Best grafted tomato???

[maverick451]

I was going to try grafting this year but didnt in the end.

You can buy 'submarine' rootstock seeds.

[marchogaeth]

Another job for the when I'm retired list!

[Beanz]

I grew both grafted and conventional seed grown plants last year in the GH and to be honest there was no real difference in the end results. The grafted plants were a big bigger to start with when first put into the growbags but the others soon caught up. I will not be wasting my money this year.

[Scarlet]

I didn't think they were suitable for grow bags as the root stock is so vigorous?

[Urban]

I tried grafted plants a couple of years ago, but the plants didn't arrive till July so I didn't really get to find out if they where better or not, elegance was a nice tomato though

Last year I grew from seed, and got my first ripe tomato's the first week of June (Maskotka) so I as you can guess I'm growing from seed again this year

Can't get my favourite tomato Rosada f1 (imo best tasting tomato) as a grafted plant anyway
Maskotka is a really nice tasting tomato also, which is great as its so early to ripen

Oh yeh previous poster is right, grow bags are not big enough for grafted plants, best to plant in greenhouse border

[Beanz]

Yes you are correct, I did grow the feared ones in large pots.

[Kristen]

I grew both grafted and conventional seed grown plants last year in the GH and to be honest there was no real difference in the end results. The grafted plants were a big bigger to start with when first put into the growbags but the others soon caught up. I will not be wasting my money this year.

Probably little benefit in containers - unless you have a small greenhouse and the marginal increase in yield would make the difference between "having enough harvest" and ... not!

That said, IF you were to be inflicted by a disease that the grafted plant was resistant against, or better still immune-to, then of course the difference would make all the difference but for most of us, in most year, our plants don't catch those diseases so it is not often that the benefit is seen. Bit like house insurance for meteorite impact!

OTOH if growing directly in the soil where it has not been changed for some time, and there is a build up of soil- borne disease / pests, then the difference would be significant.