April 22, 2018 | #106 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b
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The first time I grew them was an 'Aunt Mary's' two years ago. Last year I did a 'Pineapple' but didn't see any real difference in plant habit or berry flavor. They do well in buckets or in the ground. Give them lateral elbow room. I think I used a 7 gallon for this one. This was Pineapple last May and it didn't get a lot taller but it sure got a whole lot wider. Had to put some cardboard under it to keep the cherries from falling through the pallet slats! In '16 I tried to find ground cherry recipes but they were few and far between. Found a few jam recipes so I made a few half pints of that. Very tasty stuff but as the jam cooled a thick layer of seeds floated to the top. You can scrape them off when the jar is opened. Last summer I wanted to play with the recipe and somehow try filtering out the very tiny seeds to make jelly, not jam but I never got a round to it. Since then I've read that ground cherries are so thick with natural pectin that you don't need to use any Sure-Jel or equivalent. Since I did add some in that first batch, this explains why it was so very, ummm, *thick* bordering on rubbery! No more pectin. |
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April 23, 2018 | #107 |
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
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Great color!
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May 18, 2018 | #108 |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Finland, EU
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Looks so good! I would gladly eat the seedy portion
I had to look up the word 'ganache'... one learns something new every day.. I have dipped them in melted dark chocolate, so yummy. Thankfully we can buy them here in a local supermarket.. No ground cherries plants (or any other Physalis) for me this year - no space anywhere... and the aphid /thrips invasion was horrible every time. |
May 19, 2018 | #109 |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b
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Shame on me! I have six plants (3 Aunt Mary and 3 Pineapple) STILL in the six pack and getting leggy. I've gotta get them in the ground.... once I figure out where. It's been perfect transplant weather! ...hanging head in shame....
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May 27, 2020 | #110 | |
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
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I may start some purple tomatillos. I have plenty of room and probably plenty of time for a later crop of them. I liked them a lot but when I grew them before we were in AZ and it got too hot that year before I got many fruits. |
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