GRAFTING onto tomato rootstocks for resistance

mensplace · December 11, 2009

I am considering experimenting with some grafting of a few tomato varieties to a rootstock such as those which seem to be resistant to just about everything. First, to select that most hearty, most productive, disease resistant rootstock. I have read that in some countries this is a very popular practice in the commercial growing of tomatoes, both in the soil and hydroponically. Most of today's apples are grown on grafted rootstock. Any feedback from those who have already done this with the tomato? Your preferred rootstock? On the surface, it would seem as though this would greatly reduce the problems with disease, etc..

December 11, 2009	#1
mensplace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: USA Posts: 1,013	GRAFTING onto tomato rootstocks for resistance I am considering experimenting with some grafting of a few tomato varieties to a rootstock such as those which seem to be resistant to just about everything. First, to select that most hearty, most productive, disease resistant rootstock. I have read that in some countries this is a very popular practice in the commercial growing of tomatoes, both in the soil and hydroponically. Most of today's apples are grown on grafted rootstock. Any feedback from those who have already done this with the tomato? Your preferred rootstock? On the surface, it would seem as though this would greatly reduce the problems with disease, etc..