{"id":617,"date":"2013-03-12T16:43:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T21:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php\/?p=617"},"modified":"2013-03-12T16:43:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T21:43:39","slug":"grafted-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"GRAFTED TOMATOES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Something new we are trying out this year is Grafted Tomatoes. We will be trialing four different varieties: Mortgage Lifter, San Marzano, Brandywine Pink, and Brandywine Red. For those of you who do not know, a grafted tomato is the result of fusing an heirloom tomato plant with a newer hybrid plant. By doing this, the hybrid helps the heirloom be more vigorous, disease resistant, and bountiful. To see how they&#8217;re doing so far, see the pictures below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130312_160614.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-614\" title=\"20130312_160614\" src=\"http:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130312_160614-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130312_160602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-613\" title=\"20130312_160602\" src=\"http:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130312_160602-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130312_160555.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-612\" title=\"20130312_160555\" src=\"http:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130312_160555-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mortgage Lifter<\/strong> produces heirloom beeftsteak tomatoes averaging around 2 1\/2 pounds. It matures in 80 days in the full sun and grows about 36-40 inches tall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Marzano<\/strong>\u00a0has thick and meaty flesh that is perfect for sauces or pastes. It&#8217;s an indeterminate roma type that matures in 80 days. It grows about 40-48 inches in the full sun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandywine Pink<\/strong>\u00a0is a large, beefsteak-shaped tomato. It matures in 85 days in the full sun and grows about 40-48 inches tall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandywine Red<\/strong>\u00a0produces deep-red fruits averaging 2 lbs. It matures in 80-100 days. Indeterminate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something new we are trying out this year is Grafted Tomatoes. We will be trialing four different varieties: Mortgage Lifter, San Marzano, Brandywine Pink, and Brandywine Red. For those of you who do not know, a grafted tomato is the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/?p=617\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-product"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langridgeplants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}