Grafted Tomato plants, Really!

[catjac1975]

You splice the top of one variety onto the root stock of another variety. It has been done with fruit trees and roses forever. That is one way the desired variety is cloned.

 

[catjac1975]

very cool grafting youtube videos.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyZnwcHrwNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I74tY6Ll-yY

 

[so lucky]

I presume the hardiness and disease resistant qualities would only apply to the rootstock, as the fruit-producing part would be original. That is, even though a grafted root is disease resistant, it doesn't transfer that quality to the grafted fruit-producing part of the plant. You could still get a disease on the fruit, but not the roots. (theoretically) :/