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Old June 1, 2016   #16
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Ground cherries are tasty, but in my experience they do better in the ground - I have some in pots this year and they are not happy - they are much smaller plants and less productive than those grown in the ground.
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Old June 2, 2016   #17
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Did you taste that Fuchsia berry, Elizabeth? I wonder whic cultivar that was.
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Old June 6, 2016   #18
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Thanks for all the suggestions ! I ultimately decided on growing wonderberries, jaltomato, tomatillos and dwarf tamarillos.
I'll probably try a few others such as morelle de balbis next year !
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Old June 8, 2016   #19
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Elizabeth...huh! Never heard of eating fuchsia. I'll have to watch my plants. They don't overwinter here in So Oregon so I have mine in pots. I am growing varieties of honeyberry called haskap being developed by a professor emeritus from Oregon St. University. They are a bush type similar in habit to blueberries that originate in Japan.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzx...1&hl=en&pli=1#
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Old June 8, 2016   #20
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You can get a great, months-long harvest of ground cherries in a 3-10 gallon container. I have grown:

Ground Cherry
Cape Gooseberry
Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry
Cossack Pineapple Ground Cherry
Pineapple Tomatillo

And a few others I can't recall, all in containers. Pineapple tomatillo is the best by far IMO. Sweetest of the bunch. Some of the above are not that great eaten out of hand
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That pineapple tomatillo sounds VERY interesting!
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Old June 8, 2016   #22
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It's one I grow every year, I keep trying varieties that produce larger fruit, but it seems like the larger ones aren't as sweet. I bought mine from Lake Valley in 2009, still growing it this year. Don't believe the 12-18" tall claim, vines can easily reach 10' and need support. If I had to estimate, I would say 10 ground cherries per gallon is a good rule of thumb.

I purchased two dwarf "Top Hat" blueberry plants this year, which grow to be compact and should do well in containers. I doubt I will get any blueberries this year as the plants are still small, even though they have a few flowers. I believe these are tissue culture plants. The ones I got are very healthy, and I can hardly wait to take cuttings for more plants.

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