Very interested in tomato grafting

Larry636 · May 29, 2013

I have been vegetable gardening as a hobby,for six seasons. Each year some new disease problem shows up that impacts my tomato harvest and I am leaning towards trying some grafted heirloom varieties next spring. Advice from members who have grown grafted plants would be most welcome.

Larry636

b54red · May 29, 2013

Go to this thread and you will learn a lot.

http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=26079

You will have to experiment on your own but from my results so far this year I am more than happy with my grafting results. You may have fusarium wilt, bacterial wilt or nematodes affecting your crop and grafting can help with all of them if you use a resistant rootstock. If you are dealing with foliage diseases then proper pruning for air flow and preventive spraying with Daconil will help. There are a couple of things that can hit down here that nothing much can be done about and that is Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and Late Blight. Either one can be devastating. Pests are a different matter and all have different solutions.

Bill

May 29, 2013	#1
Larry636 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Hoschton GA Posts: 12	Very interested in tomato grafting I have been vegetable gardening as a hobby,for six seasons. Each year some new disease problem shows up that impacts my tomato harvest and I am leaning towards trying some grafted heirloom varieties next spring. Advice from members who have grown grafted plants would be most welcome. Larry636

May 29, 2013	#2
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Go to this thread and you will learn a lot. http://tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=26079 You will have to experiment on your own but from my results so far this year I am more than happy with my grafting results. You may have fusarium wilt, bacterial wilt or nematodes affecting your crop and grafting can help with all of them if you use a resistant rootstock. If you are dealing with foliage diseases then proper pruning for air flow and preventive spraying with Daconil will help. There are a couple of things that can hit down here that nothing much can be done about and that is Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and Late Blight. Either one can be devastating. Pests are a different matter and all have different solutions. Bill