Plant tomatillos deep?!

F0od · Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:45 pm

Might not be the right part of the forum for this, but I have lots of tomatillos started, and I was wondering if I should plant their stems below the soil like you do tomatoes. Thanks!

DoubleDogFarm · Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:20 pm

Yes, I do. Just like tomatoes.

Eric

sixshooter · Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:39 am

I need to start some of those. Where did you get your seeds?

DoubleDogFarm · Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:56 pm

I get most of my seed from Territorial Seed Co.

Eric

soil · Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:22 pm

I don't plant them deep. when the lower branches touch the ground( or I make them) they root and each branch grows like a monster from then on out.

works even better if you leave them to sprawl on the ground.

DoubleDogFarm · Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:46 pm

My Mexican strain tomatillos were left to sprawl last year, what a mess. I found it difficult to harvest.

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Eric

F0od · Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:57 pm

Thanks for the responses

How close were your plants spaced in those pictures doubledog?

sixshooter · Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:16 am

Do you think ill have to special order my tomatillo seeds? I'm hoping I can find some seeds at the greenhouse.near me that opens april 1st. If I have to order them I'm afriad that I will not have time to have them started.

DoubleDogFarm · Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:19 pm

How close were your plants spaced in those pictures doubledog?

I'm using a borrowed computer, so I can't post a picture. I'll post one later.
I had quite a few plants that didn't sell, so I plugged them in pretty tight. They were planted about 12" in all directions. 18 to 24" may have been better.

Do you think ill have to special order my tomatillo seeds? I'm hoping I can find some seeds at the greenhouse.near me that opens april 1st. If I have to order them I'm afriad that I will not have time to have them started.

Have you checked locally? Most places that sell seed, sell tomatillos.

I will be selling plants at the end of April. Aunt Molly's and Mexican strain

Eric

sixshooter · Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:43 pm

a couple of the bigger greenhouses open april 1st around here...so ill see if I can find some seeds friday. I don't think ive ever seen starter plants around here...but ive never really looked so who knows. Not counting on someone having started plants just in case.

lily51 · Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:56 pm

Totally Tomatos has seeds.
It's not too late to start them if you're in Michigan. I'm in Ohio and starting tomatos the start of next week. I have a greenhouse, though, and that could make a difference. Still, they germinate and grow fast.
Our frost free date is May 15-20, so that gives 6 weeks or so, which is plenty. Anymore with our weather, I wait until memorial day for some plants to plant outside.

Example: yesterday sunny and 50's, today 6" of snow.