Re: Grafted tomatoes

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

On 7 Jul 2009, at 14:39, Miranda Smith wrote:

> Yes, and Johnny's sells some appropriate correct cultivars for the
> rootstocks. You do it by placing the two pots (4" if you want good  
> plants)
> adjacent to each other. One of the pots contains the rootstock, the  
> other
> the cultivar for the top growth. When the plants are about four or  
> five
> inches tall, you graft them together, using clips that are readily  
> available
> from a lot of suppliers you can find on the web. I have left the top  
> growth
> on the rootstock until I saw that the new top growth had taken, but  
> that may
> not be the "correct" way to do it.

I don't think its correct Miranda - but its what I do too

> I did it so that I wouldn't lose the
> plant if the graft didn't take. But the graft usually DOES take-- 
> these are
> tomatoes, after all.
>
> Miranda
Absolutely

kathryn
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