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RE: Ever Heard of Ground Cherries?
Oooo what a fab post! i think I'm growing the same but they get called "tomatillo's" in the UK. mine look very similar but are a few feet tall, im going to have to read up on this after seeing your warning, we do like to eat things in all states of growth haha best be safe! 😅 thanks for sharing
I also grow tomatillos. Ground cherries and tomatillos look very similar, but not the same. Ground cherry is considered a fruit, while tomatillo is considered a vegetable (they taste very different). I had to look them up in UK. I saw seed catalogs in UK selling seeds of both ground cherry and tomatillo, so they are definitely different. The growth habits of these two plants are also different. Ground cherry will stay low to the ground while tomatillo tend to grow several feet tall.
If you are not growing ground cherries, you should definitely look into growing some. Your little girl would love it!
Ooo dear 7ft tall you say haha, i didnt realise they were different ill deffinatly look into growing them next year they sound great!