Re: tomatillos

In a message dated 10/9/98 11:53:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
allan@crwys.demon.co.uk writes:

<< I have found a source of tomatillo seeds, also a description.
 Can I take it that the size, 6cm. dia., is realistic?.
 Also how heavily do they crop?. I have tried related plants before and
 the yield did not justify the trouble and expense. Perhaps these are
 better.
 Ta. >>

Hi,  I grow tomatillos here in so calif and the size of the variety I grow
average about 4 cm.  Of course it was warmer here this summer so the size
might have been larger than normal.  

If you grow tomatillos,  make sure you grow at least two plants.  Their pollen
is self-incompatible.  With one plant you will get lots of flowers but no
fruit set what-so-ever and it is very disappointing.   

Also,  tomatillos are in the same family as tomatoes -- Solanaceae,  the
nightshade family,  along with peppers,  eggplant,  potato,  and tobacco.

janet.
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