Re: tomatillos/Toms ?s

Hi TOm,
I think I can answer your question regarding why your Tomatillo plant has
fruit:...simply because they are (scientifically speaking)"perfect flowering  and
self pollinating"..The Physalis spp.are all of this characteristic(Ground
Cherry,Chinese Lantern etc.) and the Tomatillo will not cross with others even
though they are in the same family..Someone just had their info crossed up about
them being self incompatible...Many times I have witnessed this for myself,i.e.the
lone Tomatillo just loaded with fruits..Enjoy.
Connie

TWilli58@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 98-10-09 23:40:54 EDT, you write:
>
> <<
>  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.
>   >>
>
> Although most people describe tomatillos as practically a weed, I'm embarassed
> to say that I could only get one plant to survive.  I knew that I needed two
> for fruit, but left the one plant in the garden since the bees love the
> profusion of flowers.  While weeding this afternoon, I found quite a few
> tomatillo (fruit)!  Is there any other explanation besides there being other
> plants somewhere in the area?
>
> Tom
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