Comments on: Tomatillo and Tomato problems

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:19:12 +0000

Maybe you can help me with a problem I’ve been having. I have grown tomatillos for years (or I should say “planted”). The plants do well, they flower and produce fruit, the only problem is is that the fruits never get big, or even average size (even the gigantes). Do you know what I can do to get average size fruits? I just pick them and throw them away, then finally pull up the plants out of frustration, when I say small, I mean barely bigger than a pea. I live in the tulsa area, zone 6B or 7 depending on the chart you view. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I had decided not to grow them this year, but really do want to.
Thanks,
Pam

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:26:03 +0000

Yes, you should be fine. Denise

By: Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:42:08 +0000

I am planing tomatillos for my first time. If I put two hanging planters about a foot apart will they pollinate each other? I am new to gardening and so know very little about any of this.

Thanks for your time,
Robyn

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:53:33 +0000

Yes, the two different varieties of tomatillos will pollinate each other.

If you could do a planting just a few inches bigger it would be better health wide for the plant. Have you thought about having one in a pot and hanging one if you have room to hang plants. Tomatillos do very well in a hanging planter. Denise

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:32:41 +0000

Hi, I am about to plant 2 Tomatilloes- I was planning on one green (Grande Maje) and one purple (De Milpa) plant. Can I expect them to pollinate each other?

Also. I was going to put them both in a 25cm (10″) square plant pot with a tomato frame to support vertical growth. Is this viable? I recognise it will constrain growth, but there are only 2 people who will be eating them and we are planting on a balcony (Sydney, Australia).Thanks, Ian.

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:02:52 +0000

They are probably about right when it comes to being ripe. They will ripen a little more off the plant but I personally like them to ripen on the plant. I think they have a richer taste that way.

By: myrna

myrna — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:27:31 +0000

I have alot of yellow fruit, are they under ripe or over ripe. will they ripen like a tomato does off the plant? My first time growing them, what a jungle I have in Montana.

By: Margie

Margie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:04:56 +0000

I just read an article about growing tomatillos where there is no fruit. It said you must plant another tomatillo close by in order to get any fruit. That a single plant alone will not produce fruit. My plant is strong and tall and lots of blossoms, but no fruit either!

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:54:06 +0000

This is a common problem this year, one I have never experienced.

Hopefully someone else has the answer. Denise

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:01:27 +0000

I have the same question as Beverly — I have a robust tomatillo, with lots and lots of blossoms and husks (gorgeous paper lanterns) but they are not filling up with fruit. They have been like this for weeks, and it grows like crazy and produces more blossoms and more husks, but no filled ones.

Help!