Anyone growing grafted vegetables?

[laurieuk]

My grafted tomatoes that were said to be blight resistant did go down with blight in the end but the crop was still every good. This is just some of them that we picked when we came home from holiday.

[laurieuk]

[Jayb]

They look good Laurieuk What variety were they? ( beans look great too  )

[Obelixx]

The latest episode of Beechgrove showed that, even in a poor summer, the yield from grafted tomatoes was twice that of the same varities grown traditionally so they conclude it's worth the extra price for the grafted versions.

[laurieuk]

Hi Jayb,
They are Sutton's "Lizzano2 they were pricey about £ 3.00 per plant but we have had a huge crop. I bought them because previous years nobody on the allotments seemed to get any because of blight. The runner beans are just enorma but again we have had so many. I sow seeds about 10 at a time so that I get a succession, we should be picking well into October. have just got back from picking toms,beans,swedes and parsnips.

[Jayb]

The latest episode of Beechgrove showed that, even in a poor summer, the yield from grafted tomatoes was twice that of the same varities grown traditionally so they conclude it's worth the extra price for the grafted versions.

Interesting, I'll try and watch it tonight 

Thanks Laurie,I've added Lizzano to my seed want list. Although I'm not really close to anyone else, blight hits every year, so it's great having a recommendation.
Sounds a good haul, I've not dug any parsnips yet, must go and have a look.

[Hector]

None of my peppers have come through...think propagator fried them as t
Thermometer went nuts.
I see Marshalls etc selling grafted peppers....wondering if they would overwinter like normal peppers?

[Hector]

Just rung them.....they say should be able to overwinter them :)

[George the Pigman]

Fascinated by this thread. I had never heard of grafted veg until now. Usually we talk of grafting perennials such as fruit bushes. .
Here is a link to the Johnson Seeds video on grafting tomatoes. The man certainly knows his tomatoes!
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/mediaplayer.aspx?VideoID=72&source=W_JSSVideos_012014
I am sceptical of being able to overwinter them though - apart from perhaps chili peppers.

[Spookyville]

Saw some in local garden centre today. Some 1 variety and some with two grafted together. May pick one up next time I am there just to try.

[amphibian]

I bought a grafted aubergine from my local garden centre. It's on a tomato stock. It was small a few weeks ago and I potted it on to a 9" pot. the roots have already filled that so it'll be going on to a 12" pot today.

No idea what their rootstock is, but suspect an aubergine would do well on any vigorous tomato rootstock - may graft some at home as an experiment next year.

I've been meaning to graft a watermelon onto a squash plant for years - I would use Shark Fin (c. ficifolia) as my root stock, because the plant's a monster. I even wondered if a single root could support a  family graft of watermelon, musk melon and cucumber.

May even give it a go this season - still just enough time methinks.

[squeezyjohn]

I got some grafted aubergines very cheap in a sale late on in the season a couple of years back - and they produced aubergines like I've never seen before!  Lots of fruit and very vigorous!

[Robert_Brenchley]

What were they grafted onto?