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Philipwonel said:Hi. Robyn 😎
Got my seed catalog dogeared 4 ground cherries allready. I planted purple tomatillos direct on april 3rd. Leafs look like your pic. With da small leaves. Dont taste like tomatillos. Kind of sweet an tart. 8foot tall.but not big producers.only a few so far.i just wonder if there same as yours! In johnnysseed cat. They have some called goldie.says dar prolific.sweet an a little wild taste. Eat em raw.dried like raisins.frozen.canned.4 preserves.cooked pies.and desserts !? If mine start doin much im gonna try dryin some !!!



Sticky little devil's. Are yours ?
Now ! You got me wonderin how to
dry em 😕!!! You.u.u.u! Troublemaker !
Ohs swells ! Watch out Google !!!! Hears eyes comes#!!! 😎😎😎 Ttfn !

Wow, those look interesting! Mine are a kind of gold/orange color when ripe. They start out green like tomatoes. I should get a picture up of what the berry itself looks like. Yes, tomatillos are related as well. They are all related to tomatoes, potatoes and peppers. In fact, the colorado potato beetle gave my little ground cherries a bit of an issue this summer even though they largely ignored my potatoes and tomatoes. They just really preferred the ground cherries. I picked off the adults and checked for eggs now and then, it wasn't too bad.