RE: Tomatillos - lots & lots of blooms, lots of bees, no fruit.
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- From: M*
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:40:11 -0400
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I'm in Buffalo, NY (6a) and am growing tomatillos for the first time
this year. I also started them from seed late March. I transplanted them
(2 plants) into a 4 gallon square bucket (75 cents from a local hardware
co.), both plants in the same bucket. I have harvested hundreds so far
and they are still growing & blooming. the bucket is only about 9x9
inches, just a bit over a foot deep. I drilled about 18 holes thru the
bottom & lowest portion of all the sides, surrounded the bucket with a 5
foot tall cage I made from concrete reinforcement grid (about 20"
diameter assembled), and use a very simple drip irrigation system I
designed (the entire garden is small, about 100 square feet total with
probably over a hundred plants.) I sprinkle fertilize them with a
mixture of SeaPlus liquid fish about every 3 weeks. Most of the fruits
had husks between golf ball & tennis ball size (diameter). Some fruits
busted thru the husks, while some never completely filled them. While I
don't have any close-up pics of the actual fruits, I did upload some
pics of the actual plant(s) & cage to my 'puter a couple days ago as
evidence of fruits & blooms; also of the entire garden and pepper
tunnel. if anyone wants to see, I can e-mail them.
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pac1@eskimo.com [p*@eskimo.com]On Behalf Of Patrick
> Callahan
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 11:23 PM
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Tomatillos - lots & lots of blooms, lots of bees, no fruit.
>
>
> I'm growing Tomatillos in New-England. I have two plants, one is
> unsupported and has a several fruits on it which are very
> small at this
> point. about the size of a large pea. The other, was grown all summer
> in a tomato cage. its about 4 feet high, with extensive
> branches (out to
> about 6 feet. ) It has hundreds of blossoms,(the bees love it) but no
> fruit yet.
> Was it just too wet and cold this summer?
>
> -Pat
>
