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dice · February 14, 2013

This fusarium resistance grafting and the bacterial wilt grafting
in Asia (to eggplant rootstock, typically) is interesting. Are any
of the nightshades (tomato, eggplant, pepper, etc) naturally
root-knot nematode immune? Someone should try grafting onto
a non-nightshade that is still a green-stemmed (rather than
woody-stemmed) plant, since that would open up a lot more
possibilities for finding nematode-immune rootstock. (I will
refrain from suggesting kudzu rootstock for obvious reasons.)
Maybe onto an okra rootstock?

February 14, 2013	#109
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	This fusarium resistance grafting and the bacterial wilt grafting in Asia (to eggplant rootstock, typically) is interesting. Are any of the nightshades (tomato, eggplant, pepper, etc) naturally root-knot nematode immune? Someone should try grafting onto a non-nightshade that is still a green-stemmed (rather than woody-stemmed) plant, since that would open up a lot more possibilities for finding nematode-immune rootstock. (I will refrain from suggesting kudzu rootstock for obvious reasons.) Maybe onto an okra rootstock? __________________ -- alias Last edited by dice; February 15, 2013 at 09:03 PM.