside was 2 and a half years before I forgot to water it

[@TobyJin]

@@lostsoulsthc7137 Hmm that's strange cause this year was particularly cold and wet and some of my tomatoes are still around. Do they still fruit well after the second year when compared to freshly planted ones?

[@thetwistedsamurai]

My tomatoes are also still fruiting for some reason. Quite plentiful, too. And I'm in a pretty cold place but it's been fairly warm lately.

[@aylahughes9185]

@@TobyJin yea there are some tomato plants that have been fruiting for years in greenhouses.

[@hectic6981]

Indeterminate varieties will for sure grow untill the see frost, if you have a greenhouse or can bring potted plants inside. Alternatively you can trim off suckers once they get a little larger and pot them continuously constantly growing new plants from the same plant, again provided you have a way to keep them warm enough and lit enough.

[@mayarada2059]

Absolutely fantastic the way you grew tomatoes , great watching your video and thank you ❤

[@ibisomembere695]

Legit video. Honest and refreshingly good. Loved it

[@Ontariosaurus]

The ease by which the graft took, and the relatively productive plants considering the two fairly nutrient dense fruit-vegetables produced was very interesting. Thanks for showcasing this.

[@Mikesmeyer88]

I'd say the ketchup and chips are a delicacy because you didn't grow that many but you grew everything yourself so you know it's truly good. It's amazing you can graft plants like that.

[@Kiensgarden-bg9dl]

Your technique is amazing. I will have to learn a lot from your channel. thank you for sharing this useful video

[@akiimmortal6043]

This is one of the best videos I have ever seen and I don't give a .... about food and plants. Amazing job, amazing guy! 😲🤩

[@paulmutuotakaruga250]

This is a complete video, all the processes from start to finish. Amazing job.

[@blacklight683]

It's kinda amazing how plants can support each other cuz you have to think the potatoes were giving the tomatoes minerals and water from their Roots and the tomatoes were giving the potatoes food from their leaves

[@jussikankinen9409]

Human is 83% lizard and 63% tomato same dna

[@hugh.g.rection5906]

lets all bully the freak plant

[@Sylvershade]

They aren't actually supporting each other. Tomatoes and potatoes are competing for limited resources. Both suffer and are lower quality than individual plants.

[@wkbrl9805]

SubuhanAllah

[@craigrussell3062]

@@jussikankinen9409 We're all just minor variants of the basic Life algorithm. It's why we can all eat each other.

[@lauratreasures3816]

Thank you for the video and linking the book. I just bought the book and some starter items for my brother and sister in law. They just bough a new house and have started working on the garden. This seems like something they would love to do.

[@suhoat307obsessionmv7]

this channel will definitely be one of my favourites! I'm so glad I ran into you

[@terrycarter8929]

When I was a kid I was in charge of picking the tomatoes. My mother thought 2 rows of steak and 2 rows of cherry tomatoes would be good. There were way too many for a small family. This technique would have been the correction factor we needed. I picked a 5 gallon bucket of tomatoes every day!

[@solidsnake665]

I just love your videos, I still remember watching the younger you vs now, you've got quite comfortable with your talking 😂, anyways love watching you grow all these various plants, may God bless you

[@susannesand5882]

Finally someone who shows all of it and in a clear way. . Watched 5 or 6 videos before we found this. Thank you!

[@brianrosado7211]

I can feel his satisfaction just by watching the video. I like it.

[@23ofSeptember]

This is mind blowing! I'm gunna try this next year. I have a garden in Japan and space is a big issue. Now I can double my production! Thanks.

[@94hayster]

That's really cool, I love how you always show the whole process from start to finish too.

[@Gamer2002]

Your videos are amazing, was kept entertained the whole time!

[@lucindatyrrell4903]

how exciting to see this great use of space. Thank you for experimenting

[@sheilaathay2034]

Very interesting experiment! Both plants seem to have been stunted somewhat.But what a great great way to teach kids about grafting. Both being in the Solanum family is key. I know some kids that would be thrilled to try this. 😉🥰

[@BIGALEX_DRDOOM]

Never knew you could graft tomatoes and potatoes together all on one plant, like some Frankenstein experiment. I usually clone my tomatoes, sweet basil and sweet potato plants all from cuttings. I learned something new today thanks. 🙏🏽😁

[@tsunamihilmy]

instead of tomatoes, you could also graft aubergines (eggplant), bell peppers, and chilis, or indeed you could graft multiple solanaceous fruits (they aren't 'vegetables' per se) on the same potato stock

[@justinr4941]

This was an amazing proof of concept. I’m gonna base my aquaponics system on maximizing this process. A dual root zone grow should make this very effective

[@ttjciluk]

Thanks for showing your experiment. Those potatoes look fantastic for a small potatoe salad.

[@00fendifranklin41]

You are such a life saver best video I've seen in a long time thank you for the lesson on grafting! You should try it on fruits too!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks heaps! I've got a full start to finish grafting video on Apples here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvHnHmoedt7eNE and one on loquat grafting too so far kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooDOd4h-rbRrq8k . I hope to do more at some stage :)

[@MitchK_]

Really cool man! Never would have thought this could work! 🤯I might have to try this, just for the fun of it next spring.

