You HAVE TO GROW Peruvian Ground Cherry (aka GOLDENBERRY) | Gardening Tips & Tricks Seed to Harvest
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- Опубликовано: 13 апр 2020
- We came across this tasty little treat in Peru while teaching about seed saving in the Sacred Valley. We fell in love with its unique flavor!
The goldenberry grow and got to over 5 feet tall on our farm! It can be quite ornamental (it looks just like a little tomatillo) and can be used in a food forest, permaculture design, ornamental gardens, and more. It grows especially well in zones 9 and 10, and it's quite pest-resistant!
Wait for the fruit to ripen before eating. You'll see them fall off the plant, and the skin might even stretch. If you manage to not eat them all at once, consider making a jam or dehydrating them!
You might also hear it called the Cape Gooseberry, Inca Berry, Aztec Berry, Pichu Berry, Coqueret of Peru, Pineapple Tomatillo, or other regional names - they're all the delicious Physalis peruviana!
You can start seeds directly into your soil, but we prefer to start them inside and then transplant them.
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Have you tried growing (or eating) this tasty fruit?
Just tried it this year for the first time! SO GOOD! We got ours started in pots now :)
Just ordered mine. Years ago, I grew an Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry in a container, and it grew to be about four feet wide, with very tasty fruit. I'm anxious to try this cultivar! Finally, something that thrives in Zone 10!
Not yet I hope to get the cherries from somewhere and try them!😃
I just got the seeds for these. My husband had a chocolate bar from Ecuador with dried golden berries in it. I can’t wait to get a harvest. These are amazing when they are dehydrated!
My seedlings are still young..i am excited. One berry has hundred seeds!
You're going to love it!
Awesome Video! I love these Little Cherries, and I am so glad we Purchased from San Diego Seed Company!
How did they turn out? Have you planted them yet?
Just in case anyone comes back and watches this video and then reads the comments, I got two varieties of these ground cherries. The Polish Tart and the Peruvian Ground Cherry. Both are sweet and delicious. We love snacking on them when we walk through the garden. The Polish Tart is still very sweet for a nightshade. Think tomato but very sweet. The Peruvian is sweet and has a tropical fruit like taste, like maybe it has additional potassium (like a banana) in it? That particular banana like flavor is also in the Tiny Tim Tomato that they sell at SDSC. And this variety was also very delicious.
Oh yeah, they grew way better than tomatoes in our hot, dry, climate and in sub par soil. Tomatoes didn't get enough nutrients, but these fruits did.
My wild bunny friend ate one of my plants. I sprinkled red pepper on the rest. There were two varieties of seeds in a pack of the Peruvian type I got and I mistakenly weeded some out until I decided to wait and identify the plant. It began producing fruit right away unlike the larger leaved tall variety.
I purchased these last year and grew seedlings late summer and planted in early fall to see if they would grow in my zone 7. They grew about a foot tall then the frost got to them. So now I know they will grow and plan on trying again next year. Can't wait to taste some, look amazing.
That's good to know. You will want to start these seeds indoors about 8 weeks before the last frost, then plant them out when the soil is at least 60 degrees. That way they have LOTS of time to mature before your frost comes.
@@brijetteromstedt4673 My plants look great. Started seeds on March 11th and hope to move outside next week if soil is warm enough. Too bad I can't post a picture.
So now it's July 16th and the plant is getting huge and I can see the flowers growing. Going to grow more as a second crop. I had a few issues with slug but that didn't last long. Can't wait to taste them. I wonder if it will be a perennial on Long Island?
I bought some and planted them in August. My first flower bloomed on friday. I hope i get some cherries before the winter comes!!
Oh! You should make plants on extending your season. They will need a while longer to get those cherries to fully mature. You can use row cover to protect them from frost. If your in an area that get's really cold, you should get heavier row cover. Does that make sense?
@@brijetteromstedt4673 im in zone 10 Socal. If i dont get fruits this year no biggie at least they will be mature and ready to go in the spring. I just wanted to get the plants started since August was the first time in my life my living situation allowed for me to have a garden.
It's not a cherry, it's a tomatilio
@@Zanewv well if you want to be technical about it its not a tomatillo either. It is in the nightshade family which tomatoes, tomatillo and eggplant are part of. Aside from the dozens of native names it has and Peruvian ground cherry it is also called a Cape berry and golden berry, but it is no more a tomatillo then a tomatillo is a tomato.
Cool
They are so tasty!
There is very little information on growing, nutrients, etc on these ground cherries! Can you do an in depth video about these from start to finish! I just bought the pack and they sprouted!!! I would love for information while I’m growing them!!!
We'll add that to the list :)
It's a wild plant that grows everywhere
We love it!
I bought some seeds from you a few months back to plant out this next season. I was wondering if you have any tips on the kind of growing conditions this plant likes. I’m in central California zone 9B we have quite a few days per year that are over 102 degrees. I’m wondering if I should plant these in partial shade. I’m also curious about the type of soil they like and if they have any pruning requirements to perennialize
Great questions! You can plant them in early spring and they will grow happily through the summer and into the fall. If they are really happy (like ours) they will perennialize! We hack ours back with shears because it gets sooo big. They can take full sun. Just water well when it get's that hot. We get over 100 here too!
trying these this year, how much sun do they need? could they do well with a little shade?
