Showing posts with label tomatillo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tomatillo. Show all posts

Sunday, August 8, 2010

How do you know when to harvest Tomatillo?




The tomatillo or husk-tomato produces a great fruit wrapped in a husk. In the case of the larger-fruited types, when the husk is still green and the fruit has not filled the husk, the fruit is not yet ready to harvest.




If you grow the large-fruited type of tomatillo, they are best harvested when the husk has changed color, and the fruit has broken through and turned yellow-green. I have been told tomatillo are best used before the seeds are well developed.


If you have better suggestions on how to determine when to harvest this fruit leave a comment.