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Post by tbird on Jun 14, 2015 10:22:29 GMT -5
my tomatillo start lost its head.....just snapped off, not sure what happened. the rain - of the dog running by....It's just gone, and there is a longish stem left.
will it regrow? I know they are very weedy, I think it is snapped off above the spot where the sprout leaves were - if that makes a diff
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Post by lisaann on Jun 14, 2015 10:28:38 GMT -5
Is there a leaf left or just stem with no leaf or leaf node? If it was ABOVE a leaf node, you are good to go!
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Post by tbird on Jun 14, 2015 10:32:16 GMT -5
I think it is above those sprout leaves (not true leaf) node. I will plant it out and see what happens.....
I do have 2 others, thankfully! as we all know, 1 tomatillo plant produces about 5 fruit over a season, whereas 2 will produce 500 a piece!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 14, 2015 11:06:51 GMT -5
Though I can't tell you for about that plant, I have countless volunteer tomatollos around my garden every year, so maybe you can find one to replace it. A little late, but better than nothing.
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Post by tbird on Jun 14, 2015 11:29:30 GMT -5
When I moved into this house, there were a lot of plants that looked like what my tomatillos look like (I don't think I knew back then what a tomatillo was though!)
It's likely the gardener from 20 years ago had some, or nearby, but I'm not entirely sure that they ARE tomatillos and I also have a lot of deadly nightshade in the yard popping up too. Since the plant family has many poisonous cultivars, I've opted to only harvest from plants I seeded out of a packet.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 14, 2015 23:16:25 GMT -5
While I was weeding today, I thought of you, as I must have pulled at least 50 tomatillos! For several years, all I did was use volunteers, but they seemed to be getting smaller, so I tried some new ones last season. One was larger, but very late, and the other wasn't much better than volunteers, so I tried another new one this season - a hybrid, Tamayo, from Pinetree Gardens, and, though it is early, It is definitely the best tomatillo I have grown, judging from size, earliness, and number on the plants. Here is a photo, to give you an idea of how many I have already:
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Post by tbird on Jun 15, 2015 7:53:27 GMT -5
thanks pepperhead, I'll keep that one in mind.
I have a packet called "purple tomatillo" and I've found it best to use them green for salsa. I was waiting for them to get fully ripened and purple, but they were much to sweet for me.
Last time I had tomatillos, I only had one plant and virtually nothing happened......so planted 4 seeds this year, 3 came through and I've got 2 for sure with the snap off as an extra.
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Post by desertwoman on Jun 15, 2015 10:26:32 GMT -5
I'm growing tomatillo for the first time this year. I read that a single plant doesn't produce well (or at all) ; that they need a second plant to produce well. So it looks like you are on the right track!
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Post by tbird on Jun 26, 2015 19:20:40 GMT -5
I thought this guy was going to make it. It seemed like he was putting on a new leaf at the sprout leaf junction, but then one morning when I checked, he was just gone - no trace of it really.
Hope the other two pull through now, there are no spares!
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