Ground cherry variety comparisons
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Comments (9)20 years ago when I was in a particularly vigorous healthy eating kick, I made an eggplant dish. Everything was low fat in that era and somehow I just dumped in the eggplant. While I am normally quite a good cook, this meal was one of the most memorable disasters - the kids still talk about how bad it was and they were under 10. It really set a bad family tone for eggplant and I haven't ventured back to it. I have been collecting recipes and plan to redeem the poor maligned vegetable and my family's confidence in my ability to conquer it!...See MoreQuestion re: ground cherries and saving seeds
Comments (2)It's a plant in the Solanaceae family, much closer to a tomatillo than anything else. It is not related to tree cherries at all....See MoreDo you grow husk cherries/ground cherries?
Comments (4)I've grown them in the past. They can grow quite big although I think there are several varieties, not well documented. The ones I've grown do ok without support, but ramble a bit (branches droop down, then grow up again). They are like a smaller tomatillo plant, which I find definitely needs some support. I think I have a decent picture of what a patch of them look like in September from back in 2008. Now that I look at it, I think they really could have used some support. In the front are some pepper and eggplants for comparison. I found picking them to be quite a chore. I think that's where the high price comes from. It will take you a fair amount of effort to pick a pound! Chris Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreTomato variety for containers - not cherry
Comments (8)Edit: my Early Girl works fine in a container. I am using 10 gallons, with drip irrigation, but might move to two 5 gallon pots in future, as explained below. Here's a thought. People will often say that a 15 gallon tomato outproduces a 5 gallon plant. But is that the right comparison? Shouldn't the 15 gallon tomato outproduce THREE 5 gallon plants? Otherwise it is a mismatched comparison. Yeah, if you want more tomatoes use more mix (and square footage), but surely there is a sweet point (possibly a different one for different locations) that will determine pot size vs pot count. (Oh, and since I just noticed it in a random image on the internets, if you say "I am using 20 gallon pots," and then you show pots only half full of mix, "no, you are not.") This post was edited by johns.coastal.patio on Fri, May 23, 14 at 11:27...See Morezeedman Zone 5 Wisconsin
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