Introducing the revolutionary TomTato® Plant – an exciting horticultural breakthrough that allows you to harvest both tomatoes and potatoes from a single plant! This incredible innovation is a game-changer for home gardeners in the UK. Above the soil, you’ll enjoy a bumper crop of over 500 cherry tomatoes, each bursting with a Brix level of 10.2 – sweeter than what you’ll find in your local supermarket. These tomatoes have the perfect balance of sweetness and acidity, giving them that exceptional taste we all love. Below the soil, harvest up to 2kg of white potatoes, perfect for boiling, mashing, roasting, or even making chips. Yes, you heard right – one plant gives you both tomatoes and potatoes! This remarkable plant has been developed over 15 years of careful research, and for the first time ever, it’s available to gardeners. By grafting tomatoes (which are part of the potato family) onto specially selected potatoes, we’ve created a unique and all-natural double-cropping solution – no GM involved. For the 2016 season, we’ve made improvements based on customer feedback: the TomTato® now delivers 50% more potatoes, offering up to 3kg of spuds once the tomatoes finish fruiting. Simply cut the plant at ground level, and in about two weeks, you can harvest your fresh potatoes. Whether you’re growing in the ground or in a large 40-litre pot, TomTato® thrives in small spaces – making it perfect for gardens, patios, balconies, or even indoors. Easy to grow, with full instructions provided, you’ll enjoy this horticultural marvel with minimal effort. Experience the future of home gardening with TomTato® – grow both tomatoes and potatoes like never before! Harvest both tomatoes AND potatoes from this unique plant! Incredible innovation in vegetable growing. All natural – no GM. Here’s another major horticultural breakthrough! Specially hand-grafted plants producing potatoes AND tomatoes are now available to UK home gardeners for the first time. Above the ground harvest over 500 cherry tomatoes with a Brix level of 10.2 – that’s sweeter than supermarket tomatoes. Fruits also have just the right level of acidity that only the tastiest tomatoes have. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL… Below the ground harvest heavy yields of delicious white potatoes which are incredibly versatile. You can boil them, mash them, roast them or make chips. That’s right! From one plant you can harvest tomatoes AND potatoes. This concept has been worked on for over 15 years, but this is the first time that plants have been successfully produced commercially. Tomatoes are members of the potato family and are therefore naturally compatible with potatoes. Each TomTato® plant is specially grafted by hand to create this unique double cropping feature. There’s no genetic modification – it’s an all-natural, and safe process. Plants come with growing and aftercare instructions. (Not that you’ll really need them – these plants are so easy to grow!) Grow them indoors or outdoors, in a patio pot, on your allotment or on the vegetable patch.
• Grow TomTato® plants on in warm, frost-free conditions until all risk of frost has passed, potting on if necessary to a slightly bigger pot. Alternatively plant TomTato® directly into its final position in a frost-free greenhouse. Once all risk of frost has passed, gradually acclimatise indoor plants to outdoor conditions over a period of 7 to 10 days.
• Grow TomTato® in a greenhouse or sheltered position outside in full sun. For best results grow in a container which holds at least 40 litres of compost such as our Patio Planters, or a deep container with at least 50cm (20″) diameter. A large container is needed for proper development of both crops.
• Plant grafted tomato-potato plants with the graft union below soil level, burying the stem up to the second tomato leaf from the base. This aids stability and growth, and ensures the potatoes develop fully underground. Water thoroughly after planting.
• Support your TomTato® plant as it grows, using several stout 1.5m (5′) canes, or a similar strong support frame. TomTato® produces vigorous growth and heavy trusses of fruit, so will require regular tying to its support with soft garden twine.
• Alternatively grow TomTato® plants in the ground on fertile, reliably moist, well drained soil. Prepare the soil in early spring by adding plenty of well rotted manure to improve its structure and fertility. Space plants at a distance of 60cm (24″) apart and water them thoroughly after planting.
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