[@Nisaadam57]

Amazing experience I enjoyed watching all of the video, you definitely have a lot of patience

[@psycosing3r332]

I'm glad you did this. That's very interesting to see that works out if in the right conditions

[@deanekendall545]

I liked the video, I've been grafting for many years, my mother taught me when I was a child growing up in the 50s and 60s, most of my grafting experience has been with avocado, however since moving to Masterton, we have been grafting our fruit trees. There was an old fashioned apple tree, on the property, which I have successfully grafted with a granny delicious, and an old fashioned pear, all the grafts have produced fruit, the two apple grafts have been successful for two fruiting seasons, and the pear had seven fruit, that we harvested. I have grafted a nectarine onto an heirloom golden Queen peach tree, three days ago , and I am doing a another pear onto the apple today.

[@PierreLucSex]

Can you explain how it is not monstruous.

[@notarobot5946]

@@PierreLucSex well from what I know due to the way fruits reproduce there's a really high chance the offspring taste terrible so grafting is required for any large scaled orchard. So if you have a moral objection to grafting I'd recommend you don't eat any store bought produce. Although I would like to hear why you think it's monstrous. To my sensitivities it seems pretty tame. Plants can't feel pain so they are not concious of harm during the process, it's not like sewing to animals together. The process is obviously safe for humans, the 2 parts keep growing as they were with no change. But that's just what I think, why do you object to grafting so heavily?

[@PierreLucSex]

@@notarobot5946 well from a human point of view it is monstruous, but as you stated the plant is not harmed. Though you basically trick roots to give birth to fruits that are not related, profiting from a parasiting relationship you orchestrated. Pretty tame ? Yeah we can only imagine. Thank you for your opinion though and the time. I'm really curious and respectful of your craft/knowledge.

[@notarobot5946]

@@PierreLucSex Haha I guess you're right, it is a parasitic relationship. I never thought of it that way. Although I don't think the plant cares too much about being exploited. Anyway thanks for your insight it definitely was an interesting read.

[@VerneditheSnail]

That was amazing! I never knew a graft of this kind would be possible and produce such results!

[@jsmythib]

When I imagine something and come to KZbin, I usually find it. Thankyou for sharing this :)

[@bitwise.a1]

Amazing, thank you..I'll try this in my garden for sure!

[@acansee3159]

This video deserve millions of views. The amount of effort he put in this video is incredible. You got a new subscriber 😃

[@unknownnln9172]

I love the small tiny potatoes vs large ones. Those are always so tender and tasty when they roast

[@Umer_]

watching your videos make me so happy and i couldnt tell you why...

[@thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344]

Never knew that this possible 😮 this could be a space saving solution for people who have small space! ❤

[@vancegilmore245]

I had no clue this is possible. As always I enjoy seeing you in your wonderful presentations about horticulture and absorbing your personality energy patterns. Very nice.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Cheers Vance, that means a lot :)

[@MRDJ620]

I'm so inspired to try a graft! Such an informative/entertaining video. Thank you Kalem. 💚🙏🏽 I'm going to start calling them chips & sauce going forward 😉

[@nbafanboy1967]

This would be perfect for someone with not a lot of space but wants to grow! Awesome vid.

[@Suresh8848m]

Very creative vegetable farming. Potato + Tomato = Pomato. Wow...Please keep it up.

[@LKBean]

this was so cool to see. I've never thought about grafting these two plants, but it makes a ton of sense! Would you be interested in trying a tomato and eggplant/aubergine graft?

[@bidyarajkshetrimayum5124]

Science + hardworking 🔥💕 Love from Manipur, India 💝

[@tygrahof9268]

Very interesting. A great project for kids and pots on a porch for those without land.

[@zohebpasha96]

Thank you for putting so much effort into this! So interesting.

[@jamus9_games967]

This was your best video out of a long list of amazing content. Absolutely fascinating for anyone but as someone thats been growing produce for years i've never even considered this as a thing. Outstanding !

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that :)

[@Reshtarc]

WOW!!! I am gona try this this year. I got some Red Pontiac Potato planted and some Robe Mountain Tommy Toe. I got sprouted ....I'll be starting this in about 2 -2.5 weeks..

[@DavidJohnson-yg8qm]

A nice lesson in grafting too.

[@ENVIELILLY]

This was really interestinng. I thought there would be more potatoes but its still a great space saver for those short on growing space. I also didn't realise ketchup was so easy to make. I definitely will be making my own.

[@khac3eful]

The amount of time and patience put in making this video, amazing!❤️

[@robertwere2662]

Wauu very impressed how can I get the grafting manual book.

[@enufelani0752]

Both are growing and died together on your hand bro😊👍👍👍 Thats amazing, I wanna try.

[@iyanmuchiry]

This is so interesting to me ,am planning to start farm work ,I have learned something new today.

[@peterg1978]

Hi, this looked like fun so I had a go. All my grafts worked well. I did not use a plastic bag . I used a polymer spray. The brand we have in Australia is Yates Droughtshield. I am really looking forward to getting my first tomatoes!

[@staffordshirebullterrierli7411]

This was a good experiment!!!! I love tomatoes and potatoes, they are sort of related belonging to the same plant genus, solanum, also called the nightshade family of plants, so it should work really well with trial and error.. I brought a grafted tomato plant from bnq bout 5 months ago and its an absolute short stocky beast!