Physalis pruinosa (Aunt Molly Ground Cherry)
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?Molly 20 April 2009 Physalis pruinosa (Aunt Molly Ground Cherry)
This plant grows close to the ground and spreads in about a four foot diameter with many branches. The fruit always fall off when ripe and is rather difficult to collect under the many branches. I place landscaping material under the plants for ease of collection, and to keep the fruit from falling into the soil. Physalis pruinosa is most prolific and the fruit is delicious cooked or raw. One plant will produce about a half a bushel of fruit under ideal conditions. No insects attack my plants-touch wood.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?PhysalisP 14 May 2009 Physalis pruinosa.
Three plants were placed in the outdoor garden. An old tarp which usually covers pools was placed under the plants to catch the ripe fruit when it falls off the branches. Rain water seeps through this type of tarp, and the fruit is kept free of earth, and pickling is simply scooping the fruit up.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?AMolly 26 June 2009 Physalis pruinosa (Aunt Molly Ground Cherry)
Fruit is forming and the three plants are thriving.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?XPRZT 16 August 2009 Aunt Molly Ground Cherry (Physalis pruinosa)
First fruit of the season picked. The fruit must be a bright yellow with minimum green showing for the best flavor, also if slightly green the fruit has an unpleasant taste. I eat them raw and about 20 makes a fine snack. Cooked they are most delicious, and they make a fine pie almost peach in taste. There are three plants in the patch, and they spread extensively.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?TLTVG 1 September 2009 Aunt Molly Ground Cherry ((Physalis pruinosa) Harvesting
This fruit drops off the plant under the lush vegetation. Vegetation is propped up with a stake and the fruit is picked off the ground. The fruit has been slow ripening due to cold weather. There is always numerous unripe fruit, when frost ends the season.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?HHVTD Summary 2009: Physalis pruinosa
posted by Durgan @ 4:13 PM
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2 Comments:
Hi!
I have a physalis here in Vancouver. Do you know if the fruit will ripen on the counter, like tomatoes will? I'd hate to lose all the fruits on there to the encroaching cold.
thanks.
Fruit does not ripen off the vine. I tried two years ago and no go. This year both the Physalis pruinosa and Physalis peruviana grew poorly due to cold weather. The Physalis peruviana had numerous, good sized fruit, and I pulled the plant yesterday, since it had been frozen twice last week.
I will only grow the Physalis peruviana next year, since the plant is tall, upright and the fruit generally stays on the branches, which makes picking easy. It is very slow growing though, so I will start it indoors about the end of February for late May planting.
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