Organic Purple Tomatillo

Youll be ready for salsa season with a bounty of these bright purple tomatillos. Sweet, tangy, and bursting with summertime flavor, these round, husk-wrapped beauties are especially delicious roasted or grilled. Prolific and pretty in your garden! 30 Seeds Minimum Germination: 6-10 days Maturity: 70-75 days Start indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost. Plant 1/4\” deep in seed starting mix. Requires soil temperatures of 75-85F to germinate. Heating mat is recommended. Keep moist. Harden off and transplant in full sun when all danger of frost has passed. Bury deep, planting the entire stem leaving only top leaves above ground. Space plants 24 apart; space rows 24-36 apart.

The Physalis ixocarpa Purple tomatillo is a fascinating organic annual that brings an exotic touch, color, and unparalleled abundance to the vegetable garden. With its purple fruits encased in papery husks, it immediately catches the eye and transforms harvesting into a true visual and gustatory discovery. In the garden, its vigorous, bushy habit allows it to produce abundantly throughout the growing season, especially when at least two plants are grown to ensure good cross-pollination. Its tangy, fresh, and intensely fruity flavor makes it a choice ingredient for sun-drenched cuisines, where it reveals its full richness in salsas, sauces, and Mexican-inspired dishes. Easy to grow in full sun in well-drained soil, it quickly rewards the gardener with original and abundant fruiting. Its discreet flowering also attracts pollinators, contributing to the ecological dynamism of the vegetable garden. We particularly enjoy harvesting its ripe fruits, still encased in their calyx, like small colorful treasures ready to enhance late-summer recipes. Both decorative, productive, and deliciously unique, Purple is a tomatillo of great interest for curious and gourmet gardeners.