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    Grafted Vegetables ......

    I sought out an allotment with the intention of growing my own veg, not the bland, force grown, uniform looking veg of supermarkets you understand, but good wholesome, "proper" tasting, mishapen, nowt added but manure type veg.

    Now I know that not everyone who has an allotment will share my views and that some will even welcome these frankenstein plants with open arms as they seek to maximise their crops.

    As an example the seed company can actual supply something that will give you two varieties of tomato on the same vine for chrissakes.

    So I suppose my question is - Am I alone in thinking that this is just plain wrong?.
    It was dark. And cold. And very, very empty.

    And in the middle of all of the dark, cold, emptiness lay something darker, and colder, but very, very full.
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    Wrong in what way?
    It's just like family fruit trees. Grafting isn't strictly natural, but boy is it smart
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Grafting is natural; if two branches rub up against each other for long enough - then the plants can fuse.

      I object to paying such ridiculous prices for them; but if you can get two or more tasty crops from one plant with no harm done; what's the problem?

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      • #4
        Think I'll take the fifth on this one..................
        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

        Diversify & prosper


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        • #5
          Hi Rixy- I think I'll get a lot better at growing ordinary types of veg before I go to the expense of the grafted ones! I must admit to being a bit of a sucker for the traditional types so it will take a while before I get bored and want to experiment with grafted veg!
          Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
            Grafting is natural; if two branches rub up against each other for long enough - then the plants can fuse.
            Yes you're right!
            I just now watched the Carol Klein programme that mentioned it
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
              Grafting is natural; if two branches rub up against each other for long enough - then the plants can fuse.
              Or start a fire!
              Last edited by zazen999; 05-12-2009, 08:21 PM.
              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

              Diversify & prosper


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              • #8
                I guess its not as bad as manipulating genes but I'm not a fan of grafting...just not - we all have our foibles & that's one of mine. Can't see that it really makes that much difference in the case of veggies, but it's novel init! Grafting 'tis the Devils work!
                To see a world in a grain of sand
                And a heaven in a wild flower

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                • #9
                  My dad tried the grafted tomatoes from dolbies and had fantastic results after years of mediocre crops.(lake district mind - brave to try tomatoes up there!)

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                  • #10
                    My philosophy is....if it can happen naturally, then man giving it a helping hand is ok.

                    “If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”

                    "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson

                    Charles Churchill : A dog will look up on you; a cat will look down on you; however, a pig will see you eye to eye and know it has found an equal
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                    • #11
                      I woudn't buy the plants as I think they're a rip off and I can get perfectly good crops without by growing from my own seed but I don't have a problem with it. I mean, we quite happily buy grafted fruit trees, in fact I woudn't grow anything else. I only start having a problem when you get to things like GM where there is absolutley no way it could happen naturally.

                      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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