Physalis cut only with perennial culture

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• Physalis cut only with perennial culture
• Maintain one-year physalis properly
• Cutting cuttings
• Cut back perennial physalis
• Tips

The Physalis is perennial, which is why a pruning is doing her very well

Physalis cut only with perennial culture

Most gardeners cultivate the physalis like tomatoes or peppers as an annual plant. Hardly anyone knows that the plant can live for up to eight or even ten years - and also flowers much earlier in the year and bears fruit than annual plants. Perennial physalis, however, are prone to proliferation, which is why pruning is usually essential.

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Maintain one-year physalis properly

On the other hand, if you can not or will not hibernate your physalis, pruning is usually not necessary. However, be careful not to over-fertilize the plant, as it will put more of its energy into growth rather than fruit. However, it will be problematic if the summer is too short or you have sown the plant too late: In these cases, the fruits may not mature. With a little luck, the physalis will ripen, unless they're too green.

Cutting cuttings

If you would like to forego annual sowing, but do not have the space to overwinter an old plant, then you can easily cut cuttings in autumn and overwinter them, potted in a small planter. Cuttings do not take up too much space and drive out very quickly in the spring. For cuttings, it is best to take fresh shoots directly from the leaf axils, which should be about 10 to 15 inches long.

Cut back perennial physalis

Older Physalis plants can grow up to two meters high and more than a meter wide - so they are difficult to overwinter in a pot culture untrimmed. In addition, the plants grow very dense, so that a regular ventilation cut makes sense. You have several options:

1. Cut the plant back to at least half way in the fall, leaving only a strong main shoot a little longer. It also does not hurt if the plant has no leaves left - it will drive out of its rhizomes in the spring.

2. Cut the plant back as desired in late winter.

Tips

Physalis is prone to hurry, especially in lack of light, so you should remove the corresponding very thin shoots regularly (and at all times). These shoots rob the plant too much power.