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Delerium · September 25, 2013

"I thought you were suggesting that since the Maxifort fruit are small tiny green things (yes, I've seen them do to some unwelcome monster suckers) that one might expect smaller scion fruit from a large-fruited variety attached to Maxifort."

Yes that's exactly what I am implying. That the small fruited root stock selections will produce smaller tomatoes compared to its ungrafted counterpart. That's just my observations. I am noticing a reduction in size of the tomatoes of grafted plants that use maxifort, multifort or Beaufort. More production but smaller tomatoes like in David's numbers. What I am suggesting is that if you use a Larger size tomato variety for the root stock it will make the size of the tomatoes on the scion size larger to (Just my observation - not a conclusion).

No disagreement here. But what your saying is the root stock side (size of the tomato) no matter what type of fruit it produces has no effect on the scion side right? Let's say we use a tomato variety that produces 2 lb tomatoes for the root stock and for the scion (say Big Rainbow) and use maxifort with the same scion (Big Rainbow) my guess is that the tomatoes on the root stock that produces 2 lb tomatoes will have an effect on the size (larger tomatoes) tomato on that scion. So if i understood you correctly your saying that root stock has no actually impact on fruit size in a side by side comparison?

September 25, 2013	#23
Delerium Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: California Posts: 942	"I thought you were suggesting that since the Maxifort fruit are small tiny green things (yes, I've seen them do to some unwelcome monster suckers) that one might expect smaller scion fruit from a large-fruited variety attached to Maxifort." Yes that's exactly what I am implying. That the small fruited root stock selections will produce smaller tomatoes compared to its ungrafted counterpart. That's just my observations. I am noticing a reduction in size of the tomatoes of grafted plants that use maxifort, multifort or Beaufort. More production but smaller tomatoes like in David's numbers. What I am suggesting is that if you use a Larger size tomato variety for the root stock it will make the size of the tomatoes on the scion size larger to (Just my observation - not a conclusion). No disagreement here. But what your saying is the root stock side (size of the tomato) no matter what type of fruit it produces has no effect on the scion side right? Let's say we use a tomato variety that produces 2 lb tomatoes for the root stock and for the scion (say Big Rainbow) and use maxifort with the same scion (Big Rainbow) my guess is that the tomatoes on the root stock that produces 2 lb tomatoes will have an effect on the size (larger tomatoes) tomato on that scion. So if i understood you correctly your saying that root stock has no actually impact on fruit size in a side by side comparison? Last edited by Delerium; September 25, 2013 at 03:58 PM.