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aclum · January 6, 2014

Hi again Bill,

In a recent post (on another thread I think), Dar mentioned that Amelia was a determinate - which I hadn't realized before. I was wondering if you noticed this affecting the growth or stature of your scions?

Thanks,
Anne

b54red · January 7, 2014

Anne, I didn't have that many successful grafts set out with Amelia rootstock last year to be sure. I did notice some increased vegetative growth with them but not as much as with Multifort. I'm hoping to have more examples to study this year but with my grafting failure rate there is no telling which rootstock will give me the most plants to actually put out in the garden and trial. I was going to start my first seed last week but the hard freeze that just hit us caused me to delay since my greenhouse has no heat. Hopefully I can get started later this week or early next week.

Bill

macbettz · January 12, 2014

I read that Solar Fire was mentioned in this thread. I tried a couple plants last year and they did horribly.

January 6, 2014	#31
aclum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 832	Hi again Bill, In a recent post (on another thread I think), Dar mentioned that Amelia was a determinate - which I hadn't realized before. I was wondering if you noticed this affecting the growth or stature of your scions? Thanks, Anne

January 7, 2014	#32
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Anne, I didn't have that many successful grafts set out with Amelia rootstock last year to be sure. I did notice some increased vegetative growth with them but not as much as with Multifort. I'm hoping to have more examples to study this year but with my grafting failure rate there is no telling which rootstock will give me the most plants to actually put out in the garden and trial. I was going to start my first seed last week but the hard freeze that just hit us caused me to delay since my greenhouse has no heat. Hopefully I can get started later this week or early next week. Bill

January 12, 2014	#33
macbettz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: CT Posts: 40	I read that Solar Fire was mentioned in this thread. I tried a couple plants last year and they did horribly.