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What's happening in the field?

At the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

Grafting heirloom tomatoes onto rootstock

March 25, 2011 by Marilyn Odneal

Choosing the roostock (left) and scion (right)

Removing cotyledons and leaves from the rootstock

Removing the bottom leaves from the scion

Putting the rootstock and scion together in the same pot

Making the grafting cut into the rootstock

Making the grafting cut into the scion

Fitting the stock and scion together in the whip and tongue graft

Clipping the graft together

The completed graft

It's great when a plan comes together! — It’s great when a plan comes together!

Watering the newly grafted heirloom tomato

Putting the newly grafted plants in the "black box" for shading — Putting the newly grafted plants in the “black box” for shading

Plants are misted every 15 minutes to maintain high humidity

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