grafting pepper on tomato

[Itoero]

Has anyone ever grafted a pepper on a tomato?
It's possible:
http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/...20Tomatoes.pdf
Tomatoes are more resistant against several molds and insects....and they grow bigger and faster.

On the website, they had 40 graftings but more then half of them died.
They say the rootstock (the tomato) rotted.
Is there anything I can put in the soil to prevent rotting?

[amideutch]

Tomato plants have resistance to fusarium, verticillium, and nematodes, chiles have less resistance to these soilborne diseases.

As far as disease resistance goes tomatoes are in the same boat as Peppers. We also graft tomato rootstock to tomatoes for the same reason and normally you will also get faster growth and production in the process.

Ami

[drew51]

I would look at other methods of grafting. It obviously is done with a better success rate as grafted tomatoes are sold all over, well at least the number of vendors offering them is increasing every year. Totally Tomatoes sells grafted peppers even.
To me the technique rotted the tomatoes, not the soil. They were using the best types and they still rotted. Whatever they did, don't do! The humidity chamber is the problem. Too much time in it.

[Itoero]

ok,
Do you think I can use the method where you cut a V in the rootstock?
It's the easiest method for grafting tomatoes, I think.
What kind of material do you use to cover the wound?

I don't understand why people put it in a dark and damp place....imo it stops the healing process.
Plants need fresh air and photosynthesis to heal.

[drew51]

I have never grafted, but many people here have. Hopefully they will give you better advice. BTW I would not buy the grafts from TT because they ship poorly. They do not prep the plants well. Arriving dry and wilted. I ordered a couple last year, and they did have the V graft.

My own approach to growing peppers to be maintain a good environment with well draining soil, add beneficial fungi and bacteria and preventative pesticide treatments.

[Doug9345]

Originally Posted by Itoero

ok,

I don't understand why people put it in a dark and damp place....imo it stops the healing process.
Plants need fresh air and photosynthesis to heal.

The reasons are similar to why you don't let a transplant dry out, over water, or put into direct sunlight. In one word water.

When have a tomato or other plant where you have cut the roots off it has no way to get new water into it;s system. When you take a cutting or cut the roots off and graft it to another root system it's still a cutting without roots until the union heals. Its most critical need is to not dehydrate. It's misted to keep the scion from drying out.

Why is it keep in the dark? Plants have stoma on the underside of the leaves that let carbon dioxide in and oxygen and water vapor out. They are capable of opening and closing. In the dark they stay closed to preserve water. Since CO2 isn't needed if no photosynthesis is going on there is no need to lose water. The plant has enough stored reserves to heal the union.

[drew51]

They probably just kept it too long in the dark and humid environment.

[aconite]

I grafted peppers (chocolate bhuts) to sungold seedlings last year. All of the grafts took (5 of them), started growing but then there was a bad storm where the pots got knocked over and spilled so the fragile grafts died. I'm going to try it again this year, it was fun.

[Itoero]

What grafting method did you use?

[aconite]

Side and V grafts.

[Itoero]

When I do a V graft, what should I use to wrap around the graft?

[aconite]

Take a thin nylon bag like the cheap freezer ones. Cut it into strips, and use. You can use florist tape too. I just find thin stretchy plastic cheaper and easier. I never use clips or stuff like that.

[oldasrocks]

I crossed a horse and a spider once.