[CH] Tomatillo culture
George Nelson (70431.3065@compuserve.com)
Tue, 27 Jun 2000 23:28:30 -0400
It is a frustrating year for tomatillo growers in some parts, but most of
the consensus in the list is that they grow like weeds as volunteers from
last year's fallen fruit. This is surely my experience.
Mike Bowers's experience in dry Davis, CA is that they grow well there, but
he was not able to tell how the plants would do in a humid environment.
St. Louis in summer is about as humid as it can get at times and tomatillos
certainly grow very well here.
They do start out somewhat spindly with very shallow roots, it seems, but
they grow rapidly and set lots of fruit in hot weather. Those with spindly
plants appear to be in New England where the weather has been cooler than
normal recently. Hang in there, they will overwhelm the garden when it
gets warmer!
George "Wishing he had a bag of Jalapeno Crunchers" Nelson