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 - kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZ6YzairdNmuctI.html - 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

Жыл бұрын

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

@TyroneBeiron

Жыл бұрын

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

@ma2perdue

Жыл бұрын

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

@boonjabby

Жыл бұрын

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

@PacesIII

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@Coolclimatetropicalfruits

Жыл бұрын

Very true Brett 👍

@TheKiwiGrower

Жыл бұрын

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

@shelldie8523

Жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower very cool, thanks for doing it

@qiannivan5287

Жыл бұрын

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

@wariogiovanna2883

Жыл бұрын

Is that an elden ring reference?

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

Would the use of hydroponics make the yield better tho

@coloradolove7957

Жыл бұрын

Same thing I just said. This is nonsense.

@coloradolove7957

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

4 ай бұрын

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

@2009samiy

Ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

@koningsbruggen

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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?

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@kkrystus

Жыл бұрын

And grow it on some animal ;P

@filippoeich1180

Жыл бұрын

Thats a tomacco!!

@bhargavjitbhuyan9394

Жыл бұрын

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

@bhargavjitbhuyan9394

Жыл бұрын

@@baddog9320 yep# They are

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

8 ай бұрын

That's so awesome! :)

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!

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

@seekwisdom5102

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

Yes, wonderful✨😍✨😍

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@ane9898

Жыл бұрын

😂

@patrickiplagat4801

Жыл бұрын

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

@billyandrew

6 ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

👉 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

9 ай бұрын

@@HighlanderNorth1 🤣🤣

@billyandrew

6 ай бұрын

​@@HighlanderNorth1 Try beefsteak tomatoes. 😉🤪😂

@Boudicca-the-musical

6 ай бұрын

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

@heavymetal116

3 ай бұрын

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

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!

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

@janglangmalatang7475

Жыл бұрын

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! 🌎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

😮 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 ❤

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!

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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! 😲🤩

Legit video. Honest and refreshingly good. Loved it

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

@ 'Kalam' means graft in Hindi too.

@TheKiwiGrower

Жыл бұрын

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

@bento4876

Жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@derAtze

Жыл бұрын

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

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.

Great experiment with great results

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

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

@aidanforrest5957

5 ай бұрын

Hopefully the tomatoes won't be toxic

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

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.

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Thekiwigrower is just too big brain 🧠

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.

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 💪🏼🧔🏼

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@georgewilliamsiii4677

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Wow this is pretty cool, can't wait for spring to try this.

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.

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

Жыл бұрын

Good old Stoke Climsland!

So you made the plant which fulfils the requirement of making potato and sauce. That's great. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

This is by far one of the coolest things I have ever seen in my entire life. WOOW. I was wondering why KZread recommended this video to me since I have zero interest in this kind of stuff. But you have made me interested in planting now!!! I’m going out to get some seeds today!!

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@hectic6981

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

Such a great video! Good job on your growing!

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

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

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that :)

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

Wow! Great job! 👍looks mouthwatering sauce n chips indeed. 😋

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.

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

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

@TheKiwiGrower

Жыл бұрын

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

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).

You're a real SUPERMAN, YOU MAKE IT FLAWLESSLY. 😮

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. 😉🥰

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

I love this so much, I will for sure be doing these and thanks for the book recommendation

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!

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

Great video and a way cool experiment, thank you for posting it:)

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

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 😉

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

Thanks KZread for suggesting me this video... Already a big fan brotha

You couldn't possibly have ever anough to share i'm certain! Great stuff brother! Take care and thanks!

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

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

Loved your energy and magic form, subs 😍

Well done. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing

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

@robertwere2662

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Vance, that means a lot :)

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

The first time I've ever seen your videos. Absolutely lovin it ❤

Another great video! Thanks Kalem that was super interesting I'm definitely going to try that out this spring.

@TheKiwiGrower

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Mark, let me know how it goes!

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

Жыл бұрын

Human is 83% lizard and 63% tomato same dna

@hugh.g.rection5906

Жыл бұрын

lets all bully the freak plant

@Sylvershade

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

SubuhanAllah

@craigrussell3062

Жыл бұрын

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

Wow, you gave me ideas with tomatoes & potatoes, thanks for sharing, excited to try😭

Enjoyed the process. Thank you for the hard work ☺️🥰

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

Жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps! I've got a full start to finish grafting video on Apples here kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZ6YzairdNmuctI.html and one on loquat grafting too so far kzread.info/dash/bejne/noOfqLeBqLKepco.html . I hope to do more at some stage :)

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.

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

Kind of satisfying feel to it Thank u sir for a good light mood

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!

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!