Sunberry

created by Jasmin K. at 12.02.2023

Features

Growth habit

bushy

Color

yellow

cream

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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Description

An edible physalis variety with light yellow fruits and delicate purple speckles. They taste juicy, sweet and syrupy with a pleasant mixture of acidity. A little treat from the garden and also a good source of vitamin C. Plants grow both in pots and in the open ground. In pots they grow much more restrained than when left loose, in the garden they sometimes take up a space of 2.5 square meters and also suppress weeds. Around the fruit is the typical physalis husk, which protects the fruit from pests and environmental influences. It is an annual in our country and a perennial in its native Australia. Depending on the year, harvesting begins in August. Growing height: 30cm

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

Sowing begins at the end of January in a warm and bright place. Temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius are ideal. Physalis are light germinators, but also grow quite well underground. The seedlings grow slowly at first and must be kept moist at all times. They can then be pricked out after 3 weeks. The physalis can then be planted outdoors after the Ice Saints. The shrub will set fruit around three to four months after sowing. It is advisable to "plant" a support at the same time. You can recognize ripe fruit by the brown discoloured and dried out husk. If you already have a physalis in the garden, you can cut off your own cuttings for next year after the harvest. These should grow from a leaf axil and be around 10 cm long. Then simply plant them in a pot. Place the cuttings in a bright and warm place over the winter. Another option is to sow them directly into your garden when they are harvested. To do this, crush the fruit between your fingers. Drop them in a suitable location. Do you want to overwinter your physalis? Then I recommend planting them directly in a tub. Before the first frost arrives, place them in a frost-free spot - preferably in a greenhouse or foil tunnel. Pruning in the fall ensures a bushy, branchy plant.