The ungrafted plant grew 29 tomatoes; grafted 18. The ungrafted Pink Brandywine performed better than the grafted plant, producing 11 more tomatoes. Nellie Kelly produce a non-grafted stock and , as the author rightly says, an alternative root stock should be found that is benign. Reply. Grafted Cupid tomato on the left vs. non-grafted on the right. The first grafted Brandywine was ready two days later and weighed 12 ounces. The grafted tomatoes are coming! Increasingly greenhouse tomato growers are using grafting to both decrease susceptibility to root diseases and to Lachy says: March 5, 2019 at 2:26 am grafted plants to be economically advantageous based on costs of $0.67 per grafted plant and $0.15 for non-grafted plants, and a crop value of $10.95-$11.95 per 25-lb carton of tomatoes. Marry a disease-resistant rootstock on the bottom to a tasty scion on top, and you get the best wedding of both worlds—tomatoes with vigor and higher yields, as well as the amazing variety of taste choices from artisan-bred home-growns. Grafted Tomatoes on Garden Time: Grafting for Disease Resistance in Heirloom Tomatoes – Publication from the NC Cooperative Extension Service. Non-grafted on the left vs. grafted on the right. Reply. All the Brandywine tomatoes were big. Grafted tomatoes are expensive, compared with a few dollars for a packet of seeds. With field grown vegetables, grafting is used to increase resistance to soil-borne diseases. Grafted vs Non Grafted Tomatoes. Julie Elliott says: February 16, 2019 at 11:23 am Hi, just wondering can you cut off the grafted vine. • In California the value per 25 -lb carton is typically much lower, in the range of $6-$9. This was by far, the best total Brandywine crop I’ve grown. In fruit trees like apple, dwarfing rootstock are used to control the size and vigor of the tree. Thus far, grafted Grafting is widely used in horticulture for a variety of reasons. But I have to admit, SuperNaturals has a line of grafted tomatoes, …