Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

 

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nice garden snack Review by Unknown

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I had about 75% germination. The plants grew much larger than I expected, but I am getting a good harvest of tasty fruit. Tomato hornworms do bother this plant, but not as much as my tomatoes..

(Posted on 7/21/10)

 

Review by Wifezilla

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Great germination rate. All the plants are loaded with fruit. Much better production than my strawberries. This plant grew well even indoors under artificial light..

(Posted on 7/22/10)

 

Excellent and go for it! Review by AzSedonaGrower

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These guys are actually very pleasant, I had the pleasure of tasting my first fruit tonight after it fell off into my fingers without any pressure. Very worth growing these plants especially in the south, heck anywhere for that matter. I cannot wait to eat more, they are obviously like the tomatillo but in their own right tastier sweeter and still a bit tart but not by very much. The flavor has some complexity in the after taste. Grow it! This one deserves a comeback as its easy to grow..

(Posted on 8/3/10)

 

My favorite!!!!! Review by Unknown

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I only ended up with one plant that survived a late frost this year but WOW!!! Natures version of candy and even comes in a wrapper ;) Yield on the one plant that made it is very high, but not enough to share since I love to graze on these little treasures as I work in the garden..

(Posted on 8/15/10)

 

ground cherry Review by Unknown

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These little guys are awesome! After you plant them the first time, I guarantee you will be planting them year after year. I had some problems with my seedlings when I transferred them from my indoor sprouting table to the garden. They took a while to sprout, and then they looked dead a week after transplanting them to the garden. But let me tell you, these are resilient plants. I left them for dead, but in a few weeks they were growing vigorously and overgrew the plants around them! Stake these plants or they will sprawl all over everything. It will also help with harvesting the fruit, which you collect after it falls off the plant..

(Posted on 10/24/10)

 

Very upsetting.. Review by organic-momma

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I bought these with such high hopes I'm zone 9 (as did my family member is zone 5) with both of us having poor germenation rates. Out of the 10 peat pots of 2 seeds a pot I had maybe 3 sprouts in all the pots! : ( the sprouts that did come up gave me a little hope so I nutured kept watered etc they reached maybe 4in high and died. My family member had the same proplem. Very upsetting....

(Posted on 7/11/10)

 

A Nice Gardener's Treat Review by Unknown

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The only downsides to this fantastic plant are the rate at which the deer at the leaves and its difficulty in getting germination. I had about a 50/50 success rate, but the remaining plants have more than made up for it.
This fruit is as tasty as it is novel, and I plant on making it a staple of my future gardens -- it is entertaining, pleasing both to gourmets (who thought it was fabulous) and to picky eaters (my 6-year-old cousin took a little convincing, now she can't keep away from them when she visits). They keep for a good while -- I liked to pick them once a week, and stow them for another week before eating, since I like them sweeter. I had no difficulties in getting the plant to grow or produce, and once it started, I had fruit nearly until frost (barring a few deer-related incidents). A must try, and once tried, must have..

(Posted on 8/31/10)

 

Loved them! Review by Tynkrbel

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I live in Lathrop Ca. Planted them in a square foot garden late April because I was impatient to get started. They sprouted but did not really start to take off until late May. They were attacked regularly by some sort of small beetles but I was able to save them by using safers soap until the plants were tall enough to fend for themselves. I used tomato cages to keep the plants stable. By August and September...even through November the 8 plants produced 1/2 a sandwich ziplock bag of berries a day. The berries have a distinctive taste like apples with cheese melted on them :) I loved them in cottage cheese and would pack them in my lunches for work. These are great for small spaces..

(Posted on 1/29/11)

 

Mixed Review Review by Claire

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I had pretty low germination rates for these (I ended up with only two plants). However, I think the yield was decent- but as was stated before I had to pick and stow away the berries to have any sort of amount that I could do something with them. Also the other problem was that it was mentioned in last year's catalogue that they're might be poisonous when green so I waited for mine to turn yellow before using them and many of mine never fully turned. .

(Posted on 2/2/11)

 

Good Review by David

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I live in Colorado, with hot days and cold nights, which seems to mean that many things don't grow as well as I would think. I planted them late, and still got a lot of them. The flavor is another story. Kind of like a mix between a cherry and tomato. I liked them, but some might not. I also dried some of them, just for fun. Tasted like rasins..

