Tomatillos

[hendi_alex]

First time growing these and am out of space in the main garden and no more room for containers either. I do have a poor, dry sany location that is unused. With irrigation, will tomatillos have a fair chance of growing and producing fruit in such a bad spot? How big do the plants get? Is their culture similar to that of a tomato plant? Do the plants need to grow in cages or can the sprawl or are they self supporting?

[DoubleDogFarm]

Alex,

I grow mine ( Mexican strain) just like tomatoes. 2 to 3ft tall and about the same wide. Supporting them would give you cleaner fruit, but you can let them sprawl. I wouldn't call them self supporting. Full sun if you have it.

[soil]

in fertile soil they can get big, not as bushy as tomatoes. more of a sprawling type plant. ours get to about 8 ft on our trellising.

in decent soil they should do ok and give you fruit with some water. they would do good with a top dressing of some compost and mulch that really well around the plant.

[DoubleDogFarm]

about 8 ft on our trellising

Wow! That's great

[Mtray]

my tomatillo is about 3 1/2 feet tall right now but not producing fruit.

I did some research and found tomatillo require 2 plants to cross pollinate.

so I went and got another one and now I have little fruits on both of my plants

I'm growing mine like a tomato plant.

I cant wait to make some salsa verde and green enchilada sauce!!!! yummm