Rootstock recommendation for grafting tomatoes

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Posted by Bear999 none (My Page) on

Fri, Nov 28, 14 at 21:32

This last season I grafted most of my tomato plants to a rootstock called Colossus and had amazing success. As I prepare for next year's crop, I've been looking to buy more rootstock seed but can't seem to find any seed houses selling Colossus. I've found Maxifort, SuperNatural, and a few others that are named after a bunch of numbers and letters. I would prefer to use what I already have experience with but unless I can find a dealer, it would appear that I need use a different rootstock. Maxifort has been advertised as super vigorous while SuperNatural is advertised as being more balanced...whatever that means. I'd like to hear peoples experience with either of these rootstocks or others that are readily available on the market.

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Posted by fusion_power 7b (My Page) on
Sat, Nov 29, 14 at 15:11

Look for Multifort. It is a bit less vigorous than Maxifort, which is actually an advantage given that Maxifort is too vigorous. Multifort is also a tad more disease tolerant.

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Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
Sat, Nov 29, 14 at 17:24

DRO141TX - less aggressive so easier to balance fruit productivity with leaf growth.

Dave

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