[Headgardener22]

I grow a couple of physalis plants with my tomatoes in the greenhouse (our grandson likes the fruit). This year I was late cleaning out the greenhouse and one of the plants from last year is sprouting. It seems to have survived the winter.

Has anybody else ever done this? Any opinions as to whether it fruit as well/better than a new plant?

[devonbarmygardener]

Wow. No. Never. 

I grow about a dozen cape gooseberry in the greenhouse every year - last year as the one year I didn't.
I've never known them last that long - I'd say given them some feed, perhaps a fresh compost pot to sit in and see what happens.

Let us know the result

[VegGirl7]

I had some overwinter on a kitchen windowsill a couple of years back.  It grew really well in the second year but didn't flower/produce any more fruit   

I remember doing a bit of googling at the time and seem to remember there are both annual and perennial varieties though so maybe worth trying if you can spare the space...

[Headgardener22]

The two overwintered physalis are growing strongly.

One has lots of new growth coming from last years stems and is already showing flower buds so I'm hopeful that we will get fruit early.

The second has growth starting from the roots, all of last years top growth has died back.

They are both well ahead of this years sowing.

[devonbarmygardener]

I bet they are.

I will be very interested if you get fruiting occurring.

Keep up the info.
My physalis are 3 inches high!

[BacktoBasics]

i have a couple of overwintered plants and one of them has developed a flower today so iam keeping my fingers crossed.

[ghost61]

I had two in pots last year that produced no fruit. Disappointed, I stuffed them in the shed all winter, with no water. Was going to throw them away this spring, but found that they were sprouting out all over the place! Now planted in polytunnel and flowering like crazy! Seems that my lack of care was just the thing to get them going! 

[devonbarmygardener]

Funny how things like that happen!

I've ignored my failing not growing peppers and they've doubled in size!!

[rowan57]

Be fine, they are perennial in hot countries.

[Headgardener22]

Be fine, they are perennial in hot countries.

But so are Runner Beans and you wouldn't expect them to survive the winter.
I've got flowers now so I'm hoping they will fruit a little earlier than this years sowing.
The only problem I've got is that they are much larger (already) than this years sowings, there are lots of branches and one of the plants is five foot high already. They usually grow big in a corner of the greenhouse but they're already filling the space I normally allow.

[rowan57]

Yep they can get pretty big! I miss picking them on my way out of the house