Graft tomatoes and get higher yields and vigorous growth while benefiting from disease resistance. Pat Battle shows us the supplies to get, techniques to utilize and explains how to help the plants thrive. Explore a new frontier in tomato growing and see new results with some heirloom varieties.
VIDEO: Tomato Grafting For Better Yields with Pat Battle
Graft tomatoes and get higher yields and vigorous growth while benefiting from disease resistance. Pat Battle shows us the supplies to get, techniques to utilize and explains how to help the plants thrive. Explore a new frontier in tomato growing and see new results with some heirloom varieties.
Everyone mentions johnnies but i cant find them! Is there a uk johnnies?
Pat, some tips that might help:
Slide the 2mm clip over the top. The hole opens up with less force.
Cut the top stock off low then another cut for the angle.
I have developed a tray system and block for cutting a 60 degree angle.
With 12 different varieties, I had 86% success last year. All on Maxifort.
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Patrick have you had success with biochar?
might be able to check to graft using mobile phone camera?
Oh Pat I love the video thanks so much. You know ? 🙂
so grafting vegetative root stalk instead of fruiting root stock is more optional for heirloom tomatoes or just in Pat's specific circumstance?
if bottom roots of one is garbage, why not cut top one longer , lower on the stem than wanted and then do second cut, why try to cut exact if you can do second cut away from obstructions, bottom is waste anyway. even cut straight off, who cares cos you cutting higher up angle on top one again anyway. Seems silly to me to try and cut by placing in bottom grove on tool when stuck in earth and all lower is not used anyway.
Living Web you are 6 out of 5 . just fantastic info thanks.
LOL –every class I have ever done always has "that guy" in the front row….
Try a fresnel lense for magnification
What a spectacular introduction to grafting tomatoes! I feel so confident now!
I learned to graft tomatoes 45 years ago in UK . We let ours grow quite a bit larger and left both plants complete with roots and tops until the graft has taken. Then we would go back in and trim off the unwanted tops and the unwanted root system. We used a green "bandage" that had some stretch to it and just wound it around the stem. We had close to a 90% success rate. I can't imagine working with such small plants and the time it takes to graft each one would drive me nuts. Interesting though.
Planning for a world without Monsanto. I love it. Thumbs up.
i still dont understand how this helps?
This is the first time I've heard about this…making my head swim….so…in theory I could find something in the tomato family with a really good root system that is disease resistant to certain things and graft a tomato cutting on it???