Q: My tomatillos are prolific this year and doing well. However, I have a handful where the husks have retracted up above the fruit. The husks are moist and firm. The fruit looks fine.

After picking tomatillos, you can store the fruits still inside their husks in a paper bag in your refrigerator for 2 to 3 weeks. Alternatively, husk, wash, and freeze them as you would berries.

Native to Mexico, tomatillos go by a variety of names, including jamberry, husk tomato and Mexican green tomato. And, like the tomato, the tomatillo belongs to the nightshade family.

You've no doubt seen baskets of tomatillos when perusing the produce aisle at the grocery store. The nearly neon green fruits and the light, papery husks that surround them are not easy to miss.

Tomatillos can also be frozen, so you can enjoy fresh salsa all winter long. Peel the husk and wash off the wax coating before using. No peeling or seeding is necessary.

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It’s easy to recognize tomatillos by their papery husks enfolding the fruit like flower petals. It’s easy to pull off the husks, but the next step requires more attention: You must wash them ...

Tomatillos might look like small, under-ripe tomatoes beneath their paperlike husks, but unwrap them and you will find firm, slightly sticky flesh with a scent similar to freshly picked herbs.

And even though tomatillos are fairly drought tolerant, they will benefit from 1 to 2 inches of water per week. If you decide to plant in containers, you'll probably need to water more frequently.