RE: [CH] Tomatillo culture
Mary & Riley (uGuys@ChileGarden.com)
Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:11:50 -0700
> > I too have these long spindly tomatillos except my plants have very few
> > leaves. They are about 18 inches tall and falling over. Oh and I have
> > them in pots, I was told to keep them away from regular tomatoes.
>
> In my experience, tomatillos don't work in pots, they stay
> spindly. I don't
> see why you were told to keep them away from tomatoes, it makes no sense.
We have a Purple tomatillo in a pot right next to potted tomatoes and chiles
. All doing fine. The tomotillo's about 3' with very thick, strong limbs.
I've used Epsom salts on it, about 1/4c/gal every 3 or 4 weeks. Got flowers
all over. It's a 15" sq pot iirc and seems a bit small for it...
I give 'em all a bit of fish emulsion fertilizer based fertilizer every now
and then, 5-1-1. Think 5-5-5 would be better (per Bryon, I think). They're
planted with a base of peat mixed with potting soil at the bottom, then
potting soil, compost, vermiculite and maybe a bit of manure.
Riley