This is my first year to. I have six plants and they are loaded. It
does seem to take a long time between blossom and fruit set. Much
longer than tomatoes. Now if I can just figure out what to do with
them all when they are ready.

Bruce

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 05:56:51 GMT, Kristen wrote:



zxcvbob wrote:

Kristen wrote:

snip my tomatillo pollination problem

I'm growing them for the first time this year. I have two plants and no
fruit yet. I found out a few weeks ago that tomatillos are self-sterile.
You need at least two plants or else you will get no fruits. I'm not sure
why mine are not setting, but both plants are from seeds from the same
fruit, so maybe they are not compatable (and I shoulda planted 2 more
tomatoes instead)

FWIW, "ground cherries" or "cape gooseberries" are very closely related and
they are self-fertile.

Sorry for the bad news,
Bob


Bob-
Thanks for the info! I had thought of that, but dismissed it. I do
have another plant, but it's way on the other side of the yard in a pot.
I'll have to see if I can cross-pollinate them by hand (no room in the
garden to move the pot into, and it's an awfully big pot to move
anyway). Of course, they're both from the same seed packet, so I might
run into the same problem you have. You would think they would put this
information on the seed packet (or even in the one garden book I
consulted - I haven't checked my others yet).
Thanks again!

-Kristen
Zone 5 Syracuse, NY