2013 Tomato Growing

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    Probably, but generally a specific rootstock is "married" to the Tomato variety, as the scion, of your choice. The rootstock imparts disease resistance and/or governs "vigour". Typically the rootstock is chosen so that you can grow in the same soil as previous years (i.e. avoids having to change it in the greenhouse) without the risk of susceptibility to soil-borne diseases. Earlier and heavier crops are likely too, both are "marginal" but significant enough to be worthwhile on a commercial scale
     
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      Yes you can use any varieties, I did last year when I was practicing grafting. However the point is as Kristen says, to use a rootstock that has some disease resistance. That's the reason I'm doing it so I can plant directly in my greenhouse border soil without changing it. I'm using 'Arnold F1' as my rootstock then onto that I'm grafting Gardeners Delight, Delicious and a couple of others.

      I'm expecting to lose some of them this year as I seem to have lost all dexterity and might have crushed the stems (as well as accidentally cutting off the wrong bit on my Delicious seedling). It's a job you need to take a bit of time over, not rush out and try and do it in 5 minutes like I did yesterday :)

      I started a thread about grafting here: http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/tomato-grafting.50020/#post-650264
       
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        Hi Penny in Ontario just wondering how you grow your tomatoes over there. Are your summers hot enough to keep them all outside? Or in a greenhouse? I'm trying to envisage how over 50 types of tomato look together :)
         
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        Hiya John, i grow them all outside, although i cant plant them out until May 24th, i have a 40 foot long raised flower bed that i grow the majority of my plants in, i have a smaller raised bed too that things go into, and then i plant some things in amongst my perrenials too, and whatever is left over, go into pots and i place those on the deck.

        As for heat, our summers get wicked hot here and we get brutal humidity.:SUNsmile:
         
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          Thanks Penny, so you have a much hotter and slightly shorter summer than us in the UK. Meaning you have to get off to a quick start as soon as the snows clear? I'd love to see some photos of your garden in the summer :blue thumb:
           
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            I bumped my gardening thread from last year, in the members gallery.
             
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              Brilliant thread John:dbgrtmb:.......i'll read up again and give it a shot with what i have growing now just to see if i can do it:thumbsup:....
               
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                Two seasons in Canada, so I am lead to believe. "Winter" and "Construction" :heehee:
                 
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                  So Ive potted on the first 4 plants into their final home in one of my new QuadGrows - Roma, Brandywine Black, Big Boy & Alicante.
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                  I will probably wait a week or so before potting up the other one as we have a couple of cold nights at the end of the week. Interestingly I started those plants off a month or so apart & theres no difference now between the Feb ones & the March ones - so in future I will start the toms later & the chillies earlier, since theres a definate difference in the amount that they have grown.
                   
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                    I like your set up Nick. This will be my third year of using that system myself, I'm still not convinced they are better than straight in the soil or grow bags, what is great about them is the worry free holiday period auto watering.

                    What we need is a really good growing season to test them out :)
                     
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                    I do hope so - The only problem with the quadgrows so far is that they make the plants that much higher so I loose a foot of growing room.. we will see how it goes. I have a couple of chilligrows to fill too, but they will have to wait until next month I think.
                     
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                    Yes that's right, you lose a lot of height to the first truss. To compensate I use a training system to get the plants growing up to the apex of the g.house then down the other side.
                     
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                    I hadnt thought of that ! A cunning plan !
                     
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                      You've been to Canada then ;)
                       
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                      I visited a cousin in Toronto a couple of times :)
                       
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