Cant wait?

[FILMNET]

May 24th here in the Northeast to plant outside, these are last years cherries, this year, Sungold, Black Cherry, Snow White,Jaune Flame, Casino Chips, Yellow Pear, maybe Red pear. And Currants, Sarah Galapagos Cherry, Hawaiian, Aunt Molly, Pineapple,Red Currants

Pretty photo filmnet!

For me this year, Black Cherry, Sungold, Jaune Flamme, and Juliet for the daughter (she loves Juliet and I can't understand why). I'm also growing the Pineapple, but it isn't a cherry. I hope mine are as attractive as yours.

Ted

[Irv Wiseguy]

We're only growing 3 cherry varieties this year; Baxter's Bush Cherry, Riesentraube and Fond Red Mini. Yesterday some of the FRM flowers opened up while the others are still just flower buds.

Our plans for next year's cherries so far include Ghost Cherry and Sungold F1, although I'm sure more will be added this Winter when the 2012 garden plans are finalized.

Great picture, Filmnet. Makes me hungry just looking at it!

Thanks

Irv

[chalstonsc]

Filmnet,
I hear you....planted out about then when I was in NJ....ate my first Sungold two days ago....hang in there, they're worth the wait !

[reubenT]

lets see if i can remember the little ones i have; red and yellow pear, red pink and yellow grape, suncherry, sunsugar, saras galipagos, yellow current, black cherry, galanas, I think that was all. Then black pear, jersey devil, pink saladette, for medium sized, the rest of the 53 varieties are slicers.

[lurley]

Filmnet,
The aunt molly I sent you are not currant tomatoes, they are ground cherries. I did also send you red currant and yellow currant tomato seeds but the aunt molly are ground cherries. They are delicious but they are not tomatoes, closer to tomatillos, but small and very sweet when ripe.

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Originally Posted by lurley

Filmnet,
The aunt molly I sent you are not currant tomatoes, they are ground cherries. I did also send you red currant and yellow currant tomato seeds but the aunt molly are ground cherries. They are delicious but they are not tomatoes, closer to tomatillos, but small and very sweet when ripe.

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Do you plant ground cherry seeds and transfer the seedlings in the same manner as tomatoes or tomatillos?

I understand they are more of a bushy, sprawling plant. How well do they perform in containers? Can they be staked or caged?

Ted

[lurley]

Yes I start them and plant them out just like my tomatoes. They are much shorter and bushier than tomatillos. Mine never got tall enough to need caged or staked last year (maybe because dh weed whacked them at the middle of the summer, have I told you how "helpful" he is?) But they were still similar in size to those I grew year before last. Maybe a foot and a half high and a foot wide? I don't know of any reason why you couldn't grow them in containers. With your large earthtainers i'd plant at least 4-6 plants in each or one per 10 in clay pot. I'm zone 5, they may get larger with an extended growing season. Oh, and don't eat them unripe. I was told when they are unripe they contain a toxin that they don't when they are ripe, that could give you a stomach ache or worse if you eat enough of them. I wait till they fall off or until they are easily knocked off, that's when they are ripe. My border collie tries to get to them before I do, never had a dog like fruit before.

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[FILMNET]

Hi Lurley, My 3 plants of Aunt Molly's are PL as you see here, correct i hope?

[salix]

Ted, they do very well in containers. In fact, I prefer to grow mine in a five gallon pot in the driveway- they stay cleaner falling onto the concrete, and you don't have thousands of "volunteers" the following year!

[lurley]

Yep. Just like these. Some look "potato" leaf but then get serrations on the leaves.

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Originally Posted by salix

Ted, they do very well in containers. In fact, I prefer to grow mine in a five gallon pot in the driveway- they stay cleaner falling onto the concrete, and you don't have thousands of "volunteers" the following year!

I am totally ignorant about ground cherries. Are there many varieties and colors? Is the Aunt Molly one of the better varieties? Do they perform well in the hotter southern climates, or do they prefer the cooler climates of the north? Are they annuals or perennials? Are they susceptible to many diseases? Would they be the favorite menu item for insects in a garden? Are they usually simply eaten as fresh fruit or do people make pies or jellies and jams from them? If I am asking to many questions, I can start a new thread about ground cherries.

Ted

[FILMNET]

great looking plants with a lot of leaves, mine do not have many leaves. and nice babys

[lurley]

Ted,
I can't answer about in the south. Here in zone 5 they are annuals and self sow readily. Aunt molly and pineapple tomatillo are two varieties I have grown and I can't tell the difference. They were both the same color. The only insects that bothered them were the same that went after the tomatillos and eggplants, flea beetles.
Filmnet,
Those are the border collie x Australian blue heeler puppies I need to find good homes for in two weeks. They are so adorable but I already have three dogs.
Ted,
Forgot to add, I've never had any disease problem with them here, and you can eat them straight up or they make excellent pies and preserves.
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[lurley]

Forgot to add. I have never had any disease problem with them and they make excellent pies and preserves and can also be enjoyed straight up off the plant.

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