Is it the same as ground cherries? They taste like candy..
Revolutionary_Low_36
I can’t wait! I have some baby plants with no blooms yet. I plan to try mine.
Music-Lover-420
To some, they are delicious! To me, they’ve always tasted the way stink bugs smell 😆
second_skin13
Make sure it’s ripe or it can be toxic!
something_beautiful9
Wait people eat these? Can’t they cause abortions?
Honest_Succotash_610
How do you tell if they are ripe?
NazgulNr5
Are those physalis?
thatdidntturnout
Once.
Donaldjoh
The Chinese lantern fruit, Physalis alkekengi, are considered edible when they are fully ripe. I have never eaten them but they are reported to have a sweet/sour taste. I grow the related ground cherry, Physalis pruinosa, whose husks turn a cream yellow when fully ripe and the berries are clear yellow (no hint of green). The berries fall off the plant when fully ripe and have a delightful sweetness to them. Like most plants in the Solanaceae family all parts of the plant except the ripe fruit is toxic (except the potato, in which the tuber is also edible). The family includes ground cherries, Chinese lanterns, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers (New World peppers, not true pepper), tomatillos, and deadly nightshade.
TesseractToo
gooseberries
bent-Box_com
We grew tomatillos, this year, and also just learned they are a member of the nightshade family.
Allow to ripen and wash off the sticky film and papery husk before eating.
Tastes like a mix of yellow pepper and green tomato, yummy
Secret-Entrance
Absolutely.
But they have to be fully grown and ripe. You leave the lanterns to dry completely and then the fruit are ripe and ready to go.
Fisouh
Physalis berries are sooo delicious. The pod needs to be fully dry tho so they are nice and ripe! Enjoy!
Northern_Lights_2
Looks like ground cherries to me
logicflawz
Very invasive. If you have it in the ground (vs pot), expect it to take over in year 2 or 3.
noaluft
I’ve heard they’re not really edible and can actually be toxic, better to just enjoy how cool they look
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Is it the same as ground cherries? They taste like candy..
I can’t wait! I have some baby plants with no blooms yet. I plan to try mine.
To some, they are delicious! To me, they’ve always tasted the way stink bugs smell 😆
Make sure it’s ripe or it can be toxic!
Wait people eat these? Can’t they cause abortions?
How do you tell if they are ripe?
Are those physalis?
Once.
The Chinese lantern fruit, Physalis alkekengi, are considered edible when they are fully ripe. I have never eaten them but they are reported to have a sweet/sour taste. I grow the related ground cherry, Physalis pruinosa, whose husks turn a cream yellow when fully ripe and the berries are clear yellow (no hint of green). The berries fall off the plant when fully ripe and have a delightful sweetness to them. Like most plants in the Solanaceae family all parts of the plant except the ripe fruit is toxic (except the potato, in which the tuber is also edible). The family includes ground cherries, Chinese lanterns, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers (New World peppers, not true pepper), tomatillos, and deadly nightshade.
gooseberries
We grew tomatillos, this year, and also just learned they are a member of the nightshade family.
Allow to ripen and wash off the sticky film and papery husk before eating.
Tastes like a mix of yellow pepper and green tomato, yummy
Absolutely.
But they have to be fully grown and ripe. You leave the lanterns to dry completely and then the fruit are ripe and ready to go.
Physalis berries are sooo delicious. The pod needs to be fully dry tho so they are nice and ripe! Enjoy!
Looks like ground cherries to me
Very invasive. If you have it in the ground (vs pot), expect it to take over in year 2 or 3.
I’ve heard they’re not really edible and can actually be toxic, better to just enjoy how cool they look
TIL….