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MuddyBuckets · February 20, 2016

Last season I planted 3 spindly tomatillo seedlings from the nursery and they grew to about 8 feet on a trellis with multiple branches bearing fruit. The interesting thing was one of the main branches was laying in a full birdbath full of water and ended up with massive roots in the birdbath water! It was extremely productive but wuite unsightly. Probably could have severed the plant stem below the birdbath roots and replanted.

This season I will intentionally drape a tomatillo stem into a bucket of water, keep it full and see how productive it is as an experiment.

February 20, 2016	#3
MuddyBuckets Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Eastern/Coastal NC 8b Posts: 192	Rooting Tomatillos Last season I planted 3 spindly tomatillo seedlings from the nursery and they grew to about 8 feet on a trellis with multiple branches bearing fruit. The interesting thing was one of the main branches was laying in a full birdbath full of water and ended up with massive roots in the birdbath water! It was extremely productive but wuite unsightly. Probably could have severed the plant stem below the birdbath roots and replanted. This season I will intentionally drape a tomatillo stem into a bucket of water, keep it full and see how productive it is as an experiment.