[ContainerTed]

As some folks have noted above, you need more than one plant. I tend to have my plants now in 3's. I let a few seeds germinate and then thin them out to three seedlings of approx. the same size. Last year, as an example, I got about two gallons of fruit from each of two five gallon buckets.

The real benefit from having more than one in the container or garden spot is that the stems of the tomatillo plants are usually somewhat fragil and will break with little effort. The multiple stems tend to help support each other. I get some fierce wind here from the mountain ridge to the northwest of me. Like right now, a small cell of rain is passing thru and my gauge is showing 42 MPH wind gusts with 28 MPH or so steady. Don't forget to provide plenty of support for those delicate stems.