tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125578595363888138.post4748762073221669648..comments2024-02-10T03:18:13.928-05:00Comments on Dave's Square Foot Garden: Roots, both Edible and IncredibleDavid Veltenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07710293718143454000noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125578595363888138.post-59866896946237064732013-12-30T19:57:52.521-05:002013-12-30T19:57:52.521-05:00Yes, the plant tries to bypass the graft and send ...Yes, the plant tries to bypass the graft and send out its own roots. Those have to be removed so they don't reach the soil since they will allow disease to enter the plant from the soil. Actually, grafted plants are widely used commercially in your area of the world because soil disease is a big problem. That is the main reason for using them.David Veltenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07710293718143454000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125578595363888138.post-61074954983730219312013-12-26T21:33:14.474-05:002013-12-26T21:33:14.474-05:00Wonderful to find turnips while cleaning up.
Inte...Wonderful to find turnips while cleaning up. <br />Interesting about grafting.<br />Made me feel motivated to try grafting a few cosmos plants to cheat faster way to make the garden more colourful and for the bees.<br />It is monsoon season at the moment, humidity is also high, many of our cosmos the stems are growing roots in the air especially between new junction of stem which can be cut and produce new plant.<br />A few tomato plants are doing the same thing as well.Malay-Kadazan girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692400837667241873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125578595363888138.post-22014345370691458562013-11-24T19:35:45.997-05:002013-11-24T19:35:45.997-05:00I don't think the pot size matters as long as ...I don't think the pot size matters as long as the roots are healthy and the plant is vigorous. The theory I have heard is you want to transplant when the roots have reached the pot, but before they start girdling themselves. This spring I had to pot up because I couldn't transplant in the cold, wet weather we had.David Veltenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07710293718143454000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125578595363888138.post-28500188089817065642013-11-24T14:34:34.694-05:002013-11-24T14:34:34.694-05:00Interesting! The grafted plants are being pushed v...Interesting! The grafted plants are being pushed very heavily here. I think the real issue is the added value from the retailers, point of view. I have not tried them yet, and after reading your post, I probably won't. As a matter of interest, do you think that growing tomato plants in small pots is better than in big ones? I have heard that ones in small pots "work harder" than those in bigger pots, and produce better yields.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.com