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loulac · September 19, 2013

Hi, Jeremy ;

Thank you very much for giving me useful answers to my questions. My interest in grafting is not personal : I don’t have any dIseeases before late October when late blight slowly comes in. My garden is big enough to make room for all the tomatoes I decide to plant, so grafting wouldn’t be worth the trouble. But lots of French tomato growers are desperate in 2013 : they are unable to fight bottom end rot and blight and wonder if grafting could be a solution. As far as I can see it can save 50% of a crop when ungrafted plants are totally destroyed.
You will find clips in Britain at the following addresses :
http://www.heirloomtoms.org/store/in...ref=graft_seed
http://www.sowseeds.co.uk/store/toma...ips-pack-of-6/
http://www.molesseeds.co.uk/cgi-bin/...R=-1&TB=A&SHOP=
http://www.kingsseeds.com/kolist45/0/45973.htm?r=true

I suppose US seed sellers will be happy to send you rootstock seeds, they are glad to send heirloom seeds abroad as long as you pay for them !

A personal touch : I’ve been growing tomatoes for half a century South of Toulouse, France.

September 19, 2013	#775
loulac Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: France Posts: 554	Hi, Jeremy ; Thank you very much for giving me useful answers to my questions. My interest in grafting is not personal : I don’t have any dIseeases before late October when late blight slowly comes in. My garden is big enough to make room for all the tomatoes I decide to plant, so grafting wouldn’t be worth the trouble. But lots of French tomato growers are desperate in 2013 : they are unable to fight bottom end rot and blight and wonder if grafting could be a solution. As far as I can see it can save 50% of a crop when ungrafted plants are totally destroyed. You will find clips in Britain at the following addresses : http://www.heirloomtoms.org/store/in...ref=graft_seed http://www.sowseeds.co.uk/store/toma...ips-pack-of-6/ http://www.molesseeds.co.uk/cgi-bin/...R=-1&TB=A&SHOP= http://www.kingsseeds.com/kolist45/0/45973.htm?r=true I suppose US seed sellers will be happy to send you rootstock seeds, they are glad to send heirloom seeds abroad as long as you pay for them ! A personal touch : I’ve been growing tomatoes for half a century South of Toulouse, France.