When is a Tomatillo Ripe? 2 ways to check
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- When is a tomatillo ripe? you can check with 2 different methods
1) when the fruit (in the husk) is pushing thru the husk (see video) like the incredible hulk bursting through his shirt
2) when the husk turns yellow
let's look at both of these in this short video. Let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you for going over picking them at any time. I have 6 plants with small to medium fruit but frost is here. I’ve kept them covered but feel I just need to harvest. Thank you!
I feel guilty picking the small one's too but you gotta do what you gotta. ; )
Thanks for sharing , I've heard of them but never grown them , I learned something new , stay safe , God bless !
you will be able to grow them in OK easily. Great Vit C and other nutrients.
Thank you for this information - we were not sure when to pick them. But like tomatoes, we found out that if they were plucked a little early, we can let them sit and they continue ripening - especially in the sun
i agree...I've only been growing them for 5 years or so. It is a beautiful plant
Wow! Your garden did great. I love tomatillos. I jar them.
Liberty, will you do a video on jarring them? I make a mean Salsa Verde but I don't do much else other than eating fresh, frying them or adding to a Pico de Gallo etc. people are asking for more recipes....
@@OldSchoolPrepper Puerco en salsa verde or guisado en salsa verde.
@@LibertyGarden Puerco! we raise a couple hogs a year, this is our off year (we don't have wild hogs here)
Thank you
Please do something great with them. I have a killer and easy Salsa Verde recipe: czcams.com/video/QxwE07ZOlWg/video.html
Thanks for sharing.
love me some tomatillos
Our plants went through a couple of nights of frost. Some are squishy, some firm. All smaller than yours. Probably safe to eat? Going to try them.
yes, they are safe to eat. The squishy and the firm will still make great sauce... you can even freeze them to make them into something later if you want. If you do that then they will get super squishy when thawed (the cell walls will burst and when thawed they collapse)...so they aren't great for chunky things but a salsa verde (I have a recipe for that) and/or a roasted tomatoe/tomatillo salsa (recipe for that too) are still quite good. Good luck!
1:50 it's a boy!
What are these things mostly used for? Great video.
generally in Mexican cooking. You've heard of Salsa Verde? (green sauce) it's what makes enchilada sauce green and is part of the green stuff in some salsas....they taste like a green tomato with lemon. very good. once roasted they get sweet and still have the lemon taste.
@@OldSchoolPrepper yum
Cool. I’ve never grown those.
i'll have to send you some seeds, they are awesome and you wold be swimming in them. think a sweet/sour green tomato with a lemon taste.
old school prepper does it come in steak or seafood varieties?
I have never grown tomatillos before. Didnt really know what i could do with them besides make salsa. Any other uses?
anything you can do with a green tomato you can do with a tomatillo. they are smaller, largest are golf ball size...they have a sour/sweet lemon flavor. I love them. Mostly Salsa Verde and regular salsas.... they caramelize well too
Can you tell me why my tomatillo plant that’s been so large and Beautiful with lots of fruit, All of a sudden the leafs are turning yellow and limp?
yellow and limp but not burned or crunchy (so NOT sunburned) ok so either the bushes are getting too much water or not enough...or they have been over fertilized or are lacking nutrients. Some leaves will turn yellow and fall off because the leaves don't last forever but this is usually a bottom up thing...old leaves turn yellow and die off from the oldest to the newest. I had several plants get droopy and lots of yellow leaves so I went from watering once a day to twice a day (and cut the time from 30 mintues to 15 minutes) and that cured my issue. how often are you watering? how are you watering (by hand/drip system etc) and are you fertilizng if yes how often and with what. If you have good water and just need to fertilize I can walk you through how to do that too.
@@OldSchoolPrepper We water every other day, I fertilized with granulated vegetable fertilizer, Can’t remember the name right off hand, Then my husband turned around a week later and put Chicken Manure on it. So I’m wondering if that’s why the leaves are turning yellow. Definitely not sunburned or crunchy. Just yellowing a limpy
@@OldSchoolPrepper oh and watering by hand in a raised bed. 😊
When is your first frost date.
very late October....weird isn't it. Tomorrow i'll be picking the bulk of my Tomatillos and start making my salsa verde in bulk.....mi salsa favorita
@@OldSchoolPrepper Same use here. I did n't plan any this year. I'm always amazed at how slow this plant is to produce and ripen fruit.
@@LibertyGarden you're in TX right? Anthony (Palmetto Prepared) and I are in the same grow zone, 8a. you?
@@OldSchoolPrepper same 8a. Our first frost is Nov 17.