Physalis pruinosa (Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry)

http://xrl.us/okz7q 18 March 2008 Physalis pruinosa (Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry)
The Aunt Molly Ground Cherry (Physalis pruinosa) (3 plants) were grown in 2007 with excellent results. This year I will plant four plants. Pictures will be posted as it progresses. The germination time was 12 days, using the enclosed pot method.

http://www.botany.com/physalis.html Detailed information about the cultivar.

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?IOVFX 2 June 2008 Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry (Physalis pruinosa) Three plants were grown in 2007, and the fruit was so good, that there are five plants this year. The seeds were started indoors on 8 March 2008. The black fabric is to prevent the fruit from falling in the dirt, since when ripe the berries fall off the plant.

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?FXTNM 3 July 2008 Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry(Physalis pruinosa) Thriving.

http://xrl.us/okz7u 28 July 2008 Physalis pruinosa (Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry) Some berries are ripening. They are good quality and quite large. The plants have many berries.

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?VKGGF 1 August 2008 Ground Cherry (Physalis pruinosa) Picking of some capsules that have fallen. The capsule has to be a deep orange almost brown to be fully ripe. Thes plants are prodigious producers, and the main picking will commence in about two weeks.

 

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?KIQIW 9 August 2008 Physalis pruinosa (Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry)

The cherry falls off the bush when ripe. even some slightly unripe envelopes fall. A ripe fruit has a dark yellow to slightly brown envelope. Fully ripe the fruit has a very pleasant taste, but even slightly unripe the fruit is acceptable. The picking today is only a minor event, since there will be many more fruiting bodies, which will be picked off the ground as the fruit ripens.