Grafted tomotoes

Hi All , bought a grafted tomato plant , do you have to keep the graft above the soil or can I plant it deeper as its a bit leggy but apart from that is growing really well

Spruce

 

The graft needs to be above soil level @Spruce..is that right @JWK ?

 

For sure, keep the graft point well above the soil level ....unlike normal tomato plants that benefit from deep planting

 

I believe I posted a comment a while ago. I read once about growing tomatoe plants in pairs, side by side. The practice was to bring together the two stems and to bind them together. When it became visible that the two stems had bonded, then the weakest was cut off just above the bond or natural graft. Presumeably it was thought that now the plant, having two lots of roots would be that much stronger. Whetherornot this resulted in a greater fruit crop, I don't know.

Looking at the practice of grafting in todyas world. Many advancements etc have taken place since the days of, what we might call. The basic tomatoe or any other plant.

I have been following the exploits of James Wong, a very talented botanist. I think he may be working along with Suttons. He has been experimenting with various plants and grafting. IMO he has opened up a wide new field in plant propagation.

 

thanks all, I thought I had better check