Cloning Tomatillo Cuttings

atomic626 · February 26, 2011

Just curious if any of you ever taken Tomatillo cuttings successfully?
Also is it true you need more than 1 plant for it to produce fruit?
And if that is true, would a cutting work?

Thanks.

newatthiskat · February 26, 2011

From experience it does take 2. I had only one in my garden once and the only thing it produced all season long was one tomatillo. I think it pollinated at the nursery. The crazy thing was when I went back and told the nursery owner that I needed 2 he stated he did not know that..Hmmm.
I do not know about taking cuttings. Have not tried it before. I am sure others will know better

Kat

atomic626 · February 26, 2011

Yea, I find it interesting to say the least being they are so closely related to tomatoes

delito8 · February 27, 2011

Last summer we had only one tomatillo and we still got quite many fruits. So maybe it can pollinate itself

franzb69 · February 27, 2011

should be able to pollinate itself since the flowers have both male and female parts in one flower.

atomic626 · February 27, 2011

Awesome. Thanks for the response. Have any of you ever taken cuttings from tomatillo?

LindaI · May 28, 2011

The following site says that tomatillos can indeed be propagated using stem cuttings of established plants.

http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/tomatillo.htm

casserole · June 10, 2011

Tomatillo can not pollinate themselves

February 26, 2011	#1
atomic626 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: California Posts: 9	Cloning Tomatillo Cuttings Just curious if any of you ever taken Tomatillo cuttings successfully? Also is it true you need more than 1 plant for it to produce fruit? And if that is true, would a cutting work? Thanks.

February 26, 2011	#2
newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	Reply From experience it does take 2. I had only one in my garden once and the only thing it produced all season long was one tomatillo. I think it pollinated at the nursery. The crazy thing was when I went back and told the nursery owner that I needed 2 he stated he did not know that..Hmmm. I do not know about taking cuttings. Have not tried it before. I am sure others will know better Kat

February 26, 2011	#3
atomic626 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: California Posts: 9	Interesting Yea, I find it interesting to say the least being they are so closely related to tomatoes

May 28, 2011	#7
LindaI Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Tybee Island GA Posts: 1	Stem cuttings The following site says that tomatillos can indeed be propagated using stem cuttings of established plants. http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/tomatillo.htm

February 27, 2011	#4
delito8 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Finland Posts: 21	Last summer we had only one tomatillo and we still got quite many fruits. So maybe it can pollinate itself

February 27, 2011	#5
franzb69 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Philippines Posts: 210	should be able to pollinate itself since the flowers have both male and female parts in one flower.

June 10, 2011	#8
casserole Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dousman, WI Z5 Posts: 95	Tomatillo can not pollinate themselves