Regrown for 2026.\u00a0 This is the most delicious annual fruit I’ve ever grown, bar none – and there are many I grow that I really like. I could plant an ocean of these things. Even though these are called ‘ground cherries’ there is not much overlap, these fruits are WAY bigger, closer to the size of apricots. The texture of the flesh is different too, these are more meaty like a plum but without a pit. Fruits also hang tightly to the plants and don’t fall, so should be cut from the branches. Hard to really describe what they taste like, but a really sweet clementine mixed with mango comes to mind. Just outstanding taste. The plants are quite large, 3 to 4 feet. Needs to be started about 10-12 weeks before planting out since these are somewhat later maturing. The fruits progress through various stages of ripeness, each one having different flavor nuances. Personally, at the height of ripeness I find there is a bit of a coconut taste, so I eat them earlier, when they’re more tart. As far as I’m concerned there is no better annual fruit out there that can be grown.\u00a0 Apparently, these can also be encouraged to ripen off the plant by putting the branches in a bucket of water.\u00a0 (Photo:\u00a0 An Aunt’ Molly’s ground cherry next to a Sch\u00f6enbrunn.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Regrown for 2026.\u00a0 This is the most delicious annual fruit I’ve ever grown, bar none – and there are many I grow that I really like. I could plant an ocean of these things. Even though these are called ‘ground cherries’ there is not much overlap, these fruits are WAY bigger, closer to the size of apricots. The texture of the flesh is different too, these are more meaty like a plum but without a pit. Fruits also hang tightly to the plants and don’t fall, so should be cut from the branches. Hard to really describe what they taste like, but a really sweet clementine mixed with mango comes to mind. Just outstanding taste. The plants are quite large, 3 to 4 feet. Needs to be started about 10-12 weeks before planting out since these are somewhat later maturing. The fruits progress through various stages of ripeness, each one having different flavor nuances. Personally, at the height of ripeness I find there is a bit of a coconut taste, so I eat them earlier, when they’re more tart. As far as I’m concerned there is no better annual fruit out there that can be grown. Apparently, these can also be encouraged to ripen off the plant by putting the branches in a bucket of water.\u00a0 (Photo:\u00a0 An Aunt’ Molly’s ground cherry next to a 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