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PureHarvest · February 11, 2017

Mark, my thoughts on grafting are that I don't know lol.
I think that all of the big guys growing in bag culture or Dutch buckets are all using grafts. I read all the time about yield increases. Wondering if I can get a yield bump.
I agree with your concern about the time and investment. I think it would be one of those things where you have a reliable grafting outfit that can knock it out for u for a cheap.
I don't have to fight a lot of disease pressure in the tunnel either, but my hope is a yield increase is achieved and covers the graft cost plus more profit.
I also am wondering if one graft can be pinched to two leaders, eliminating the need for two plants per bag. This was my grafters hypothesis.
I am going to send seeds for a good handful of my varieties to my grafter. It'll end up being 20% of my total bags having grafts. Will try 2 grafted per bag and one grafted that is pinched to two leaders per bag. Then of course my regular plants two per bag in the rest of the Gh.
The grafter charges about $2 per plant.

February 11, 2017	#33
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	Mark, my thoughts on grafting are that I don't know lol. I think that all of the big guys growing in bag culture or Dutch buckets are all using grafts. I read all the time about yield increases. Wondering if I can get a yield bump. I agree with your concern about the time and investment. I think it would be one of those things where you have a reliable grafting outfit that can knock it out for u for a cheap. I don't have to fight a lot of disease pressure in the tunnel either, but my hope is a yield increase is achieved and covers the graft cost plus more profit. I also am wondering if one graft can be pinched to two leaders, eliminating the need for two plants per bag. This was my grafters hypothesis. I am going to send seeds for a good handful of my varieties to my grafter. It'll end up being 20% of my total bags having grafts. Will try 2 grafted per bag and one grafted that is pinched to two leaders per bag. Then of course my regular plants two per bag in the rest of the Gh. The grafter charges about $2 per plant. Last edited by PureHarvest; February 11, 2017 at 08:45 AM.