You're going to love them! We've just been getting our first fruits over the past week or two. Full sun is best, but ours get some shade (under fruit trees and on the north side of a fence so they mostly get shaded in the winter) and do okay.
I’m in zone 5 Canada…if I start these as seedlings indoors a few weeks before my last frost date, do u think 3 months will be enough once planted outside for them to mature?
Possibly but you won’t get a huge crop of berries.
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany ok, thanks for your reply!
I found mine at Trader Joe’s LOL
I bought these seed from you and they germinated great! The bushes got really big so I'm stoked. I am growing them in containers because of gophers. (Do gophers go for these?) Now it's the beginning of harvest time and a lot of these look fine, but when I pick them up from the ground, there are just seeds in a husk. I'm not sure what is going on. The container they are in is huge and I have gotten several with fruit in the husk, but I would say the majority are "empty". It's kind of like getting coal in your Christmas stocking... pretty on the outside but unpleasant surprise on the inside. (Not that I have ever gotten coal....) Any feedback would really be appreciated. I'm trying to decide about next year....
I haven't had gopher issues with them, but I wouldn't be surprised either.
You may want to check them earlier. You can unwrap the husk a little bit and see if it's yellow while still on the plant.
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany But that's the problem. There's nothing in them but seeds. I have been feeling them gently and there's nothing inside. It's not like a cherry was there and then rotted. There's really no sign of a cherry ever having been there, just seeds, totally dry. The ones that have cherries are delish! But not nearly enough actually have cherries. Should I be fertilizing? (I haven't except for after I planted the seedlings. This is definitely one of my weak areas of gardening that I'm working on...)
@@julimeyers9238 Got it. You can fertilize once a week with fish emulsion.
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany I'm still confused. But a friend was over yesterday and suggested that this might be a pollination issue. Would the flower still form the husk (looking like a fruit) if it wasn't pollinated?
It said you came across them in Peru but did you actually bring seeds from there? I'm curious because there's a variety called cape gooseberry that's the same species but naturalized on the cape of South Africa which is why it's called that, and I'd like seeds for the true Peruvian variety. Also they taste much better if you wash the waxy oil off the fruit before eating it.
I have two varieties... Cape Gooseberry is (physalis peruviana). Try the physalis pruinosa Ground Cherry variety for rapid fruit production.
Can I grow it in zone 3 as annual
As long as it`s warm. Try the physalis pruinosa variety for rapid fruit production and bring the plants inside under lights in winter for fruit all year. Root cuttings to propagate rapidly.
literally just picked one up at Home Depot....
Do I have to plant annually or does it come every year
It will happily reseed!
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany If it reseed in zone 6A do you think that would be a long enough season?
@@ittsacrazyworld you might not get fruit this year season, but you could protect it and overwinter it for next summer
I cannot seem to get my ground cherries to grow... I have tried as starts to transplant and direct sow and I got nothing
They need to remain moist. Try them in starter trays with FINELY shifted soil on top. They are very small seeds.
will they grow in zone 8b
Yes, no problem. I`m in lower 8b/9a region and my two varieties are thriving. Try the physalis pruinosa variety for rapid fruit production and bring the plants inside under lights in winter for fruit all year. Root cuttings to propagate rapidly.
I struggle to get the seeds of our ground cherries and gooseberries to germinate. Any suggestions
When are you harvesting the fruits? The seeds need to mature fully. If you're trying to get more plants, though, these grow really easily from cuttings too, plus that gives you a head start on your next plant.
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany All I have is a seed packet
I tried something similar today at a swap meet but it had huge seeds like a regular cherry. It looked just like a bing cherry but was yellow. It tasted like a combination of mostly pineapple with a hint of banana.
Ooo yum! That sounds delicious
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany Do you have any idea what it might be ? Or called ? It looks exactly like the fruit in this video. The seller said it was grown in Nayarit Mexico. One big seed like a cherry.
I india that ground cherries were grow themselves in villages but we think they are waste plants and we didn't harvest them
Wow! That's really interesting. I would love them to grow all over.
Are they the strawberry colored ones? Those are inedible anyway- poisonous Chinese lantern plants. Make good dried decorations though.
You didn't say anything about making salsa and you're in San Diego.😑
We haven't tried that! We tend to eat them right away :) Do you have a recipe you can share?
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany I tried mine with a big of jalapeños, some salt and pepper, a little water, you blend it all up and it's sooooo good. Great on fish or chicken tacos!
Won’t find it at a big box store???
I found a gorgeous four footer with roughly two dozen or more berries already going at Home Depot 😂😂😂
Credibility ruined, right from the beginning 😂😝
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FYI: this video is from 2020, and Home Depot starting carrying these at select stores in 2022. Credibility ruined.
The fruit, seeds & plants are rare in the USA and are only recently becoming more popular as people cannot afford food anymore and are learning gardening. I have never seen these things or the seeds for sale until I saw a video while researching great plants for berry production then hunted for an online seller. And I`ve been growing food since the 1960s.