Murphy's Law on seeds

[tam91]

My purple tomatillo plant looks like a tomato plant. The nursery said all of theirs look like that. Does this sound right?

I have a regular tomatillo and a purple one planted together - I hope that works for pollination.

[Lcottomsvcs]

My purple plants look just like my green tomatillo, not like a tomato. Are the still very young? They look very different as they grow older.

[tam91]

No, they're not that young. They definitely don't look like a regular tomatillo. The nursery said they are just "purple tomatillo", seeds came from TGS. They don't know anything about them, but they said all of them look like that. I am very suspicious.

[Lcottomsvcs]

First tomatillos! When I checked them today many were splitting their husks, so I wound up picking about 30. Now I will be cooking them for the first time. Mine are the purple kind. Yum!

Lora

[volare71]

Similar to saving tomato seed? Do they need to rot in jar?

[bitterwort]

I don't know the "right" way to save tomatillo seed, but I never ferment them in a jar. Instead, I roughly grate the flesh to set the seeds free and then swirl them in a jar of water to float off the flesh and discard it, repeating this several times. Then I spread the seed out on a paper plate to dry. Seems to work fine for me.

[hl2601]

I agree with @bitterroot. I have actually even put a tomatillo in a blender then strained the liquid and pulp out. Rinse the remaining seeds in the sieve-they are so tiny. Then I put them en masse onto a coffee filter and let dry in the laundry room. Easy peasy!