Fruiting vegetables · warm season
Tomatillo
Physalis philadelphica
Husk tomatoes for salsa verde. Plant at least two—they need a partner to set fruit.
- When to plant in Ohio
- Start indoors late March; transplant mid-May
- Harvest window
- August through frost
- Days to maturity
- 70–80
- Spacing
- 30–36 in.; cage like a tomato
- Light
- Full sun
How to grow it
Grow like a rangy tomato. Fruit is ready when the husk splits and the berry fills it. They self-sow in Ohio if you leave a few on the ground, but start fresh seed for a clean stand.
Related fruiting vegetables
Bell pepper 65–85 green; 80–100 colored
Jalapeño 70–80
Banana pepper 65–75
Eggplant 65–80 from transplant