If you lost all of your tomatillo plants, can you try again? Can you direct seed them into your growing space? Did you start tgem in plug trays?
We started them in plug trays but the growing space that we are limited to in our apartment has very little sunlight. We tried to harden them off and transplant them out into the community garden that we’re a part of but they all died.
Definitely, we will try again in the fall, with all of the seeds that we collected since the first try.
We couldn’t direct sew them in the growing plots because we only visit the gardens once a week. And we didn’t get lucky with cloudy rainy weather to do so.
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Awe, thats frustrating when the plug seedlings dont make it. Im glad you have seed and can grow them again. If I had empty ground, or even a few weeds present, I would try planting a few seeds into the soil. Tomatillo have seeds that can sit on the soil in extreme conditions once they adapt to a garden, and even before they fully adapt. In one community garden we grow in, the tomatillos are yearly volunteers. We have observed purple, green and yellowish fruits grow on their space every time. My suggestion would be to scatter a few seeds onto the ground at your garden spot. There is still time to see them grow and produce fruit. Whats the soil like? Im in Arizona and my soil is mostly sand. I have used compost, old hay, paper shreds and chop and droped weeds to plant under. Maybe try 15 seeds if you can and see what happens.
Thank you for your advice and words of encouragement.
We are actually thinking about sacrificing a portion of our salsa verde tomatillo sauce out into the garden.
The sauce can be mixed in a jar with water and poured out and layered with the straw mulch so we can get some second generation tomatillos.
We can try out this method with these particular seeds because they were small fruited and see if it can be a successful way of planting future tomatillos, and other things too? As we only visit the garden once a week for watering, and I don’t want to waste any good parent seed.
The soil at the two garden is a sandy loam, and stays moist throughout the week with the light straw mulch.
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Yes, thats a good way to reseed. Get some photos as that’s a good technique to share. The seed can sit in dry ground for a few days and sprout when you get a good rain or if you water again. Its not a waste of seed even if conditions arent optimal. Seeds can withstand alot if environmental conditions.