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Cuttings from grafted tomatoes

runswithscissors
10 years ago

Hello tomato lovers,

This question isn't about the graft itself but about the cuttings AFTER the grafted tomato has already grown.

Last year I purchased a grafted sungold (rootstock unknown). It grew fabulous! and I loved those little orangy, yellow tomatoes. So when the fall came I took about three cuttings and grew them in my greenhouse all winter.

The bounty wasn't great...but I enjoyed the steady crop of one or two candy-drops every few days. The cuttings grew well and have grown into full sized plants now in 2 gallon containers. I've even taken cuttings from the cuttings.

Now my question: Will these cuttings have the same growing habit as the original grafted plant I planted last year? In other words, will planting these new cutting plants in the garden this year have the same vigor and qualities that I loved in the mother plant or am I basically propagating a regular sungold over and over? (which will be okay, too.)

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