Re: Grafted tomatoes

**K* M* <k*@iol.ie>**

The easy way is to grow the two side by side and use tongue approach  
grafting - the resultant plant only takes about a week to become  
completely happy and healed. I've always had almost 100% success, it  
takes less than a minute and new students seem to master the technique  
in about 10 minutes. Obviously it does cost quite a bit more because  
you have to grow twice as many plants, and because your rootstock has  
to be sown about five days earlier than the top growth which means  
five days extra heat, but it really is very simple

kathryn

On 7 Jul 2009, at 14:28, frielster@aol.com wrote:

>
> I've not seen it done so I'm not really up on how much work it is;  
> obviously, more than buying market packs of Big Boy. Apparently it's  
> done in much the same way, and for the same reasons, as grafting  
> fruit trees or roses. You have to grow a disease-resistant  
> rootstock, then cut away most of the top and graft on the disease- 
> prone variety. The commercial growers who have tried it, in tunnels  
> and outdoors, report tremendous yield increases.
>
>
>
>
> I just read the grafting post--yes, that works, but it's a lot of work
> unless you are making a fair bit from the tomatoes--can't make it work
> economically if you're selling at a farmer's market--only if you  
> have a good
> restaurant or farmstand market.
>
> Miranda
>
>

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