Sowing physalis »This is the best way to sow the seeds

Prefer physalis if possible

The heat-loving Physalis takes a long time to grow, bloom and small, cherry-like fruits to apply. In addition, the Seeds due to risk of frost should not be spread outdoors before mid to late May. Both reasons mean that the German summer is too short to be in time for the end of the growing season harvest ripe physalis. For this reason, it is advisable to move the plants on the windowsill as early as February and the young plants from May to the open air bed to put. Alternatively, there is also a Keeping buckets on the balcony or terrace possible.

Prefer physalis

Proceed as follows when pulling out the plants:

• Take small plant pots and fill them with standard ones Potting soil.
• With the help of a finger, make a hole about 5 millimeters deep in the center of the substrate.
• Drop three to four seeds into it and cover them loosely with soil.
• Spray the seeds with water. Keep them evenly moist - physalis needs quite a bit of water.
• Alternatively, you can take a balcony box and place a number of seeds in the substrate.
• Put the pot / box in a light and warm place (e.g. B. Windowsill in the living room).
• As soon as the plants have developed between three to four leaves, can you prick them, d. H. individually in a larger pot with approx. Implement 10 to 12 centimeters in diameter.

Sow physalis directly into the field

Of course there is also a direct one sowing Possible outdoors, but at least with the Andean berries (as well as other non-frost-hardy physalis species such as z. B. the pineapple cherry) not before the end of May. Then, however, it is probably too late for a harvest in the same year, since the one in August / September at Sufficient sun and warmth ripening fruits can no longer reach maturity due to the autumn coolness can. Contrary to many information on the net, at least the Andean berry is however a perennial plant, d. H. You can safely overwinter it and it will bear fruit next year. For this, however, you should best cultivate the physalis in a pot, because it is not hardy. On the other hand, physalis planted outdoors are in fact only annual because they do not survive the German winter. The lantern flower is an exception.

Tips & Tricks

If you already have a physalis in your garden, you no longer need to buy seeds. You can dry the seeds and win them for sowing in the following spring or else lightly crush some fruits and bury them under a thin layer of soil in the garden. The compost is also very suitable for sowing.

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