Tomatillo Help

Hi Marianne!

I have an interesting situation with my Tomatillo. Unfortunately, a particularly aggressive slug attack left me with only 1 tomatillo plant. I expected to get no fruit as I have been told they are not self-pollinating. However, I have an abundance of fruit! The only problem is that every fruit is completely seedless. I am completely stumped as to what is going on. I have it planted in full sun next to several tomato plants and a wildflower patch. It gets lots of bee/bumblebee activity. The plant is very healthy and is about 5 feet tall and several feet wide. I would guess that about 90% of the husks bear fruit. All of the fruit is completely seedless. The fruit is a wonderful texture and has a sweet, mild taste. I was helping to harvest some seeds for next year but that doesn’t seem to be possible. I am stumped as to why I’m not getting any seeded fruit.

Thanks!

Laura

Posted by Laura Ryals on August 17, 2020