Re: tomatillos/Toms ?s
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- Subject: Re: tomatillos/Toms ?s
- From: c*@uswest.net
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 11:27:54 -0700
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Hi Janet,
Certainly didnt mean to discount your experience ,thats all that we have in the
end is personal experience and book knowledge ,right.
Hey when it comes to the plant kingdom there seems to be frequent contradictions
and differing observations.
So I'll commit your experience to memory and not make blanket statements so
quickly in the future.
Growing to know
Connie Hoy
Meconella@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/12/98 9:16:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, coneh@uswest.net
> writes:
>
> << ..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 >>
>
> That was me. I didnt intend to impart misinformation about tomatillos, but
> it has been my unfortunate personal experience that one large healthy plant
> with tons of flowers will not bear any fruit what-so-ever. I have also seen
> anecdotal reference to this same problem on another plant list earlier this
> spring. I guess it must've been some other problem tho. Maybe too much
> nitrogen. Or maybe a different genetic strain. I just tried to look it up in
> my various veggie books, but tomatillo apparently wasnt that widely grown to
> be included in my older books. From my experience however, I wont take the
> chance and grow one alone again.
>
> Janet.
