Hybrid vs. Heirloom

Germinator · January 14, 2014

I have a question that maybe some of your experts out there can help me with. I always thought that there was a definitive dividing line between hybrid and heirloom tomatoes. Something I read recently makes me wonder now. It refers to a book by Carol Deppe named "Breed your own Vegetable Varieties". I don't own the book (it was published in 1993 and may be out of print) but from a short clip from that book that I read, I gather that there is not really much difference.

I am experimenting with grafting this year and wondering if I should try to graft a hybrid to a rootstock? Seems like the reason you use a hybrid is for disease resistance and that is exactly why I am grafting heirloom to rootstock.

Would love to hear any opinions/facts out there. Carolyn??

January 14, 2014	#1
Germinator Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: No. California Posts: 69	Hybrid vs. Heirloom I have a question that maybe some of your experts out there can help me with. I always thought that there was a definitive dividing line between hybrid and heirloom tomatoes. Something I read recently makes me wonder now. It refers to a book by Carol Deppe named "Breed your own Vegetable Varieties". I don't own the book (it was published in 1993 and may be out of print) but from a short clip from that book that I read, I gather that there is not really much difference. I am experimenting with grafting this year and wondering if I should try to graft a hybrid to a rootstock? Seems like the reason you use a hybrid is for disease resistance and that is exactly why I am grafting heirloom to rootstock. Would love to hear any opinions/facts out there. Carolyn??