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Old May 5, 2009   #15
Wi-sunflower
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Location: Wisconsin
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Hi,

Your plants MAY be tomatillos, but it's a bit hard to tell as they are still a bit small. They do look rather different than most tomatillos I've grown. Mainly the leaf edges are too smooth, no notches. Also the red on the stem is a bit odd and makes them look rather like pigweed to me.

I'm posting a few pics I just took of tomatillos in my greenhouse.

Pic 1 is of a flat of tomatillos. there is 1 weed in the pic, the second plant from the right with the dark stem. It was pulled right after the pic was taken.

Pic 2 is of a larger plant in a 1 gallon pot.

Pic 3 is the same plant from the back to show a close up of the flowers. I tried to get closer but I couldn't get my camera to focus any closer.

Anyway, you can compare your plants to my pics and decide yourself if you have tomatillos.

Carol
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