Comments on: Garden Tips. How to grow the Tomatillo, the Tomatoes cousin.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:34:03 +0000

I live in New Zealand and have just been given some seeds from a person on a cooking site I visit. I have never seen Tomatillo’s except in the pictures on this site. I have a few recipes that use them, but cannot buy them except in tins from a specialist Mexican shop. How big do the plants grow and how far apart should I space them (I have never grown tomatoes). Locals do not plant frost sensitive plants outside until Labour weekend (last weekend in October). Unfortunately, last year we had a hard frost in late November which did a fair amount of damage.

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:49:52 +0000

You either need to try and get rid of the insects or destroy the plant. Right now its just a home for insects and will not produce.

By: ron

ron — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:58:13 +0000

My plant is very healthly looking and all empty pods. I planted a mature plant from a nursury about 2.5 months ago. I have opened some of the empty pods to find insects (earlywiggs ??) inside. Are they eating the fruit and should I just destroy the plant or just wait and see if fruit develops ?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:26:32 +0000

I planted my tomatillo plant about 4 months ago. It didn’t take long before it grew big and had a lot of flowers on it. This is the 2nd time I’ve tried growing tomatillos, but the plant only flowers, there’s no fruit. How long should it take to get fruit? I live in Northern CA where we get plenty of heat. The rest of my garden is doing okay, the plant appears quite healthy. Am I doing something wrong? I’m just not sure if I should continue to wait or just pull the plant out so there’s more room for other things. Thanks!

By: Marcia

Marcia — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:29:01 +0000

I have a huge, very fruitful tomatillo plant. It is covered with bees and husks. The fruits are very small within the husks and the husks have yet to even begin turning straw like. Is this normally? How long does it typically take before the fruit is ready to harvest?

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:05:13 +0000

You should be seeing husks. Are the fruits growing well? Denise

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:23:07 +0000

Hello,

I planted tomatillos for the first time this year. The plants are very healthy, and I already have some fairly good sized green tomatillos. I’m curious about the husks…when do they form? I don’t see any yet…do they form later in the growing process?
Thanks!

By: Denise

Denise — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:19:31 +0000

my tomatillo plant is very healthy, its getting taller and I have had many many yellow flowers but than they die and fall off, I didn’t get one tomatoe yet, I put in enough water, has good sun and even put extra flower food, does anybody know why does pretty yellow flowers die and fall off?

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By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:07:06 +0000

I have found that most extension agencies will look at plants most of the time. I am alwayy dragging something in for my Extension office to look at.

I also have one great great greenhouse that will look at any plant I bring in. Its a great help.

Good luck and let me know how the plants do. Denise
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