Grafting Tomatoes

Discussion in 'Fruit and Vegetable Gardening' started by takbok1, Feb 15, 2006.

  1. takbok1

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    Hi,

    Can I cross-polinate (with flower to flower contact) the determinate (bush) tomatoes with the indeterminate vine tomatoes?

    Graham
     
  2. Cakes

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    I don't kniow. but I know you can try.

    fyi - the seeds you produce would be called hybrids (not grafts). Grafts are physical joinings of two (or more) plants which are already sprouted and growing; the plants are joined into a single plant.

    Hybrid seeds will grow usually but if they themselves produce seed without directed help, then the seeds from the hybrids can be expected to throwback to one of the grandparents.

    What's your goal? heavy bearers that keep going? <that would be a great goal.

    another fyi - tomatoes produce a lot more fruit if you withhold all but the most minimal nitrogen when it comes time to fruit.
     

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