Physalis seeds win yourself

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• Physalis seeds win yourself
• Dry seeds
• Seed seeds from physalis fruits and dry
• Alternative sowing
• Tips & Tricks

Physalis seeds win yourself

Plants of the genus Physalis are very decorative, such as the native to us lobelia flower, or provide delicious, vitamin-rich fruits such as the Andean berry (also known as Cape gooseberry) or Pineapple cherries. The lush, vigorous shrubs can be used quite easily from self-grown seeds.

Dry seeds

The seeds for the desired physalis species (attention: The fruits of the lantern flower are not edible!) You get in any well-stocked seed shop, in garden centers or on the Internet. But instead of spending a lot of money, you can also win the seeds yourself. In addition you can use the fruits from the own garden (or neighbor's garden) as well as the bought berries from the supermarket. It is only important that the fruits are completely ripe. The maturity can be recognized by the strong orange-red color.

Seed seeds from physalis fruits and dry

And so you win the desired physalis seed from the fruit:

In the following year, you can use the Physalis seeds obtained in this way either for preference from February / March or for direct sowing outdoors.

Alternative sowing

However, the semen collection described above is actually not necessary. In principle, it is sufficient in the fall to drop some ripe (previously slightly crushed) fruit on the desired planting place to the ground or to cover this with a little earth. The physalis already sown in autumn will germinate quite reliably. But beware: This method is suitable only for hardy varieties such. B. the lantern flower. The heat-loving Andean berry, however, tolerates no frost, which is why their seeds survive the winter better dried. Another option is to simply put some fruit on the compost - this will give a lot of heat through the fermentation process and will therefore make the seeds germinate.

Tips & Tricks

Try the pineapple cherry (Physalis pruinosa), which is little known in this country. This native of North America Physalis species is not quite as high as the Andean berry and convinces with small, pineapple-like fruit tasting fruits.

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