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'Toma Verde' Tomatillos
 
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Description: Large, flat-rounded, 2- to 3 1/2-inch, green fruit. Non-pithy when ripe. Indeterminate plants.
Days To Maturity: 60-79
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Overall: (4.2 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.9 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.8 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.4 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 08/12/2017 by tdoty - An experienced gardener

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Clinton, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

I got my seed at Tomato Growers Supply. Germination was better than 90 percent. The plants grow easily with no damping off issues. If starting inside, provide strong light to keep them from getting leggy. The production is always great. Grow them like indeterminate tomatoes. Each plant will produce about 10 pounds of fruit, even in our far north climate. Harvest is usually the night before a frost. If we had a longer season, production would easily be 20 pounds or more. The fruit will keep in a cool garage for at least a month if left in the husk and given good air circulation. The only pest problems have been earwigs and some type of worm that tunnels into the fruit. Even with that, it is usually just a matter of trimming away the damaged part. The remainder is undamaged. The flavor is excellent.
 

Reviewed on 08/25/2011 by Ferdzy - An intermediate gardener

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Ontario, Canada
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Tomatillos are basically a weed. They are big, bushy plants and generally produce buckets of fruit. They are not fussy about soil or water. When you clean up in the fall, do your best to collect all the fallen fruit - all the seeds will germinate next year. The one time I failed in growing tomatillos I had mild mottle virus in the peppers. The leaves of the tomatillos did not twist like the peppers, but they just sat there and did nothing much. Since they are related plants, I believe the tomatillos had the virus too.
 

Reviewed on 11/27/2009 by Luffa Zar - An experienced gardener

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Dane, Wisconsin, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

The challenge with these were keeping the sparling vine and fruit manageble. I allow the vine to set multiple tap roots and thined out the fruit that was inch. from or on the ground.
 
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Reviewed on 08/22/2009 by Collards - An intermediate gardener

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Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Only downside to this plant was its growth habit - tried to tie it, resulting in the plant splitting. However, the branches rooted easily and even ripened the juvenile tomatillos already on the stems. Great tart taste in relishes. I had read that it was not a self-pollinator, but mine did.
 

Reviewed on 11/20/2006 by Nancy Strasser - An experienced gardener

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Pulaski, Virginia, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

In years when I grew 1-3 plants, I have harvested very few sizable fruits. In the year that I grew 5 plants, I harvested buckets of sizable fruits. Apparently, with tomatillos, you get either a few fruit or a gazillion ... nothing in between. Too bad, because the plants take up lots of room in the garden. Pestfree. Required staking.
 

Reviewed on 09/05/2006 by zoebisch01 - An intermediate gardener

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Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Prolific plants that set sweet delicious, great keeping fruits about twice the size of golf balls. These are utterly fantastic for fresh and cooked salsas. You MUST plant more than 1 Tomatillo as they are not self fertile! I planted four and got more than I bargained for! Every day they (the four combined) drop (yeah the fruit just drops when it is perfectly ripe) about 8-10 fruits. This has gone from the end of July, and appears it will continue until frost. You just leave them out on the counter (out of the sun) and they'll keep over a week easily. These taste so sweet (I dried some and they taste kind of like apples)! I would have preferred a slightly more acidic bite, but considering how well they did that is a minor issue.
 

Reviewed on 12/28/2005 by Miss_Mudcat - An intermediate gardener

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Indiana, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

VERY VERY PROLIFIC! WARNING; don't plant these in a bed with anything that you don't want smothered! Hope you like Tomatillos! They produce and produce and keep on producing. They do make a wonderful salsa. My 3-year-old's new favorite!
 

Reviewed on 10/26/2004 by russell - An experienced gardener

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Ontario, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Easy plant to grow, very productive with a bland tasting fruit but it makes a great salsa.
 




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