The Ghost of Tomatillos Past

Before the night is out, you will be visited by three tomatillos...
Behold! I bring you
The Ghost of Tomatillos Past!







My tomatillos barely produced before it turned cold. This one had no fruit in the husk, and did not  get picked. The husk decayed over the winter, leaving a beautiful ghost behind. It's about 3/4 of an inch across and currently lives on the kitchen window ledge.

And the Ghost of Tomatillos Present

From the freezer, pucks of tomatillo, mashed and frozen in cupcake tins

And The Ghost of Tomatillos Future!

growing nicely!

Antoni Gaudi-inspired "Tomatihome".

George: You win!!! Took my silliness and made it 50x better!
Applause!!

I want one....
:D

Reading the title, I thought you were referring to volunteer tomatillos. I planted them once years ago and have a bumper crop of them every year from the volunteers. Frankly they are becoming a pest! But a welcome one.

Pearl Sutton wrote:George: You win!!! Took my silliness and made it 50x better!
Applause!!

I want one....
:D

If I make a real one, I shall name it, the Sutton Shelter!

Capt. Kirk Scott wrote: Reading the title, I thought you were referring to volunteer tomatillos. I planted them once years ago and have a bumper crop of them every year from the volunteers. Frankly they are becoming a pest! But a welcome one.

So no 'Trouble with 'Tillos'? 😬

I'll stop soon I promise!

Scott A. J. Johnson wrote:Reading the title, I thought you were referring to volunteer tomatillos. I planted them once years ago and have a bumper crop of them every year from the volunteers. Frankly they are becoming a pest! But a welcome one.

I wish!! I moved from NM to MO, and have yet to get a decent crop here, after them being weeds that ran amok in NM. I miss my tomatillos!!

George:
I love that one too!  You are making me laugh

Pearl Sutton wrote:And the Ghost of Tomatillos Present

From the freezer, pucks of tomatillo, mashed and frozen in cupcake tins

And The Ghost of Tomatillos Future!

growing nicely!

How do you get them to germinate?  I had problems last year

Fresh seed, and under a grow light. I planted them just like the tomato seeds, same depth etc (they are related) and am treating them like tomatoes. I had only one plant make it last year direct seeded, that isn't going to work in this climate.

:D

Pearl Sutton wrote:Fresh seed, and under a grow light. I planted them just like the tomato seeds, same depth etc (they are related) and am treating them like tomatoes. I had only one plant make it last year direct seeded, that isn't going to work in this climate.

:D

Pearl, thank you!

How big do they grow?

AAAAHHH TOMAZILLO!

Scott A. J. Johnson wrote:Reading the title, I thought you were referring to volunteer tomatillos. I planted them once years ago and have a bumper crop of them every year from the volunteers. Frankly they are becoming a pest! But a welcome one.

I struggled to grow them until I bought some locally grown De Milpa tomatillo seed (a smaller purple variety). Ever since, they grow all over the yard, self seedingb themselves. They transplant really well too so I dig them up and share them

Last year I had GIANT MONSTER bright green tomatillos growing mixed into the smaller (cherry tomato sized) purple ones. They were the size of tennis balls!

I do love finding those lacey husks all over the garden because I can't pick them all and they blow around like tumbleweeds, so no wonder they pop up like weeds.

I am curious how this year's tomatillos will be like. I had Purple de Milpa for two years - last year from volunteer plants, but this is always a lottery in my climate. Usually when it is warm enough for them to sprout spontaneously it is quite late in the year and they might not bear a lot of fruits.
This year I chose Queen of Malinalco which is bigger and apparently sweeter. Not sure if they will be fine for eating fresh, but salsa or chutney is always an option.