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Originally Posted by 333.okh
Okay...so we are still raining in Northern California....a lot! I have three tomatillo plants that made it. One is a yellow, one is a verde and one is a purple.
I know that a tomatillo has to have a neighbor to pollinate, but there should not be any problems between the colors right?
I do not really care if they cross. I just want some tomas this year.
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Right, no problem between the colors. it's not a crossing problem, it's b'c the blossoms of an individual plant are self infertile. Somewhere in this Forum I linked to an excellent article about tomatillo biology, etc.
Edited to add, now that I think about it a microsecond more I assume that purple pollen fertilizing the ovules of a verde plant would give verde fruits, but since I've only grown on variety at a time I can't say for sure.