Heirlooms, hybrids, grafted. What kind of tomatoes are you growing?

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   Patsybellposted 12 years ago

   Heirlooms, hybrids, grafted. What kind of tomatoes are you growing?
   
   Desease resistant hybrids are some of the best known: Better Boy, Early girl, Big Boy, Sun Gold.
   Heirlooms, passed down for generations, some times over 100 or 200 years. Mortgage Lifter, Brandywine, Cherokee
   Grafted tomatoes seem to be the hottest "new" thing for home gardeners. The top part of one plant (the scion) is attached to the root system of a different plant (the rootstock). The rootstock offers strength and disease resistance as the scion is selected for fruit taste and quality.
   
   

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   Joe Machoposted 12 years ago

   I haven't yet tried grafted tomatoes, but the concept sounds exactly how citrus is grown.
   
   This year I'm growing San Marzano Heirloom tomatoes and Zapotec Ribbed Heirlooms. Both varieties are grown from seed. Since all mine will be container grown, I'm not too worried about soil borne disease. I don't see much need to take the extra time and graft onto hybrid root stocks.

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      Patsybellposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Joe, I would like to know how your container grown tomatoes do this summer. You chose some very tasty tomatoes. Enjoy!

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   johnr54posted 12 years ago

   This year I really paid attention to the varieties that will do well in our zone.  So I have some Early Girl, Sweet 100's, Roma, and a Bush Goliath in an EarthBox.  Everything is progressing well with a few little tomatoes on the vines already!

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      Patsybellposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      John, It sounds like you will have tomatoes all season long. Are all three tomatoes in one earth box or more? It would good to know about your tomato success using Earth Box.

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   patchofearthposted 12 years ago

   I believe I will likely be growing volunteer tomatoes this year.  Plenty fell on the grass last year.

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      Patsybellposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I like your style. However, the only volunteers I ever get are cherry tomatoes. I'd love to know how what volunteers come up in your garden.

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   Marntzuposted 12 years ago

   I have a Roma, a beefsteak tomato and a monster sized cherry tomato (can't remember the exact variety but its almost 6ft tall and about that large in diameter too).

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      Patsybellposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      If I could just grow 3 tomatoes, I would follow your recomendations. 1 cherry, 1 beefsteak, 1 roma. Thanks for your reply.

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