Basically you should let them ripen, in their husk, on their counter for a few more weeks
monkeyeatfig
I wait until they drop from the plant.
groovemove86
When mine fall off the plant, they are ripe. Hence the name.
Traditional-Ad-7836
Don’t eat them green and don’t eat any of the leaves, they’re a bit poisonous
msyrun
If you want to make a jam with them some green are good to mix in because they have more natural pectin and will make it thicker. Otherwise wait until they fall off or come off in your hand with a light touch. Depending on the variety they should be yellow or light orange when ripe the husks are crispy.
Sometimesummoner
Very not ripe. These will taste like sour chalk.
They need to be orangey gold with almost no green, and should feel almost too light to possibly still be ripe.
When the squirrels start to steal them, it’s time.
LordTomGM
Are these similar to tomatillos?
I was gifted a plant and I’m not really sure what to do with it. Treating like a tomato
colbsk3y
I let them fall off the plant before we harvest them. Sometimes I give the stem a very gentle shake to see if any are on the verge of dropping. They are a nice golden yellow / orange colour when ripe.
11 Comments
I’m so jealous
Not ripe. They turn a golden yellow color when they are ripe
is it goose or ground berries?
I was curious about this as I’m not familiar with the plant and came across this: https://gardenerd.com/blog/ask-gardenerd-green-ground-cherries/
Basically you should let them ripen, in their husk, on their counter for a few more weeks
I wait until they drop from the plant.
When mine fall off the plant, they are ripe. Hence the name.
Don’t eat them green and don’t eat any of the leaves, they’re a bit poisonous
If you want to make a jam with them some green are good to mix in because they have more natural pectin and will make it thicker. Otherwise wait until they fall off or come off in your hand with a light touch. Depending on the variety they should be yellow or light orange when ripe the husks are crispy.
Very not ripe. These will taste like sour chalk.
They need to be orangey gold with almost no green, and should feel almost too light to possibly still be ripe.
When the squirrels start to steal them, it’s time.
Are these similar to tomatillos?
I was gifted a plant and I’m not really sure what to do with it. Treating like a tomato
I let them fall off the plant before we harvest them. Sometimes I give the stem a very gentle shake to see if any are on the verge of dropping. They are a nice golden yellow / orange colour when ripe.
We made pizza sauce with them.