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Post by tbird on Jun 28, 2015 11:08:29 GMT -5
I find that there is not a lot of information out there on growing tomatillos. Generally, it is just - treat like tomatoes.
Goggling around I found something that said tomatillos grow best in low fertility soil - so that was quite different advice.
What do you know? What have you experienced with tomatillos?
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Post by tbird on Jun 28, 2015 11:08:45 GMT -5
oh - and do the stems root out like tomatoes? should they be planted deep?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 28, 2015 11:22:07 GMT -5
I don't have any sections to plant them in with "low fertility soil", and they do great. And I plant them deep, though I'm not sure that they root on the stems, like tomatoes. I do it because tomatillos tend to have thinner stems, so I don't want them to snap off, due to the tall, skinny plants (I often have to stake them indoors!). Once outside, they start thickening up quickly.
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Post by desertwoman on Jun 28, 2015 11:54:26 GMT -5
I'm growing tomatillos for the first time this year and I put them in my well fed soil. They are doing great, and tomatillos are already forming. Way ahead of my tomatoes.
Someone here advised me, in another thread, that you can bury the stems deeply like tomatoes- which I did. No problems.
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Post by tbird on Jun 28, 2015 12:34:57 GMT -5
thanks! I had planted them a week or so ago, but there is a large expanse of stem and they looked fragile (and remember! I lost one already getting snapped off!), and were not really growing like the weeds they are, so I want to fill up with soil.
I guess I won't worry about what kind of soil it is, just average or unknown....
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 28, 2015 22:52:27 GMT -5
Here is a photo from today. This variety - Tamayo - is the fastest, and looks like it will be the largest of all the varieties I have grown.
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Post by kimmsrđź•Š on Jun 29, 2015 6:06:27 GMT -5
Tomatillos (tom o tee yo) are members of the same family as tomatoes and should be grown in ways similar to them. A soil well endowed with organic matter that is evenly moist but well drained with balanced nutrient levels. Like tomatoes tomatillos will root along the stem and at least one trusted source says plant them deep like tomatoes.
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Post by tbird on Jun 29, 2015 8:56:25 GMT -5
pepperhead212Looks good! Mine were just a bit late planted, but when I looked them up - one of the latest to produce! No flowers yet! My only hope is that I have a purple variety that I really find too sweet for salsa, so I determined that I'd harvest them green just as soon as they filled in their husks and see about that. Hopefully - that will be quicker and also work well in salsa. Ripe - they are more like a fruit thing. Very tasty dried. I will put tomayo on the list to buy. - incidentally - the last name of my brother's grade school girlfriend, so I won't forget!
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