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    The new novelty from T&M. Aubergines grafted onto potatoes!

    Eggs & Chips

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  • #2
    I wonder if that's an early press release error














    It's nowhere near April the 1st
    He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

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    • #3
      That's what I thought when I read it. A llttle Christmad joke.
      Next year it'll be the turkey sprout tato. Grow your own Ch.........dinner

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      • #4
        Can't be true. It's in the Sun
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        • #5
          "Made by grafting a potato plant onto the roots of an aubergine" - the Sun can't even report that correctly!
          Last edited by bario1; 24-12-2015, 12:16 PM.
          He-Pep!

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          • #6
            Ermmmmmmmmm.............
            I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

            Outreach co-ordinator for the Gnome, Pixie and Fairy groups within the Nutters Club.

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            • #7
              They are both members of the Solanum family. Never had much joy with aubergines though
              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

              Diversify & prosper


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              • #8
                Another expensive gimmick by T&M.
                Blogging at..... www.thecynicalgardener.wordpress.com

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by bario1 View Post
                  "Made by grafting a potato plant onto the roots of an aubergine"
                  D'oh....................
                  Last edited by veggiechicken; 24-12-2015, 01:03 PM. Reason: fixing Quote

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                  • #10
                    They may be the same family but aubergines and potatoes need rather different growing conditions. I can't see this working, but who am I to question T&M! I've never managed to grow an edible aubergine anyway.
                    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                    • #11
                      Goodluck if anyone tries this, i can´t see it myself. Aubergines in the UK need greenhouse and i would love to know if anyone grows potatoes in the greenhouse.
                      I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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                      • #12
                        I grow potatoes in the polytunnel, but tends to be for a christmas crop, so the wrong time for Aubergines.

                        Just because it's possible to graft two plants together, doesn't mean it's a good idea.
                        Last edited by skeggijon; 24-12-2015, 01:55 PM.
                        What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
                        Pumpkin pi.

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                        • #13
                          I saw Tomtato® plants in a garden centre in Slovakia last spring, so I wonder how long it will take for these to arrive here. They would probably grow better in a Slovak garden than a British one, because our summers are hotter. But I don't think the "eggs and chips" joke will translate very well. Actually it's not a great joke in English either because eggplant is more of an American name, but chips in America are crisps.
                          Last edited by Zelenina; 24-12-2015, 03:10 PM. Reason: spelling

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                          • #14
                            What i think has happened is this,with the weather being milder,they have got their seasons mixed up,and think tis april the first hehehe
                            sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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                            • #15
                              Gimmick to take hard earned cash of new gardeners............................
                              Potty by name Potty by nature.

                              By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


                              We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

                              Aesop 620BC-560BC

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