Biggest Purple Variety Tomatillo?
As stated above, what is the biggest purple variety and where can I get it?
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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... |
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!!!! |
[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. |
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.
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[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! |
[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.) |
Dr. Wyche's is a yellow tomato. It is big, but yellow.
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[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. |
[QUOTE=Salsacharley;407756]Dr. Wyche's is a yellow tomato. It is big, but yellow.[/QUOTE]
Maybe you meant [I]tomatillo[/I]? |
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] |
[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! |
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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