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ChristinaJo April 25, 2014 06:57 PM

Biggest Purple Variety Tomatillo?
 
As stated above, what is the biggest purple variety and where can I get it?

Thanks

brokenbar April 25, 2014 09:35 PM

Baker Creek [URL="http://www.rareseeds.com"]http://www.rareseeds.com [/URL]

Well, now I feel stupid because they are not offering it this year. I have no Idea who else may have the large ones. I grow this tomatillo and it is really large. I have no extra seed here in Mexico because I planted all of mine...

ChristinaJo April 26, 2014 05:54 PM

LOL! That's o.k. I ordered some from Southern Seed Exposure. They had several I had never heard of before. Ordered the Everona, Cisineros,Purple, and Dr. Wyche's.

Should keep me VERY busy:D

It's hard to be patient for everything to fruit! I guess I will make sure my propane tanks are ready. I plan to grill up major feast this summer!!!!

Zeedman April 27, 2014 03:26 PM

[QUOTE=ChristinaJo;407436]LOL! That's o.k. I ordered some from Southern Seed Exposure. They had several I had never heard of before. Ordered the Everona, Cisineros,Purple, and Dr. Wyche's.[/QUOTE]
I am growing "John Wyche", which I got from SSE via the Yearbook... probably the same variety? The seedlings are [U]very[/U] fast growing, they were planted at the same time as my tomatoes & eggplant, and have outpaced all of them. Next year I will start tomatillos a week later than everything else.

tam91 April 27, 2014 05:39 PM

Which one are you talking about Brokenbar? There are two on that rareseeds website, the larger (Coban or something) is available, says one inch in diameter.

brokenbar April 27, 2014 11:09 PM

[QUOTE=Zeedman;407600]I am growing "John Wyche", which I got from SSE via the Yearbook... probably the same variety? The seedlings are [U]very[/U] fast growing, they were planted at the same time as my tomatoes & eggplant, and have outpaced all of them. Next year I will start tomatillos a week later than everything else.[/QUOTE]
Make it two weeks! Dang things are like a tomato on crack! Nothing I have ever grown grows as fast as tomatillo's. They are RUDE!

brokenbar April 27, 2014 11:13 PM

[QUOTE=tam91;407619]Which one are you talking about Brokenbar? There are two on that rareseeds website, the larger (Coban or something) is available, says one inch in diameter.[/QUOTE]
The ones I got from Baker Creek were named "Large Purple". I get some that are nearly 4" around but most average 3". Bigger than any others I have grown and much sweeter than regular ripe tomatillos. I make "Salsa Violetta" with mine. A hot/sweet chunky sauce (recipe posted on this forum.)

Salsacharley April 28, 2014 09:48 AM

Dr. Wyche's is a yellow tomato. It is big, but yellow.

RayR April 28, 2014 10:55 AM

[QUOTE=brokenbar;407665]Make it two weeks! Dang things are like a tomato on crack! Nothing I have ever grown grows as fast as tomatillo's. They are RUDE![/QUOTE]

I've got the purple variety Remy sells at the Sample Seed Shop, man these things grow fast! I've never grown them before.

Zeedman April 28, 2014 04:33 PM

[QUOTE=Salsacharley;407756]Dr. Wyche's is a yellow tomato. It is big, but yellow.[/QUOTE]

Maybe you meant [I]tomatillo[/I]?

Salsacharley April 29, 2014 09:22 AM

Duh....My Bad. I missed the "ill" in tomatillo in this thread.

I grew Dr. Wyche's Yellow Beefsteak tomato last year and I automatically reacted to the fact that it isn't purple. Sorry tomatillo folks.

I have very little knowledge of tomatillos. I only have 2 varieties. I've never heard of a Dr. Wyche's yellow tomatillo until I just googled it. Amazing that there is a Dr. Wyches tomatillo and tomato.

OK, now back to the purple issue (of which I have no knowledge either). :dizzy:

[QUOTE=Zeedman;407888]Maybe you meant [I]tomatillo[/I]?[/QUOTE]

ChristinaJo April 29, 2014 09:24 AM

[QUOTE=Zeedman;407888]Maybe you meant [I]tomatillo[/I]?[/QUOTE]

They had it in the Tomatillo section, so I am assuming there is a tomatillo and a tomato named the same thing....

If not, surprise for me!

Ken B June 12, 2014 05:49 PM

Not a *big* tomatillo -- but the folks at Adaptive Seeds are working at breeding a medium-size purple tomatillo with good keeping qualities -- [URL]http://adaptiveseeds.com/content/tomatillo-purple-keepers-modern-landrace[/URL]


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