Re: Tomato roots
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- Subject: Re: Tomato roots
- From: M* L* <m*@micron.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 06:29:53 -0600
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>Tomato plants are grafted onto rootstock to overcome four diseases -
>k,n,v,f stand for korky rot, nematodes, verticillium and fusarium . It
>is done where it is not practicable to change or sterilise the growing
>medium. With most commercial tomatoes being grown hydroponically it
>would seem that this practice is no longer widespread.
>--
>Allan Day Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
>
My brain is on vacation. We do have nematodes, verticillium and fusarium
wilts, but do we have anything like korky rot? We don't call it that, but
what do we call it? Margaret
