[EvW]

Can pollinators access the plants?

[Emil]

Yes. They are all over them . Maybe I’m just impatient. 1st time I’ve actually had them grow. Not sure what to expect .

[1898_Homestead]

Do they need to be in your hoop house? What region are you in? I’m in Nebraska 5B and planted ours right into the ground mid April from seedlings we started.

[Emil]

Not sure it’s been so hot here the shade seems to help. It just started to cool down this week. I could move them . In Nj 6B . I bought the 1st plants. The other ones didn’t get started till much later. I guess next year I’ll try outside. To be honest I didn’t have any luck at all last year starting them. I’ll move them & see if it helps . Thank you

[HilltopHomeplace]

I’m not sure if I’m understanding right, but I’ll give you my thoughts. You said that you had 2 plants, but one died. I do know that you have to have at least 2 tomatillos growing by each other in order to get fruit because they pollinate each other. I started with four last year but only one survived. It was beautiful and bloomed like crazy, but never made the first fruit. This year I had two and was able to make salsa verde, lol.

You mentioned the others that started from seed, but I can’t tell how far along they are. If all goes well, they should give you some fruit. I wish you the best. Hope that helps.

[Emil]

So the 2nd plants got started July 20. It only took a couple days. I put them in damp paper towel in a ziploc on top of an incubator. It worked ! Thank you To the Old Alabama gardener video.

Went to move & pollinate yesterday. Found this

[Emil]

It’s about the size of my pinky.

[Truth-be-Told-by1]

Glad for the info

[Emil]

☺️me 2

[onlyjesus]

Mine were 1/2 inch round.

[Emil]

These are small about the size of a pea. I guess I’ll have to be patient.💕

[HilltopHomeplace]

They’ll get bigger. They actually just hang there empty like paper balloons for a while, then the tomatillo forms inside it later. Pretty interesting. So glad you’re having results.

[Emil]

Thanks. To be honest . I was so happy to just start them from seeds. I feel more confident for next year. ☺️I’ll post a pic if they grow up☺️

[Emil]

Thanks to everyone who helped. There’s still

Some more on the plants. But i’m not sure i’ll get more than another round. Happy to have even gotten this many. Look forward to trying again next year & hope to improve. I think the biggest things i learned is these are delicate plants!

And next to Borage i’ve never seen so many pollinators!!