Individually wrapped, pop-in-your-mouth, scrumpticious spheres of sweetness that taste like a combination of strawberry and mango with a hint of fig newton.
Like their cousins the tomatillos, these 1/2" to 3/4" fruit are enclosed within a lantern shaped, paper-like husk. As fruits mature, pods will eventually drop to the ground, signally they are fully ripe*.
Super easy to grow, they require very little attention, once established. Throw them in a part of your garden or landscape and forget them until the end of summer.
Very productive as well as self-pollinating, the longer paper husks remain in tact ( this can be in a bowl on your counter), the longer they will last - becoming even sweeter.
* IMPORTANT: ALLOW FRUITS TO DROP NATURALLY TO THE GROUND BEFORE EATING. Ground Cherries are a member of the potato family and just like you don't eat the green part of potatoes (a glycoalkoloid compound called solanine), you should not eat Ground Cherries unless they have fully ripened (this is when they fall off the plant). Unripe fruits will taste bitter and can be harmful if eaten in large quantities.
Sold in a 2.5 inch pot
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