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Ground Cherry (Abenaquis Hardwick)
Love in a cage, small berries with a tropical taste reminiscent of tangerines and honey. The plant is very productive. Harvest when the cherries are on the ground. Keeps for months on the counter.
Technical sheet
Latin name Physalis pruinosa Type Fruit place of culture Garden / Bin Growth Type Annual Exposure Sun Height 12''-24'' Spacing
50 cm / row 100 cm Germination 5-15 days Sowing 6 weeks before last frost Harvest 65 days after transplant to the garden Successful sowing
You can start sowing from late February to mid-March. For successful sowing you definitely need heat. In fact, Solanaceae seeds (tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, peppers, ground cherries) will only germinate at a minimum temperature of 20°C day and night. Fill your buckets of sowing compost, insert the seeds a few mm deep then cover with compost. Water your buckets well without the soil being soggy either. Place your cups under light and at a temperature of 20°C.
When the shoots have released their first two leaves, they are transplanted into individual pots and always kept warm.
Plant
When frosts are no longer to be feared, transplanting is possible by June (when the plants have reached 12 to 15 cm) keeping a spacing of 1 m between the rows - 0.5 m between the plants. Plant the seedlings in an open, bright and airy place. The soil must be amended but reasonably, homemade compost buried in the spring will be ideal.
