From the grafted stuff, the pepper is the one thing that is doing the best. It is now in full production, kind of late, but at least there are plenty of peppers, and a good amount will probably ripen, and the rest can be used for pickling. The fruit itself is only a bit bigger than non-grafted despite the massive leaves, but the plant has gotten huge and has set every single flower.
The second best in the Black Dragon Supreme on S. Torvum. Both in pots and in the garden. Considering our cold summer this year in a marginal climate, this combo is definitely the default going forward, beautiful nice size fruit with great quality, and it produced continuously and still produces.
The other eggplants on s torvum started really really good, and now are doing quite poorly. Not quite sure why, I noticed that torvum has really sensitive roots to too much water, they like it kind of dry, so maybe it was more water than the plants needed now that it's colder. The torvum roots are really quite different, reminds me of a tree, not many hairs, but very very thick, they quickly take over a pot (also has a taproot).
The eggplant on tomato did also extremely well up until a month ago, really not sure what happened, the root system for that one still looks rock solid.
For next year some changes: the black dragon on torvum will become the main variety (seems the compatibility between those two is the best), and the rest of the eggplants will be grafted on tomato. Also more peppers grafted on aji amarillo, in particular the jalapenos.
Also will graft a bit younger plants, maybe this will improve the compatibility and healing time.
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