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Old 30-06-2007, 09:29 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Tomatillo question

Does anyone here have any experience growing tomatillos? I've read about
them, and everything I read says they grow from 3-4 feet tall. Problem: Mine
are already 3 feet tall and just exploding, I can't believe how fast they
are growing! They are bigger then my tomatoes, and I planted them at the
same time. At this rate, they will easily hit 6+ feet by the end of summer.

The reason I'm asking is that I'm building tellises for my tomatoes, and I'm
making them 7.5 feet tall (because last year they outgrew the 5 foot fence
and the weight of the plants knocked it over. I'm wondering if I should go
ahead and make the tomatillo trellis the same size - I probably will since
I'm mass producing the tomatoe trellises. But I'd like to hear from anyone
who has grown tomatillos.

And tonight I'll post pics of my tomatillo infestation. OMG, I have
thousands of them growing wild, and some of the volunteer ones are 2 feet
tall and growing fast, it breaks my heart to pull them out. They make good
weed control, because there are no weeds in my garden that can keep up with
the wild tomatillos.


 
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