January 16, 2019 | #61 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Omaha Zone 5
Posts: 2,514
|
In stock at Harris Seeds too. If they follow the schedule from last year, there will be a free shipping promotion centered around the Superbowl.
- Lisa |
January 17, 2019 | #62 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: copperas cove TEXAS
Posts: 637
|
i wounder if i grew out a full plant of rst-04-106 and saved seeds from the tomatoes if it would be just as good.someone needs to do this and do a comparison.if it worked it would save a fortune and a headache every year trying to find seeds.i could get alot of seeds off of 1 plant
__________________
Great minds discuss ideas;average minds discuss events;small minds discuss people |
January 17, 2019 | #63 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: VA-7a
Posts: 121
|
In case anyone is looking for a good source for DR0141TX rootstock seeds, I was able to buy some from Paramount Seeds. They were cheaper than any other source I found, so I decided to grab some and give them a try against the RST-106 rootstocks.
https://paramountseeds.com/product/d...rootstock_raw/ They carry several other rootstocks as well including Maxifort and Estamino. |
January 26, 2019 | #64 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
Posts: 7,068
|
The tomato seedlings are getting almost large enough to start my first attempts grafting for the year. Due to the shortage of root stock seed and less than stellar germination I may end up having to plant some non grafted plants this year. I haven't ordered any replacements for the shortage of RST-04-106-T seeds because I keep hoping they will be available soon. I still have a few left to plant and once they are gone I will order something else if they are not available at that time.
I hope the spring and summer crops do better than my fall and winter crops have done. The only things showing decent growth lately has been lettuce, rutabagas and collards. I have planted and replanted and replanted most of my cole crops but so far little to show for the effort. I know it is early but I can't wait for spring. Bill |
January 26, 2019 | #65 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
Posts: 1,110
|
Quote:
I did last year. I grew out some RST-04-106 plants and seed saved. I thought I would give it a try on some "extra" tomatoes and see how much of a difference there is. I have enough seeds to pass some on - NO IDEA - if they would work. Jeff |
|
February 5, 2019 | #66 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: VA-7a
Posts: 121
|
Jeff, since we're pretty close geographically, I'm wondering when you start you seedlings for grafting. My grafting was a last minute decision last year, so I started pretty late. I was thinking of starting this weekend (mid-Feb.), but don't want them to get too big before I can safely plant them out.
Did you start yours already or plan to soon? |
February 5, 2019 | #67 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
Posts: 1,110
|
Zendog:
YES! This is the weekend coming up I usually start. In my more organized years, I only start with a batch of early and mid season tomatoes to graft. Many of the early season tomatoes have trouble in the heat so I don't mind risking them to a late frost. The first year I seeded almost all of my grafts this weekend and it was a mess with very leggy transplants in a cold spring. I usually seed more over the next 5 weekends - late tomatoes and the early/mids where the graft didn't work. Unlike regular tomato plants, I can't trench-plant leggy grafted tomatoes. When I get in a pinch, I can fairly drastically prune grafted tomatoes to buy more time. When I have extra grafted plants and no one who wants them, I'll heavily prune the top and put them close together in a holding bed to replace any damaged due to wind, frost, golden retriever, etc. I work throughout Virginia - climate can vary a lot! I was in Fairfax last week and then drove home - about a 30 degree difference! Beautiful state though. Jeff |
February 16, 2019 | #68 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
Posts: 4,912
|
:Happy grafting
I won,t try it. I think we do not have any root born disease. I have just made my selection what to grow. Lots of Big Beef. Last year it was the only variey to stand the heat and kept pumping. Flooding in October killed them. On a second thought i might graft a couple on Big Beef, just for fun.
__________________
Gardeneer Happy Gardening ! |
February 21, 2019 | #69 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: VA-7a
Posts: 121
|
Quote:
If you don't give it a try, you'll never know, lol. |
|
February 21, 2019 | #70 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: VA-7a
Posts: 121
|
How do you stagger scions and rootstocks?
I'm finally starting my scion plants tonight (seeds in wet paper towels until I see them sprout) and then I'll probably start the rootstocks on Monday. Last year I actually started everything at once and it was okay, but I keep reading about people starting their rootstocks after the scion plants. What do folks find works best for them?
Planning to plant out around April 15-20 depending on forecasts. |
February 22, 2019 | #71 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Georgia
Posts: 40
|
Quote:
|
|
February 22, 2019 | #72 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: VA-7a
Posts: 121
|
Quote:
I was hoping someone would have the perfect formula, but if nobody has a specifics, I'll just stagger by 3-4 days and see how it goes and adjust for next year. |
|
February 22, 2019 | #73 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Georgia
Posts: 40
|
Quote:
I also have some of the RST-04-105 I bought the year before but hadn't tried yet. I'll try some of both of them. |
|
February 22, 2019 | #74 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Williamsburg VA Zone 7b
Posts: 1,110
|
Scion / Rootstock Seed Timing
Rootstock is relatively expensive compared to the thousands of tomato seeds I have, so I seed a lot more scion that rootstock. I'll start some heirlooms a week before I plant my first RST rootstock and continue to sow some of the heirloom seeds every few days. Because of MMMM, Marsha and the other T-Villers I usually have a lot more varieties that I want to grow than space to grow them. Germination times vary so much. I planted Aswad eggplant seeds this year along with 5 other varieties. All my Aswad seeds have germinated but none of the others yet. Why? Newer seed? OTOH, I'm growing Summer Cider tomatoes. Most of those seeds sprouted last week but this morning I noticed that I have another Summer Cider popping out of the soil. I'm not sure that there is a perfect formula year to year. NESeeds It was troubling to me that it seems that they just didn't get any RST-04-106 in this year. I called and asked - they would only say that they were sold out. They didn't have a reason why. I did get the 105 as backup before they sold out. The RST-04-105 emerge from the soil a lot thinner than the 106. I'm using both this year against bacterial wilt and will track their progress. Jeff |
March 3, 2019 | #75 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Georgia
Posts: 40
|
Did I screw things up by starting my rootstock in DE instead of starting in potting soil and transferring after I graft them? I was just reading an old thread where Bill posted pics and realized he started them all in potting soil first.
Also can I get a quick suggestion of a good liquid fertilizer to use for my tomato plants? Thanks! |
|
|