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Grafted tomatoes: worth the trouble?
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Grafted tomatoes
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Grafted vs. non-grafted tomatoes: What’s the difference?
Published on Fri, May 10, 2013 by Judy English Grafted vs. non-grafted tomatoes: What?s the difference? :: Sequim Gazette excerpt from above: Quote:
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The Great Tomato Debate: Grafted or Non-Grafted?
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Grafted versus non grafted tomatoes
Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden - View topic - Grafted versus non grafted tomatoes. excerpt from above: Quote:
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Looks like a gimmick to me....
-- They're claiming the main reason to "graft tomatoes is to avoid soilborne diseases. The rootstock should have resistance to the common diseases on your farm that would normally shorten the life of tomato plants or reduce their vigor and yield" yet.... resistance doesn't = immunity and.... grafting isn't gonna do anything about the bacterial and fungal diseases floating around... if anything.... the grafted plants could be harboring foliage diseases... like early or late blight.... that could be spread to uninfected plants. For the price of 3 grafted tomato plants at about $10 each plus shipping and handling.... we could have 15+ packs of tomato seed we could grow ourselves. -- Another thing... "bigger" isn't always better. Catch this from 1 of the above links... "The grafted plant was about (remember this is not a clinical study) 20 percent bigger and fuller than the non-grafted tomato, which is both a blessing and a curse because current grooming protocol calls for pruning the side shoots (the unproductive greenery) from tomatoes to focus the plants on fruit not leaf production. This meant I spent at least 20 percent more time pruning the grafted plant and, frankly, in early September, I gave up keeping up….The sizes of fruit from the grafted tomato were all approximately 30 percent bigger than those from the regular brandywine with thinner skin….But, here’s the most important outcome…taste. Taste testing the fruit with a few brave gourmands, picked simultaneously and hauled into the kitchen and eaten without accompaniment, the non-grafted brandywine tomato won hands down. TA DA! The grafted brandywine’s taste was diluted and watery in comparison. It lacked that wee bit of acidity we all crave in a fresh, sun warmed tomato and the texture in contrast, was mushy."
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