Big healthy seedlings went into the ground in the spring ... and people tend to evoke a more familiar one. Husk cherries suggest pineapple to some. My husband tasted “apricot with floral ...

Fortunately, starting ground cherries from seed isn't a terribly difficult process ... Once a ground cherry is fully ripe, ...

They go from seedling to dropping fruit in under 80 days, an indication that the cherries are ripe and ready to eat. At that point, the husks should be dry and the fruit yellow-orange. It was two ...

husk tomato or strawberry tomato. Ground cherries are completely unrelated to the cherries that grow on trees. Ground cherries grow in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions worldwide.

Be aware that husk cherries are slow to germinate — it can take two weeks or longer. Keep soil moist until seedlings emerge. Once leaves develop, transplant the seedlings into pots. After the ...

They would have a papery husk to better protect it from insects ... ground cherries in a salad but not on their own. Seed packets for ground cherries are available online from Seed Savers Exchange ...