Something else I never heard of before. Came in the mail this AM.
Bill
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"Are you planning to grow tomatoes next year? If so, you might want to consider grafting some of your favorite varieties onto a vigorous rootstock. Grafting is an increasingly popular technique among tomato growers who have had disappointing yields and disease problems. It's especially helpful for heirloom, greenhouse, and hoophouse tomatoes. Grafting is not difficult, and Johnny's has the supplies and information you need to be successful. The procedure is straightforward: You start seeds of both the rootstock and the scion (the variety you want to fruit) and grow them until they are 3-4" tall. Then you cut the rootstock and scion stems at the same angle with a sharp razor blade, and attach the scion to the rootstock plant with a grafting clip or piece of tubing. Experienced growers say they can graft 100 plants per hour. It's important to note the differences between the two rootstocks we offer. Maxifort is an extremely vigorous rootstock that should be used for greenhouse tomatoes such as Arbason and Trust. It should not be used for heirloom tomatoes because it will produce too much vegetative growth at the expense of fruit production. For heirlooms, choose the somewhat less vigorous rootstock Beaufort."