Again with the Tomatillos!

[foodnfoto]

Cut to the chase-
Is it too late for me to start tomatillo seeds in the ground? It's been a wet and cool spring here in NY.

After last summer's beautiful, but sterile tomatillo plant, I've looked everywhere to buy two tomatillo plants this year. There are none to be found.
Surprisingly, last year I bought the plant at Wal-mart. NO such luck this year-there or anywhere else. Bummer.

I threw some seeds in the ground, but I'm not confident they'll do very well.
What do you think?

I love those little husk tomatillos-they have a dusky sweetness that just begs for freshly grilled fish.

[Quinn01]

Yeah im northern NJ so i know how you feel about weather, wet cold and nasty.

I found this hopefully it helps you a little bit:

The Gardener's Network - Vegetable Gardening: How to Grow Tomatillo Plants, Tomatillo Seeds

I myself would love to grow tomatillos in my backyard its just hard to tell how this summer is going to be, i mean in the past week its atleast rained 5 out of the 7 days, 2 days being BEAUTIFUL in the 80s. So idk still may be to early to tell.

[nautbad]

Originally Posted by foodnfoto

Cut to the chase-
Is it too late for me to start tomatillo seeds in the ground? It's been a wet and cool spring here in NY.

After last summer's beautiful, but sterile tomatillo plant, I've looked everywhere to buy two tomatillo plants this year. There are none to be found.
Surprisingly, last year I bought the plant at Wal-mart. NO such luck this year-there or anywhere else. Bummer.

I threw some seeds in the ground, but I'm not confident they'll do very well.
What do you think?

I love those little husk tomatillos-they have a dusky sweetness that just begs for freshly grilled fish.

I was able to find nice sized tomatillo plants on E-bay. They were originally from New York.

[nautbad]

Not sure if I responded in the correct place so I am sorry if this is a duplicate. I found tomatillo plants on E-Bay. They were overnighted and shipped with plastic baggies over the moistened root balls. Their origination was New York. They are doing well in my garden in Ohio.

[foodnfoto]

Thanks Naut
I'll give it a try.
The little seedlings are definitely struggling.

[OahuAmateurChef]

There's always indoor growing...