I’m not sure I can distinguish between the different names and species. For the moment I just treat what I grow as Physalis and then keep what I like. It would help me to get some ideas of what I am growing.
I’ve grown the genus since 2022 and saved seed every year from two different locations - the first with lots of nutrients, watering and the benefit of urban heat, the second outside the city with poor nutrients and faster draining soil. Here are some from season 2023
Here are some from season 2024
Harvested green mid september
Harvested all fruits before frost and left them to mature inside. This picture is from mid february where only the best are still intact:
Season 2025 was first at new location and I had very little fruit from Physalis - from observation I believe soil conditions. From hundreds of plants, some gave fruit. I then kept those in storage again and only about 20 fruits still had flesh in february. Of those, about 10 of them were the most fleshy.
One plant had managed to self-sow from a small test-planting at that location. And then grew the whole season without any irrigation, set fruit and then also kept until february. I saved that fruit individually.
