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Strawberry Tomato — "Pineapple cossack"

Physalis pruinosa

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	4-8 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Dry, Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Soil pH	6-6.8
Physical characteristics
Height	0.3m
Width	0.6
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Annual, Perennial
Layer	Herbs
Spacing	60cm
When to sow (indoors)	6-8 weeks before last frost
Days to harvest	60-80
Uses
Utility	Attracts pollinators
Edible	true
Edible parts	Fruit
Names
Alternate name	Ground cherry, Caped gooseberry
Taxonomy
Family	Solanaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Venezuela
Introduced into	Ogasawara-shoto
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Created: 2022-06-07 00:49:26 UTC
Last updated: 2023-09-22 16:56:12 UTC by permabot

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Strawberry Tomato — "Pineapple cossack"

Physalis pruinosa

Description

A 12” high wide spreader. Very vigorous, pretty east. Tolerates heat well. Solid ground cover.

In the following journals

Raised bed garden updates. There will be a harvest!
So far from 6 cucumber plants we've been harvesting 1-2 cucumbers per day over the past 2 weeks with more coming so long as blight doesn't hit!
Tomatoes and ground cherries have another few weeks and beans are pumping.
Squash has another month at least, with at least (I hope) one squash on each plant.

July 27, 2022 11:01 Raised bed garden updates. There will be a harvest! So far from 6...

Build mini-hugelkultur rings to expand newly planted tree zones.
Pulled grasses/weeds, laid down layer of sticks and twigs, 4-6" layer of grass clippings then topped with 4-6" of soil.

Planted a row of echinacea and a butternut squash in the mulberry ring.

Planted a row of chives around hazelnut.

Planted a few ground cherries around the kousa dogwood.

Planted a butternut squash alongside another hazelnut.

June 07, 2022 19:00 Build mini-hugelkultur rings to expand newly planted tree zones. ...

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