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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: SusieB on August 13, 2018, 17:52

Title: No tomatillos again?!
Post by: SusieB on August 13, 2018, 17:52

I have not managed to grow any tomatillos for the last 3 years.

I have a huge tomatillo plant this year (the ordinary green variety).  It is covered in 100s of flowers, but none are becoming fruit.  I know they need a pollinator (my 2015 error) so when only one of my green tomatillo seedlings grew, I bought a couple of pineapple tomatillos from the Internet to act as pollinators. 

This has not made any difference.  Is it because it's a different variety (seems unlikely) or could I be doing something else wrong?

The pineapple tomatillos are very small and sweet which surprised me.  Can anyone help, I want some tomatillos this year, but it's getting late.


Thanks.

Title: Re: No tomatillos again?!
Post by: mumofstig on August 14, 2018, 10:00

I don't know anything about them but a quick gurgle suggests that you have to grow 2 plants of the same variety for cross pollination. That would explain why the pineapple ones are setting and not the green ones

Title: Re: No tomatillos again?!
Post by: SusieB on August 14, 2018, 12:24

Thanks, that can be the only answer.  I'll try quickly rooting a cutting, although' I have read this won't work either as genetically the same plant.

I appear doomed to no tomatillos again......