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JIND: A farmer from Ludana village here claimed that tomatoes were growing on the same plants as potatoes in his field simultaneously.

 

 

 


The farmer, Ranbir said that about six months ago, he found a sack of potatoes on a road and he planted some of them on a 250 sq meter land.

 

 

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freak incidenceTribhuvan Mendiratta


About a fortnight ago, flowers blossomed from the plants which eventually turned into fruits of green colour, he said.

 

 

 


The fruits look like tomatoes and have sour taste like them, Ranbir said, adding that on lifting the plants, potatoes were found in bunches of four to six.

 



Deepak, another farmer, said, "Initially we didn't believe but on visiting Ranbir's field we found tomatoes growing on the same plant as potatoes".

 

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JIND: A farmer from Ludana village here claimed that tomatoes were growing on the same plants as potatoes in his field simultaneously.

 

 

 


The farmer, Ranbir said that about six months ago, he found a sack of potatoes on a road and he planted some of them on a 250 sq meter land.

 

 

Latest Comment

freak incidenceTribhuvan Mendiratta


About a fortnight ago, flowers blossomed from the plants which eventually turned into fruits of green colour, he said.

 

 

 


The fruits look like tomatoes and have sour taste like them, Ranbir said, adding that on lifting the plants, potatoes were found in bunches of four to six.

 



Deepak, another farmer, said, "Initially we didn't believe but on visiting Ranbir's field we found tomatoes growing on the same plant as potatoes".

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Jind/Potatoes-tomatoes-growing-on-same-plants-in-Haryana/articleshow/50590269.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOI

Hybrid plantations are not alien to us.Looks like Ranbir got the sack belonging to some botanical experimentation.

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Nothing unnatural going on here.  

Potatoes, tomatoes, brinjal, and chili peppers all belong to the same family of plants - the Solanaceae or Nightshade family. If potato plants are allowed to flower and set fruit, they will always produce fruit that look very much like tomatoes.  But they are not edible.  

What are those fruit growing on potatoes?

Here's a picture of potato fruit:

PotatoFruit_1.jpg

 

Edited by Moth2Flame
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