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Staking Tomatillos?
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Posted by
auntlainey 31036 (
My Page) on
Tue, Jul 13, 10 at 19:50
| Does anyone stake their plant? |
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| Those cone-shaped tomato cages that never really work for tomatoes work pretty well for tomatillos ;~). But you wouldn't have to bother, unless they're getting in the way of your other plants, the husk keeps the fruit from getting dirty if the plant is sprawling on the ground. |
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| I stake them. They tend to get top heavy and fall over. The cheap tomato cages are OK if they are well anchored. But a simple wooden stake is fine. Jim |
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| Kind of off topic, but in line with them getting top heavy - I either read or heard somewhere that each tomatillo plant only gives about 3 lbs., does that sound about right? I was under the impression that they were extremely prolific, and 3 lbs. just doesn't sound like a whole heck of a lot. |
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| I have never weighed my crop, but I'd say each of my tomatillos gave me much more than 3 lbs. last year. They are VERY prolific. I still have some in the freezer from last year, that I haven't used yet. They freeze well, just wash them, let them dry and pop them in a freezer bag. No need for blanching. |
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| I am using cattle panels to stake mine this year. I am weaving the branches in and out as they grow. Usually I tie them against the woven wire fence that I grow them along. I get way more than 3 pounds per plant. I can't really say how many, but every year they go crazy. |
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| this is my first year growing tomatillo the plant is huge and is not showing that it whats to slow down,it has lots of flowers but does not show sghns of forming into anything,can you self pollinate these plants or do they need to have bees which are a problem were i live as i have not seen any this year,if someone can inlighten me on this it would be most help full. |
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| You need more than one plant for them to be pollinated as they rely on cross pollination for fruit production. |
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| I have tried both ways, and I don't like to stake or cage them. They don't sprawl on the ground like tomato plants. The plants get big, but most of the fruits stay elevated up off the ground and I see no benefits of caging, my best yields are without cages. Way more than 3 lbs per plant. probably closer to 15 lbs or 20 lbs per plant if you give them enough space to grow. I plant them 5 feet apart. |
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| I the interest of saving garden space what is the best method? |
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Posted by AiliDeSpain 6a - Utah (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 30, 14 at 20:52 You need more than one plant for them to be pollinated as they rely on cross pollination for fruit production.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Not true, with due respect to your opinion.
Do they sap that on that on the tag, that you need 2 plants? I have proven that theory WRONG not once, twice but 3 times. If Your tomatillo does not set fruit, for some reason, it is not because you have just one of them. It can happen when you have 2 or more. Just past season I had just ONE tomtillo plant. It continued flowering til September, BUT no fruits. Come late September it suddenly was loaded with husks. But It was too late and no time to grow and ripen. ABOUT SUPPORT:
I think a medium size 3-ring cage is best. Because they get bushy and one stake is not enough. |
RE: Staking Tomatillos?
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The fact that they rely on cross pollination is a fact, having one plant produce fruit means that it is being pollinated by another tomatillo plant that isn't yours via insect pollination.
I start my own plants from seed so no I did not read this on a nursery tag. I thought staking would be adequate but I also have cages I can use, I actually wasn't planning on caging anything this year because they are not strong enough to support non Bush type plants and that's what I'm growing this year. |
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