I thought ground cherries and cape gooseberries were the same thing. I'm very curious because I have ground cherries. -Anne

Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) and Ground Cherry (Physalis pruinosa) are cousins. Two selected varieties of Ground Cherry are Pineapple and Aunt Molly's (from Poland). I believe that Thompson and Morgan also sells a variety of one of the species above called "Golden Berry". Just to confuse things, there is also a tomatillo called "Pineapple" (Tomato Growers Supply). The Pineapple ground cherry is much smaller than the tomatillo. Ground cherries self-sow in many climates. Both cape gooseberries and ground cherries may be mildly toxic before they are ripe. Store ripening or ripe ground cherries at room temperature, in their husks. Here is a link that might be useful: Garden berries This post was edited by carolync1 on Fri, Aug 9, 13 at 1:21

Just dropped in here to see if there was any mention of these (aka ground cherry, Physalis peruviana or pruinosa) as this is my first year growing them. They are five sprawling bushes now, dropping close to a quart of berries a day - they are ripe when they fall off the bush. I started the plants indoors in April and transplanted them out. I would think it would be hard to get fruit indoors given the relatively low light intensity in an apartment. Maybe somebody else with more experience will weigh in. And good luck.

Do you have any images of live ones? These look kinda drowned, or something.