I accidentally tore a hole in the seed packet, and had "volunteer" pineapple tomatillos growing throughout the garden. It's such a pleasant surprise! The flavor is incredible, the plants fruit abundantly, and they'll keep for a month in their husks.

These tomatillos grow vigorously and fruit abundantly. I allowed them to sprawl, and they certainly grew and fruited non-stop up until a good frost set in. A couple disappointments for me were the small fruit size and the taste. Obviously, taste is subjective, you may really enjoy the fruity buttery flavor, but they were just too different from traditional tomatillos for me and my family. The small size of the fruit means a lot of harvesting and husking to get a decent amount of salsa. However, this plant was a fun experiment and worth the try. They do grow quite well with minimal care required.

Great germination rates and fast growth for pretty much every seed I get! Keep up the good work, Botanical Interests. The best seed company out there.

I'd never eaten a ground cherry, and since I try to grow at least one thing I've never grown before each year, these seemed like something fun to try. I started the seeds inside in March, and it took them fooooreeeeeever to start putting some size on. I really thought they were going to be a failed experiment. Once they finally started growing though, they grew really fast. I planted them in the garden the first week in June, and off they went. The are a pretty plant. The don't get very tall, but they really sprawl out, with cute little yellow flowers. I'm a little impatient when it comes to waiting for food ripen when I'm excited to try it...So I of course pulled the first yellow husk I saw, off the plant. The fruit was still kind of green, and I was not impressed with the flavor. It was a bit sour, a little tomato-y, and kinda green tasting. Bummer. Then I found one that had actually fallen to the ground (like it is supposed to do before you eat it) and the fruit was also a beautiful gold color. Oh man! It was soooo good! It tasted exactly like pineapple with a hint of tomato. I can't wait until more fall off. I see some pineapple ground cherry salsa coming in the near future.

We have a new favorite garden snack, best when you let them FULLY ripen and fall to ground. Too bad they are such a weedy looking plant. Plant them in a sunny area where your neighbors don't have to look at them. I recommend containers or a raised bed. The plants look like a nightshade until they start producing. So be sure to label them if you are planting in ground. No pest issues. Tasty.

They grew well enough once I got a hold of my moisture issue during germination (not enough). They were very prolific and the plants oddly got rather large. I did not eat any of the fruits, as they kept going missing (I suspect rats) and what didn't took forever to ripen. The odd ones I did taste-test were not very good to me and I know they were ripe. These aren't for everyone and they're such prolific reseeders I'll likely be fighting to control these next year come summer.

Wonderfully flavored fruit like berries. Only con about them is that there are a lot of seeds in them, and if you have digestive issues with seeds they might not be for you. But, if you turn them into jelly, you won't have to worry about that. They are such a versatile fruit, definitely worth growing.

In the fall I planted three kinds of tomatillos, green, purple and the pineapple ground cherry. None the seeds germinated. I replanted a couple of months later. Spring hits and they are coming up everywhere! I have yet to eat a fully ripe ground cherry but love them anyway! I can't wait to make a cobbler out of them!