Largest varieties

brokenbar · January 14, 2009

I can about 100 quarts of Salsa Verde every year. Normal tomatillos are so small, it takes a heap to make a big batch of salsa. I can recommend "Maje" & "Burgess Giant". Both produce baseball sized fruit (about 4-5 inches around). They have outstanding flavor. Tomatillos are sprawlers and moving branches to pick fruit often dislodges a large amount of fruit. Wind will also knock them off. I stake my plants to "T" posts that are one foot in the ground and 7 foot above. You do have to be careful when tying them with twine or string because the stems snap easily and are not as tough as those of a tomato plant. I have a special place where I grow them because they get large and wide and due to dropped fruit, they seed all over the place. My family uses salsa verde on everything and I use it for enchilada sauce. I also sell to the local supermarket because we have a large Hispanic population of agriculture workers here.

January 14, 2009	#1
brokenbar Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Of The Border Posts: 1,169	Largest varieties I can about 100 quarts of Salsa Verde every year. Normal tomatillos are so small, it takes a heap to make a big batch of salsa. I can recommend "Maje" & "Burgess Giant". Both produce baseball sized fruit (about 4-5 inches around). They have outstanding flavor. Tomatillos are sprawlers and moving branches to pick fruit often dislodges a large amount of fruit. Wind will also knock them off. I stake my plants to "T" posts that are one foot in the ground and 7 foot above. You do have to be careful when tying them with twine or string because the stems snap easily and are not as tough as those of a tomato plant. I have a special place where I grow them because they get large and wide and due to dropped fruit, they seed all over the place. My family uses salsa verde on everything and I use it for enchilada sauce. I also sell to the local supermarket because we have a large Hispanic population of agriculture workers here.