Tomato Grafting

Anyone grafting Heirloom onto "strong rootstocks"?

I was reading in another forum of some heirloom varieties that are tasty, but make weedy plants only forming a couple of trusses, and that just grafting them onto any-old-strong-variety as a rootstock (assuming no soil-disease problems to overcome) might give you very tasty Toms ... and in abundance

 

such as?

 

No idea! Only that it didn't specifically need to be a disease resistant one (the seed for them is quite expensive)

Moneymaker perhaps? Maybe that is why seed for them sells so well each Spring - people can't surely be growing them for their bland-tasting fruit can they?

 

@Lolimac and @JWK , what are you grafting on to please?
Jenny

 

At the moment I'm just grafting onto potatoes and when I get my tomatoes to a reasonable grafting size I'll be grafting onto what ever I have that suits...At the moment I'm still practising and want to get the grafting techniques off to a fine art,just to see if I can so I'm not unduly concerned about the rootstock at present ,plus I grow in pots so I'm not too concerned about soil born disease resistance just yet...it is fascinating seeing the different root structures though...Last year I was amazed at the difference

 

I think @JWK grafts on to Arnold

 

Thank you John. Arnold F1 seeds are a bit pricey... hope they prove worth it,
Jenny

 

That's a shame John,better luck this time...It's difficult getting the timing just right isn't it to get a good match

 

The problem I have is remembering to look back at last year's photos ... but I guess that is where you came in?

I'll ask and report back.

 

That looks like a perfect fit John What scion have you gone for?