Tomatillos I Like to Grow and Those I Don't

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Tomatillos I Like to Grow and Those I Don't

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@judyl.4043 Жыл бұрын

I use tomatillos for a Colorado style GREEN CHILI that I make using pork. Im in central Florida where the intense heat and humidity make it hard for a newbie gardener to grow much of anything in summer. I accidentally started growing them from burying veggie scraps in the winter a couple years ago. These are also good to throw into regular beef red chili.

@dorthalittle3943 4 жыл бұрын

I live in North Alabama, Zone 7B, this year has been a little different as our temps have been in the 90's for weeks and no rain until today since August 23rd. This has been my first year growing Tomatillos and Ground Cherries, so I can not judge this year. I did try the Purple Tomatillo and got them planted late, so, not much of a harvest. Better luck next year. One of my Ground Cherries was from Baker Creek, the other was either in a Blue Berry Plant or planted by birds or it looks like some plants that were wild here when we built here in 1990. I had always been told, they were poison. We never ate them. I ate these all summer and I am still here. This is my first year to garden since my husband passed in 2010. I am tired of all the round up and other poisons in our food. Therefore, I decided to do raised beds instead of conventional gardening. I am 76 yr old, and I have been adding my beds when I can, I also had to fence my garden spot since I have acquired ducks and chickens in the last 10 years. I love your channel!

@claireconley8522 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this! I used a tomatillo from the grocery store, cut it in half and planted it. I use tomatillos in my chicken verde stew: chicken, verde salsa, onions, bay leaf, lots of spices. I'll cook rice and pour the stew over the cooked rice.

@tonimitchell9930 4 жыл бұрын

The last time I grew them I had the Rio Grande seeds, and they did pretty good here in Montana. I haven't had a garden the last 2 years due to my housing challenges. Ancho Chile Fettuccini with Cilantro-Tomatillo Cream Sauce, Avocado Tomatillo Salsa are a couple of things I make with tomatillos I LOVE Mexican food so I put them in tons of my Mexican food recipes.

@RainCountryHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Those sound wonderful!

@lindadivine6098 Жыл бұрын

I have been saving my seeds year to year for so long that I have forgotten what kind they are. I can tell you for sure that it’s not the rio grande. I will have to try those next year. I live in the north west corner of Colorado (Meeker). We have a short growing season.can’t put plants in ground until about mid June. First frost can be anywhere from mid September to mid October. Elevation 6249ft. I also grow ground cherries. They are also called pineapple tomatillos. They are only the size of a large cherry tomato. We have made pies, I want to experiment with salsa. They are sweet, juicy and a tropical flavor. They produce like crazy. The ones on the ground are ripe. Golden yellow in color. I hope you give them a try. I have grown the purple…but like you, I wasn’t impressed.

@Minnesota_Mama_Bear 4 жыл бұрын

As Heidi said, share all of the varieties you use and how you use them! Glad to see that I'm not the only one who hadn't heard of these before last year. I still haven't seen one or tried one. I can't wait to see the comments on this one. I may try growing at least one plant next year. Thank you for this video Heidi!! Bring on the comments!!! Love & Light my friends! Blessings to all

@OSGCourtWatch 3 жыл бұрын

If u didn’t grow them last year and learn this yet u MUST grow more than one plant...they do not self pollinate. The more the better...we grow 12-15 plants in a 3’x6’ section of raised bed...but to do this we support on horizontal netting hung between T posts...other wise u won’t have enough airflow to avoid disease. No pruning needed as they branch naturally. Trim the main growth point a few weeks before your season ends (usually mid August for us here in Portland) to make the plant focus on ripening the existing fruit. We quarter em and roast with various peppers, spices and onions/garlic then blend for a tart verde sauce and freeze in gallon bags to pull out and cook with off season...delicious.

@loboalamo 4 жыл бұрын

We used to be more arid here. The weather patterns were mostly conducive to a good planting and harvesting season. Now, late planted crops are in wet and muddy fields. Late spring and early winter means less growing days. It's a tough year. Cold frame planting and hoops are on the plans this year for next planting season. There will be lots of food on the covered fallow lands and non-harvested immature crops for all the deer pheasant and turkeys. Not to mention lots of other creatures. The bald eagles should have a feast on roadkill. Exciting times we are living in.

@polkcellar 2 жыл бұрын

I tried the purple last year with poor production. Another gardener said you need several planted near each other for good pollination so I'm trying again with that same seed pack. Zone 9b here. Think I'll try another too. We'll see. Thankyou for sharing Heidi!🕊

@jonathansnead3557 4 жыл бұрын

I grew purple tomatillo's last year, and really liked them (I am not sure of the variety, and yes they were mostly green). We live in Wasilla Alaska, so our growing season is very short, with cool temperatures in the summer. They did much better than most tomatoes. This year I grew Amarylla Tomatillo's from Baker Creek. We had a record breaking hot summer this year, and the tomatillo's did very well for me. I will definitely grow the Amarylla tomatillo's next year. But I am not sure whether or not, it was the weather, or the variety, or a combination of the two this year.

