Pre-order your Grafted Tomato Plants now. Limited Quantities.
Pick up your plants at Topaz Farm, Saturday May 3 (between 10am and noon).
Grafted vegetables are superhero vegetables: stronger, bigger, faster, more able to fend off foes than regular vegetable plants – and they deliver a more abundant harvest! Grafted vegetables are created by attaching the top part of one plant (the scion) to the root system of a separate plant (the rootstock). When their tissues heal, they fuse into one Super plant with the best qualities of each: the rootstock contributes vigor and disease resistance while the scion is chosen for exceptional fruit flavor or quality. The resulting plant is more vigorous and productive, going above and beyond the call of duty to bring big, beautiful, wholesome harvests to gardeners everywhere.
The root balls of grafted tomatoes can stretch 4 to 6 or even 10 feet wide and deep, compared with a regular tomato root mass of 2 to 3 feet. So not only are they able to find more water and nutrients during a drought, their vigor helps them deal with extended heat.
On the farm, we have grown both non-grafted and grafted tomatoes with success. However we have learned that the grafted tomatoes produce more fruit, and are more forgiving about their conditions, especially when we have extended hot spells.
Do not mound soil up around the stem like you do with non-grafted tomato plants. If the graft line is covered with soil, roots will develop from the top of the plant (the scion), negating the disease and nematode resistance of the rootstock.
Select from the varieties below, the ones that are perfect for you:
