Re: Grafted Tomatoes

**H*@aol.com**

Last summer there were a number of threads regarding the Late  Blight 
outbreak on tomatoes and there were a few threads about grafted  tomatoes.  

I understand grafting tomatoes to get improved yields on a  commercial 
level but why would one want to do this in a home garden?  The  practice does 
seem to improve yields when some rootstocks are used on heirlooms  but I think 
most tomato diseases are air, vector and water borne in which case  
grafting would offer no protection.  As far as I can tell the only disease  
protection offered through grafting would be against Fusarium  wilt and  Ralstonia 
(Southern wilt).

Can anyone help me out with more information?  Why would  a home gardener 
want to graft his/her tomatoes and are there any mail order or  internet 
retailers offering grafted plants.

Thanks.  Spring will come.  It always  does.

Andrew

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener is a  registered trade mark and is published every 
Thursday in The Southampton Press,  The Press and the Easthampton Press

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