@CoffeeCowsNCurls 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree, you get more rain than us! Lol I've never grown those and wouldn't even know where to begin on what to do with those! Haha

@Denalicats 4 жыл бұрын

I'm currently growing Toma Verde. They are early 60 days after transplant. Currently have 4 plants in my greenhouse. They are just starting to fruit. Will try the purple ones next year in smaller containers. I am also growing Aunt Molly ground cherries which I have to say I love! Easy to grow and the taste is great! I live N of 60 degrees so our growing season is quite short with last frost date usually in Jun and first frost in Aug. P.S. I spent many years on the very northern tip of Vancouver Island in a rain forest so I know what you mean. When the sun came out, if it was a Fri, everyone was excused from work to go fishing, hiking or just out enjoying it.

@vernahelvikmontanamomma8737 4 жыл бұрын

We only get about 17 inches of rain. Raised bed help with watering

@anna7118 4 жыл бұрын

You get slightly more than double our rainfall and we are also now in our wet part of the year. By the way I just came across the earliest note in my calendar about harvesting and processing quince so we are now in the possible harvest season for them.

@RainCountryHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Guess I had better go get that one off the tree! haha

@OSGCourtWatch 3 жыл бұрын

As an FYI u MUST grow more than one plant...they do not self pollinate. The more the better...we grow 12-15 plants in a 3’x6’ section of raised bed...but to do this we support on horizontal netting hung between T posts...other wise u won’t have enough airflow to avoid disease. No pruning needed as they branch naturally. Trim the main growth point a few weeks before your season ends (usually mid August for us here in Portland) to make the plant focus on ripening the existing fruit. We quarter em and roast with various peppers, spices and onions/garlic then blend for a tart verde sauce and freeze in gallon bags to pull out and cook with off season...delicious.

@RainCountryHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

I have never grown only just one plant. I never count them but I would say I always have a minimum of 15. The purples I only had 4. I started with more but most did not survive seedling stage.

@OSGCourtWatch 3 жыл бұрын

@@RainCountryHomestead I think the more u plant the better they produce. If utube doesn’t delete this link heard u say u were looking for a different type of support...check out the pics of how we support...we string several layers of horizontal netting between T posts...works great! Ours were almost 8’ tall last year and dint fall over onto the ground at all. instagram.com/p/CED-wMSg25o/?igshid=t92i15w05ed3

@CherishEaDay 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! 120 inches! I thought we got a lot. 59-60" annually. I can imagine what a challenge that would be. Ive never grown or tasted tomatillos.

@RainCountryHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

It does have its benefits as it means less watering on our part! haha! The biggest challenge really is the slugs, they love the nearly constant wet of our area and most natural deterrents do not work for us

@tennesseegirl1215 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to grow those, but the extreme dry weather here may make it hard. Tfs sweet friend, blessings

@joser9237 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Arizona, and not only is it hot and dry here, the soil quality here is abysmal. Growing them is definitely possible even in this harsh weather we have here. My most successful plants have grown in well composted soil that has been innoculated with mycorrhizoidal fungi and symbiotic archaea. These may already be present in your soil but innoculating the soil is sure way of making sure they're there. Tomatillos don't actually like humid weather anyway, hot and humid weather will cause the pollen to stick to the flowers, which reduces the chances for pollination. I'd also recommend a layer of mulch to reduce water loss through evaporation.

@tennesseegirl1215 3 жыл бұрын

@@joser9237 thank you for the info, I am going to give it a try next spring

@getitright5863 4 жыл бұрын

Those are the biggest ones I’ve ever seen!

@vernahelvikmontanamomma8737 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry did not make myself clear Amish Paste tomatoes

@RainCountryHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, haha, I was asking about tomatillos, do you grow any of those?

@IAMGiftbearer 3 ай бұрын

I'm just rowing them for the first year. I have a green ariety I bouht at the grocery store, and purple and pineapple tomatillo I bouht from MI Gardener in seed packets. I find that the reen ones seem to be easier to germinate and more of them make it to maturity. The purple does OK, and the pineapple althouh it is supposed to be delicious seems to be diffiult to germinate and those that do seem to die soon after the otyledon stage. I hae been tryin to find out whether this is just a bad batch or if they really are not as hardy as the other two types. Have you tried growing those?

@RainCountryHomestead 3 ай бұрын

No, I have not tried growing that variety nor have I grown tomatillos in several years. I may again some day but we just really prefer tomato salsa over green, even though the green is quite good

@melisagenell6944 2 жыл бұрын

Heidi help me out here. Something is eating the insides of my tomatillos. The inside of the husk is nothing but mush. I don’t see any bugs tho. Any idea??

@RainCountryHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

I do not recall having anything eat mine before so I really do not know

@edieboudreau9637 4 жыл бұрын

Never grew tomatillos. Having enough trouble with knees &

@vernahelvikmontanamomma8737 4 жыл бұрын

Amish paste and better girl grow best here.

@RainCountryHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

I have grown Amish Paste tomatoes but never heard of Amish paste tomatillos

@rozsmith6850 2 жыл бұрын

Here in NJ, I have a different variety from the Rio Grande, but I don’t recall it’s name. The fruit is pale yellow when it it ripe, and has a sweetness to it when roasted. I’m having a great season, and I’m canning about 3-4 pints of salsa, enchilada sauce, or chilaquiles every week. This is my first really successful season with them, last year was a trial run!