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Originally Posted by Gerald51
I love to grow heirloom tomatoes because most of them taste better than hybrid tomatoes. The downside is that most split and aren't as vigorous and disease resistant as hybrid tomatoes. Are there any heirloom tomatoes that taste great and have good hybrid traits?
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Have you considered grafting? I share your opinion of heirlooms and their shortcomings. I'm going into my second season now where I'll graft heirlooms onto Maxifort rootstock. It really is the best of both worlds in terms of disease resistance, yield, flavor, etc. It's all of the great things about heirlooms with most of the negative aspects strongly mitigated.