Description
Tomatillos are essential to a wide variety of Mexican foods. 'Grande Rio Verde' yields ripe fruit nearly all at once on compact plants (about 24" tall), thus lending themselves to smaller spaces or containers. A shorter harvest window is ideal for canning or freezing your favorite tomatillo-based sauces, or you can simply freeze tomatillos for use later. Tomatillos thrive in growing conditions similar to tomatoes (because they are related) but will handle a lot more heat. Grow two or more plants to ensure good pollination.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 85 Days from transplanting
- Family: Solanaceae
- Native: Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala
- Hardiness: Frost-sensitive annual
- Exposure: Full sun
- Plant Dimensions: 24" tall and about as wide
- Variety Info: 3 ounce, green fruit inside a thin, papery husk
- Attributes: Frost Sensitive, Heat Tolerant, Good for Containers
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: 2 to 4 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 60°F.
- When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 80° – 85°F.
- Days to Emerge: 10 Days
- Seed Depth: ¼"
- Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 18"
- Row Spacing: 36"
- Thinning: When 2" tall, thin to 1 every 18"
Description
Tomatillos are essential to a wide variety of Mexican foods. 'Grande Rio Verde' yields ripe fruit nearly all at once on compact plants (about 24" tall), thus lending themselves to smaller spaces or containers. A shorter harvest window is ideal for canning or freezing your favorite tomatillo-based sauces, or you can simply freeze tomatillos for use later. Tomatillos thrive in growing conditions similar to tomatoes (because they are related) but will handle a lot more heat. Grow two or more plants to ensure good pollination.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 85 Days from transplanting
- Family: Solanaceae
- Native: Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala
- Hardiness: Frost-sensitive annual
- Exposure: Full sun
- Plant Dimensions: 24" tall and about as wide
- Variety Info: 3 ounce, green fruit inside a thin, papery husk
- Attributes: Frost Sensitive, Heat Tolerant, Good for Containers
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: 2 to 4 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 60°F.
- When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 80° – 85°F.
- Days to Emerge: 10 Days
- Seed Depth: ¼"
- Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 18"
- Row Spacing: 36"
- Thinning: When 2" tall, thin to 1 every 18"