My take on grafted tomato's....

Don't bother. The supposed hybrid vigor did nothing to slow down the early blight caused by my neighbors big box tomato's. The yield is just ehh.

Not worth the cost if you buy them, and not worth the time and effort to do it yourself, what with the number of seedlings you must start, the grafting itself, and the inevitable failures.

Thankfully, I only trialed one to see if it would be worth the trouble.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

FBG, my skill level isn't sufficient to do the grafting, and with the amount of tomato plants we put out the cost of grafted would be prohibitive. However, I'm glad to have your opinion so if asked, I can cite an authority. Sorry it didn't work out for you, but you saved a lot of people from disappointment.

 

I agree. Got mine (3) from Costco so price was ok. So far early girl (only one plant, darn) is far out producing in the green tomato department despite our warm summer. Golden cherries will far out produce both.

Tomatoes aren't real productive for me anyway, so maybe others have a different opinion.

 

With all the varieties available,,I can`t figure out why anyone would want a grafted one. If I want an early girl,,thats what I plant. $1.99 a six pack. (which usually has more than 6)

 

I beg to differ. You keep bee's, much more difficult. It is the familiarity with the process that you don't have.

You will be suprised at how easy the grafting process actually is. It is the failure rate is what makes it tough. That is what makes grafted trees so bloody expensive.

Had I been pleased with the trial plant, I intended to try grafting a couple of my favorite heirloom varieties onto some hybrid rootstock.

 

Interesting, never knew that tomatoes can be grafted.

 

I bought one grafted plant and I see no difference at all.

 

I did try grafting some tomatoes last year. My inexperience produced dismal successful graft results. I planted out the three that I did get grafted. I saw no significant increase in their productivity. I also don't have soil borne disease issues, which I think is the real reason for grafting. Not the blight issue. The blight is carried on the wind and the weather makes it worse.