Maybe I should have bought the Yellow Husk variety or the Cape Gooseberry. Or maybe I should have bought my seeds from somewhere else besides Reimer. (They don't have the best reputation...) Did anybody else have good luck with ground cherry this year?
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Disappointing ground cherries
I was so excited to be growing ground cherries this year. How special and exotic! Well, maybe they should stay "exotic", cause I can definitely live without them. At least that's how I feel about the Aunt Molly's ground cherry seeds I bought from Reimer Seeds. The fruit they produced were very small, less than dime-sized and the flavor was just too weird for me. It was sweet mixed with tomatillo flavor, but not in a good way. 
Maybe I should have bought the Yellow Husk variety or the Cape Gooseberry. Or maybe I should have bought my seeds from somewhere else besides Reimer. (They don't have the best reputation...) Did anybody else have good luck with ground cherry this year?
Maybe I should have bought the Yellow Husk variety or the Cape Gooseberry. Or maybe I should have bought my seeds from somewhere else besides Reimer. (They don't have the best reputation...) Did anybody else have good luck with ground cherry this year?
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Never tried them before but I've wanted to. The flavor sounds intriguing.
My grandmother grew ground cherries 65 or so years ago. My understanding has always been that they are not intended for raw eating, but are good cooked or preserved.
Woops, I forgot to say that the size you have is just about "right" for ground cherries.
I don't know. . . different tastes and all. I tasted a gooseberry this year, and the literature major in me was disappointed. I didn't like it!
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