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  • From: John McCuan <wawo@yahoo.com>
  • To: "nafex@lists.ibiblio.org" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>, Larry Stephenson <larrystephenson60@att.net>
  • Subject: [nafex] Seedling fruit
  • Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:11:07 -0800 (PST)


Thanks to everyone who contributed to this conversation.  I had never
considered some of the points brought up before.  Certainly, if seedling
trees could be stabilized and were healthier and produced healthier fruit, it
would be a great thing.

I grafted tomatoes for the first time this year.  I live in Georgia, which is
plagued with humidity and diseases that usually cause tomatoes to "play out"
rather rapidly.  I set out plants in April and get my first fruit in late
June or early July.  The heirlooms usually produce for about 6 weeks, the
hybrids for about 10 weeks, but by the end of August most of the plants have
stopped producing.  A couple of times I tried to put some more plants out
later, but they haven't produced as well (though part of the problem may have
been a lack of pampering by me).

This year I grafted a couple of Big Beef and Sungold (both hybrids) on
Maxifort rootstock, and they are both still producing - not very many fruits,
but they're still producing - and this in November, and there have already
been a couple of frosts. The Sungolds are good off the bush, but I've been
bringing in the Big Beefs while they're only half red because the cardinals
are eating them.  One of my grafts must not have worked because the rootstock
took over, and that is one huge, healthy plant - it overflowed out of its 6
foot cage and took over both cages next to it as well as the paths on either
side of the bed.

I would not be surprised if heirlooms are healthier than hybrids, and perhaps
regular hybrids are healthier than grafted hybrids - but the question is,
what should I be eating in November?  Canned or dried tomatoes from the
summer?  Store bought tomatoes?  No tomatoes, only kale and lettuce and such? 
Or my grafted hybrids? 

I don't see any obvious answers at this point - but I like considering
different possibilities and trying to figure out what works out best.  Again,
thanks for sharing your different perspectives on our common goal of
producing and eating healthy food.

Melinda
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