Propagate physalis via seeds
Physalis seeds are available in every garden center and of course on the Internet. However, it is not necessary to buy new seeds every year. Instead, you can choose from self-harvested and also purchased fruits gain seeds yourself. All you need to do is cut open a berry and scrape the flesh off on a kitchen towel with a knife. You should spread it as thinly as possible - like butter on bread - and then let it dry. The seeds collected after a few days can Sow them immediately or keep in a bag until next spring.
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The physalis is even easier to propagate using cuttings. The prerequisite for this, however, is that you already an old plant own. In autumn or spring, take off some of the shoots that are growing out of the leaf axils. They should be approx. 10 centimeters. The optimal time for the propagation of cuttings is now
Beginning of the growing season in spring, as the young plants then develop roots more easily.Cultivate cuttings
Then proceed as follows:
- To fill A pot (approx. 10 to 12 centimeters in diameter) with Potting soil.
- Remove the lower leaves of the cutting.
- Put the shoot about a third deep into the earth.
- You can also dip the bottom end in root powder first.
- Put the pot in a warm and bright place.
- Hold up the cutting evenly moist.
- Fertilizing is so long not yet necessary as the young plant does not yet have roots.
As soon as the first roots have developed (you can recognize this by the fact that new leaf buds are forming), you can put the plant and the pot outside or plant out. However, potted plants should be transplanted again into a larger pot.
Tips & Tricks
Beware of plant seeds or cuttings from the neighbour's old plants: Most of these are plants passed on again and again and it is seldom known what kind of physalis it is acts. The fruits all look very similar, but not all of them are edible. The pretty lantern flower is poisonous, but easily confused with the edible and very healthy Andean berries.
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