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Post by nicollas on Nov 24, 2014 11:56:58 GMT -5
Hi,
i would like to try tomato grafting, but i would like to have rootstock that i can propagate myself, and beside that F1 rootstocks are damn expensive. So without the hybrid option, i guess i should stick to some wild tomato species that is vigorous (and maybe have some soil born disease resistance). Any idea for such a thing ?
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Post by DarJones on Nov 24, 2014 13:50:45 GMT -5
Hires Rootstock can be a bit difficult to find, but it is a decent open pollinated line.
LA2175 is S. Habrochaites that is the most disease tolerant plant I've yet grown. The only caveat is that it takes about 7 months to mature seed. You could grow them from about Kentucky south to Florida and expect mature seed.
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Post by nicollas on Nov 25, 2014 10:27:03 GMT -5
Thanks for your quick answer. Yeah it seems that Hires is hard to find. For, LA2175 i'm afraid it will not mature at my place.
Hum it seems it will be harder than expected
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Post by DarJones on Nov 26, 2014 1:05:58 GMT -5
If you can't get seed any other way, send me an address. I can spare a few seed of Hires.
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Post by nicollas on Nov 27, 2014 3:37:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the proposal, very appreciated. I'll let you know if i've found it. A site proposed to use standard (= bred for fruit production) hybrids with good tolerance to soil diseases. It could be a good compromise on price, but the grower is still tied to a see company. Is there any databases where one can query on multiple diseases resistances ? What do you think on selecting rootstock based on vigor rather than diseases resistance (as i'm not familiar enough with my soil born pathogen yet) ? I was thinking to something like that : "A very vigorous plant that will take over if not controlled . Produces masses of tiny tomatoes with a tart tomato flavour, , very popular with chefs as a garnish." www.brownenvelopeseeds.com/product-p/wild-argentinian.htm
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Post by Laelia on Dec 8, 2014 5:56:47 GMT -5
LA2175 is S. Habrochaites that is the most disease tolerant plant I've yet grown. The only caveat is that it takes about 7 months to mature seed. You could grow them from about Kentucky south to Florida and expect mature seed. Hello, if I get into the discussion with a stupid question will a tomato grafted on LA2175 produce fruits later than normal, then? I was very interested in op rootstocks too..
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Post by cortona on Dec 8, 2014 13:30:54 GMT -5
if i remember right exist a op rootstock called he man, but really i know no source for it now
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Post by DarJones on Dec 8, 2014 18:49:52 GMT -5
Laelia, LA2175 might work depending on your climate. I checked carefully this year and saw damage from nematodes, however, the top of the plant was not affected. I am going to make a cross between LA2175 and a wild species that has better nematode tolerance next year in hopes that the combination will retain the disease tolerance and increase nematode tolerance.
For general purpose use, Hires Rootstock works very well and makes an edible tomato to boot. It fruits in about 80 days from transplant.
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Post by Laelia on Dec 9, 2014 8:31:22 GMT -5
That hybrid you're trying to make sounds very very interesting! Can't wait to hear from you about it I've been searching for Hires but couldn't find any seeds at all.. this year I'm buying F1 rootstocks but I'd love to have my OP rootstock for the next years, that would be a huge money saving investment, and also a gratifying one
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Post by ilex on Dec 10, 2014 1:54:08 GMT -5
Nicollas, I wouldn't think too much about resistance. If you select those that grow very well for you, you've already accomplished that goal.
If eggplants do well for you, you can use them. Including S. torvum ( pea eggplant) which is used commercially in Spain.
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