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Comments (5)how come .... no one writes in.. and asks if they can eat these things??? they seem to want to stick everything else in their mouths... ken ps: i am surprised the french havent figured out how to make some tasty, smelly cheese out of it ... lol ......See MoreLook what I found this morning...
Comments (11)Mike, I know what you mean. We northerners are SO limited by our indoor space. I have so many right now that when the newer ones actually become specimen-sized plants, I may have to sell some furniture to make room for plant shelves! My husband just shakes his head and says, "Just don't give me any crap about my Harley and what I spend on it!" (This is, of course, a "nicer" version of how he says it!) And just a sidenote... I work LATE on weekend nights (I'm in the wedding biz...) and I came home about 12:45 this morning and walked thru the door - was greeted by the scent of multiple blooming Hoyas! (Hubby would say, "It smells like a French wh*#@house in here!") What a wonderful thing to come home to... But I must say I'm a bit stuffy today. Do the bloomers affect anyone else like that?? Denise in Omaha...See MorePleasant Surprise(s)
Comments (16)Its not a matter of pieces and parts, the problem is the plant can not use its own pollen. Those who say that they have had success with a single plant owe their success to the bees that found other plants in their range. Its not a coincidence that every year someone starts a thread asking why their lone tomatillo plant is not setting fruit. Here is a link to a thread from three years ago: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tomato/msg080132591320.html ---------------------------------------------------------- This issue is widely documented on the web . Here are just a few examples: http://www.seedsandstring.com/2009/06/tomatillo-matchmaking-services.html The thing about tomatillos is: they are self-incompatible. This means that one tomatillo plant standing all alone will not produce fruit. Tomatillo flowers on one plant need the pollen from at least one other tomatillo plant's flowers in order to produce the tasty green or purple crop. This is a trait present in some plant species that encourages outcrossing, and thus more genetic diversity in succeeding generations. -------------------------------------------------- http://sparks-mexico.com/costalegre/fruit/tomatillo.htm The Mexican husk tomato is highly self-incompatible. When the flowering plants are bagged, no fruits are set. K.K. Pandey, while at the University of Ohio, studied this problem. He reported that only a few seedlings in a group produce rare fruits by natural-selfing and such fruits usually contain no seeds or only a small number. An occasional fruit may have 100 or more. --------------------------------------------------------- http://growingtaste.com/vegetables/tomatillo.shtml Vital note: Tomatillos are self-sterile, so always plant at least two! (So that's why the darn thing didn't fruit . . . .) Recall, though, that the tomatillo is not self-fertile, so that you must have at least two plants to get any actual tomatillos. --------------------------------------------------------- http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-407.html Tomatillo is self-incompatible, so all plants are hybrids. Pollination is by insects. Cross pollination with other cultivars or other Physalis spp. would be possible if the plants are closer than 500 m. Here is a link that might be useful: 2006 gardenweb link...See Morefound a surprise in the ski glove
Comments (19)Amy, Glad you are having a great trip. A mouse -- eek! We are skiers too. My first ski trip was a college spring break trip to Aspen. Loved the town, but not the skiing. After we married, DH and went on a few trips with friends and, as my skills improved, I began to really enjoy skiing. By the time DD was six we started taking her at least once a year, which soon turned into two trips a year. Usually one trip to Steamboat Springs (which we fell in love with on our first visit) and one someplace else. Over the years we've skied in the Heavenly and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area; Park City, Deer Valley, Alta and Snowbird in Utah; Taos, NM; Big Sky, Mt; Jackson Hole, Wy; and other Co resorts - Vail, Telluride Breckinridge, Keystone. Fifteen years ago, we settled on Steamboat and bought a condo (have since bought a house there). When DD graduated from college, she moved to Steamboat "for a year." That was 12 years ago! She is now married, has a great job, and is a true "local." Yep, we plan to retire there in a few years. We regularly run into skiers well into their 70s -- they are our role models!...See Moresharontay
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