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Cape Gooseberry

NZ $3.95

Description

Husk Tomato / Ground Cherry. The fruit is a juicy little golden ball when ripe, enclosed in a 'Chinese Lantern'. Fruit can be eaten raw or used for old fashioned preserves, and in Mexican recipes requiring Tomatillos. Plants form a rather sprawling bush which benefits from support. Harvest fruit when the calyx or 'Lantern' changes colour to golden brown and acquires a papery texture.

Matures 90 days from transplant.

Read our BLOG on Cape Gooseberry for more information.

SKU 6600

Botanical Name: Physalis edulis

Information

OPTIMUM SOIL TEMP FOR GERMINATION	DAYS TO GERMINATION	DISTANCE APART TO PLANT SEEDLINGS	PREFERRED GROWING PERIOD	WHEN TO SOW	NUMBER OF SEEDS PER PACKET	PREFERRED GROWING METHOD	BEST USE
15-25	14-20	100cm	Tender	1.2.3	100	Transplant	Tree crop

KEY to WHEN TO SOW

1 Early Spring

2 Late Spring &
Early Summer

3 Late Summer &
Early Autumn

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