Never leave town in August

Slg Garden · August 13, 2015

This is a portion of what I came back to.

I harvested more in the last two days than I did all season last year. Thanks TV!

barefootgardener · August 13, 2015

Well it was certainly worth coming back to. What lovely pickings!!

Ginny

ginger2778 · August 13, 2015

Wowzers!

AdrianaG · August 13, 2015

Beautiful!

Father'sDaughter · August 13, 2015

Nice haul! I wish I had the room to grow tomatillos.

Slg Garden · August 14, 2015

Tomatillos are so much easier to grow than tomatoes but they definitely get big. Next year I'm only planting 2-3 plants. Five was way too many.

Dewayne mater · August 14, 2015

Fabulous! Can't imagine an August harvest anything like that. So, do tomatillos like the same treatment as tomatoes for the most part? May have to try one next year. They make an astounding sauce for chicken enchiladas!

Dewayne Mater

**Lee** · August 14, 2015

Great haul! If I left town in July, I'd come home to a bunch of worm eaten, bird pecked fruit on my plants!

Slg Garden · August 14, 2015

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Originally Posted by Dewayne mater

Fabulous! Can't imagine an August harvest anything like that. So, do tomatillos like the same treatment as tomatoes for the most part? May have to try one next year. They make an astounding sauce for chicken enchiladas!

Dewayne Mater

But we don't usually harvest many tomatoes before mid-late July, if then. This year has been an exception with hot and dry weather. Yes, tomatillos get the same treatment as tomatoes without the disease issues, so no spraying is usually needed. I plant them and stake/cage in the same way as an indeterminate tomato. My understanding is that you need two plants for pollination purposes. They grow really quickly, so start them a couple of weeks after you start your tomato seeds. I've never saved seeds and am a little intimidated by the process, otherwise I'd send you some.

There are a lot of things you can do with them. I recently put some on the smoker and then used them in my Roasted Tomatillo Salsa recipe. It was really, really good. Next time I'll beware of the potential fireball that singed the front of my hair and eyelashes.

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Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,188	Great haul! If I left town in July, I'd come home to a bunch of worm eaten, bird pecked fruit on my plants! __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

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barefootgardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Zone 4b Posts: 1,291	Well it was certainly worth coming back to. What lovely pickings!! Ginny

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ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Wowzers!

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AdrianaG Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Georgia Posts: 153	Beautiful!

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Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Nice haul! I wish I had the room to grow tomatillos.

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Slg Garden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Seattle area Posts: 76	Tomatillos are so much easier to grow than tomatoes but they definitely get big. Next year I'm only planting 2-3 plants. Five was way too many.

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Dewayne mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 1,212	Fabulous! Can't imagine an August harvest anything like that. So, do tomatillos like the same treatment as tomatoes for the most part? May have to try one next year. They make an astounding sauce for chicken enchiladas! Dewayne Mater