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Can anyone confirm Ground Cherry?

Gargoyle91

Gargoyle91

I found a few of these growing in my backyard read they are good to eat but also part of the Nightshade family don't want to try them unless triple confirmed lol
 

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it is a ground cherry.
i grow several every year and have so for many years. i grow aunt molly's variety and usually wait for the pod to fall off the plant.
earwigs seem to like eating the leaf and another beetle that i haven't identified likes mating on the leaves and i am guessing they too have a snack after the deed.
i have never had bugs bother the fruit, which has a caramel like taste.  the seeds are really tiny and generally take a good 3 weeks or more to germinate.
 
happy growing.
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it is a ground cherry.
i grow several every year and have so for many years. i grow aunt molly's variety and usually wait for the pod to fall off the plant.
earwigs seem to like eating the leaf and another beetle that i haven't identified likes mating on the leaves and i am guessing they too have a snack after the deed.
i have never had bugs bother the fruit, which has a caramel like taste.  the seeds are really tiny and generally take a good 3 weeks or more to germinate.
 
happy growing.
 
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