(Posted on 4/28/11)

 

Grew on their own this year Review by GeneralBently

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I grew these in my garden last year and it produced so heavily that many berries fell to the ground. This year after I tilled and planted my garden they started popping up everywhere like weeds. I transplanted them to several different spots and there were still many left over. I was very pleased that I didn't have to buy more seed or even bother with starting any and I ended up with more plants than I had last year. Be carefull where you put it though. They get huge by fall and will take over most plants that are too close..

(Posted on 7/20/11)

 

Love them Review by farahd5

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We planted 400 feet of these last year and had more than we could eat and share and sell. It was wonderful. This year we tilled the area and planted wmelons... well, several ground cherry plants popped up, enough for us to eat and sell and jam. They were taller (about 1-1 1/4 feet), and bearing a-plenty like last year. Yum!.

(Posted on 8/3/11)

 

Great Review by Massachusetts gardener

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We love these little berries. Got good germination and they grew like crazy here in zone 5. Put in six plants and they have provided more than enough for all the fresh eating two people could want. Very tasty and other than some flea beatles, pest free. Will definitely grow again next year..

(Posted on 8/19/11)

 

Very Fun Review by Naomi

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This was my first year trying out ground cherries. I had a hard time getting them to sprout, and the first week or so was touch and go, but after that they really started growing like crazy. I had no idea that the plants would get so big! They are all loaded with berries. They taste great, not sour at all, but a mild sweet, tomato, pepper fruity taste. Kind of hard to discribe! Very fun, I will be growing this again!.

(Posted on 9/13/11)

 

outstanding production Review by Kimster

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I have ground cherries every year that come up freely from fallen fruit the previous year,. They are wonderful in flavor and I use them for fresh eating and preserves. I share them with friends that don't know that they are. I simply will say, once you have them, up here in the midwest anyway, you will have them forever.. I have been growing them for about 5 yrs. As far as starting from seed, they took over 2 months to actually show some growth, I kept them in a covered starting tray and was careful in watering, I hardened them out for a week. They are very sensetive to being transplanted so the least amount of shaking and moving the better. My plants this year were 24" tall and grew threw the chicken wire, my dogs also enjoy them when they fall to the gorund in the yard. My great grandmother always put the cherries ontop of coffee cake each morning...mmm!.

(Posted on 10/28/11)

 

really treat Review by Rachel

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These are so good! It taste like a really crisp apple. Really good. My husand was reluctant to try, but when he final did, no one else got any for the rest of the season. They did take a long time to germinate and grow. I had given up on them, but midsummer they shot up and produce alot of berries. I only had a few plants. They did well in zone 7B. .

(Posted on 10/31/11)

 

What variety is this? Review by gardening_guy

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I received my seeds for this a few weeks ago. First round germinated but all died. It's a seed starter mix and all my other seeds are doing great. I'm trying again. Does anyone know what variety this is? I'm reading there are several ones including pineapple and aunt mollys. Can anyone tell which variety this is? I hope I get success since everyone seems to enjoy these. .

(Posted on 3/12/12)

 

Amazing! Review by Mama/Grandma T

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These beautiful plants are right out my front door. Their soft pale yellow blossoms are a delight. They grow with just a tad of composted chicken manure and a sprinkling of water. Adore their ornamental wrappers and are certainly a steadfast companion to our German Lunchbox tomatoes here @ Tindel Den Cottage. Great for Zone 9B!
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(Posted on 3/15/12)

 

Lots of Fun! Review by GardenGal

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These are fun to grow and enjoy, especially if you have young gardeners in the family. Don't be surprised at their lengthy germination time; I almost gave up on mine (started indoors in zone 5). Then, I didn't expect much when I transplanted the tiny seedlings, but once they adjusted to outdoor conditions, they took off! My young children (4 and 12 months at the time) just loved picking, husking and eating these right in the garden. I also embraced my inner Pilgrim and made jam. My daughter loves this on her PB&J sandwiches. Her preschool teacher asked me what kind of jam it was because she had never heard of a husk cherry. Overall, highly rated if you are patient at the start! .

(Posted on 3/26/12)