Ground Cherries - Has anyone grown these?
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Has Anyone Done Ground Cherries Before?
Comments (4)This is the first year with them for me. I started them inside using the coffee filter method and had tremendous luck. I thin k they do like the warm temperatures, mine were all germinated within a week and put into soil less mix....See MoreHas anyone grown these bush cherries?
Comments (10)I ordered one each Carmine Jewel and Crimson Passion this spring and planted them in identical conditions. The Carmine Jewel is taking off. The Crimson Passion fizzled and died. Most of the literature on these suggest that the Carmine Jewel is the mor vigorous and robust of the two, growing to about 6 1/2 feet in height and is more productive than the Crimson Passion. The Crimson Passion is supposed to be sweeter, but slightly smaller and less productive. I can vouch for it being less robust. There are several more varieties in the "Romance" series of bush cherries developed by the University of Saskatchewan, but only these two have been released for export to the US. I ordered mine from www.honeyberryusa.com which seems to be a small family run nursery business. No complaints about the service, but the guarantee only gets them to your door healthy. If they die after you plant them, you're out of luck. They are propagated from cuttings, so you'll get a twig that has been rooted, and runs about 8 to 10 inches tall. If you live in an area where deer might come, you'll need to protect them. A bar of Irish Spring soap seems to do the trick....See MoreHas anyone else grown Park's Cherry Sweetie tomato
Comments (8)I grew Cherry Sweetie a couple of times. I did notice that some plants were decidedly sweeter than others, but I assumed that it had something to do with my soil conditions. This year, I'm growing Sweet Million. I would say the taste is indstinguishable from CS. The only difference is that SM's are more like a standard cherry in size while my CS's were a good bit smaller. Both are very productive and yummy!...See MoreHas Anyone Grown Koralik Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes?
Comments (7)I also had the same experience last summer as the gardener in Oklahoma, only I'm near Fargo, North Dakota. Despite our very short growing season, I found this "compact" tomato, which supposedly doesn't require staking or caging to be the Godzilla of the cherry tomato world. Using the square foot gardening method (pinching out the side shoots), my single Koralik plant grew rapidly up the 6-foot support and then traveled the entire length of the bed--another 8 feet! The vines produced right up until frost and were loaded down with a ridiculous number of massive clusters of the best tasting cherry tomatoes I've ever eaten. This was easily the most impressive tomato I've ever grown. However none of the descriptions found online for Koralik match the tomato I grew. So is there some other Koralik? I got mine from Lazy Ox Farm....See Morehomegrowninthe603
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