Fabio, you are doing something right! a lot of difficult plants are growing for you. On the tamarillo I heard a grower one time that he lets the plant get strong for 2 years, then he plants it and get fruit and he is in colder northern zone, he was growing the yellow Australian type I think. Tamarillos when young seedlings need a lot of care but when they reach 5-6' they are strong, still mine is sheltered with other fruit trees. I sprayed the same like tomatoes when young, now I only keep the soil moist and fertilize. Those naranjillas look very good! you have a mini farm going on, good for you! On the passion fruit I would put bloom fertilizer, try to find the liquid kind if not the granular. I have 2 papayas in a pot that made through the winter, they are getting some small fruits now, but in the pot I don't have big hopes. I also have a small papaya that I got at Echo, it will be transplanted next spring. Where I had my granadillas planted in the ground, now I have thornless blackberries taking over that side of the garden. I had a gardener visiting last week, he was asking about all the fruits that he have not seen before and they are either flowering or fruiting. About 5 different figs fruiting, 5 different citrus fruiting, star fruit fruiting, sapodilla fruiting, sweet tamarind flowering, pomegranate some fruits, lychee fruiting, 2 new apples that I only let 2 fruits get ripe, plums fruiting, a red atemoya flowering, a peach and a nectarine flowering and I almost forgot the mega fruits on the Brogdon avocado! my new additions a Fairchild mango and a caimito. I also have a red guava ( the kind that don't get fruit fly) and I hope that it fruits this winter, one of my faves. And good luck with your paw paw tree, I hope that it makes it! Silvia

Can anyone help?? I've found dozens of recipes for ground or husk cherry preserves, but none say specifically if it must be pressure canned (with instrucions) or just BWB. I know they are the same class of plants as tomatoes, and my canning book says it is now recommended that tomatoes be pressure canned. Does anyone know for sure from experience??? I started nearly 30 seeds indoors, and most of them have sprouted, so i will need the information in a few months. Thanks for any help.

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:

Thanks all for the responses! I pinched the couple of buds that were on there. Still hardening off for another day or two. I am going to plant them out on Wednesday. So do you folks think these plants will continue to grow up, despite the early flowering? Seed packet says 2.5 to 3 foot tall plants! I was hoping for a lot of ground cherries :) Yours look nice icyhound! So I guess this is no cause for concern? Or is there a chance that this is it for these guys? Thanks again for the help!