Sow Right Seeds - Ground Cherries Seeds for Planting - Non-GMO Heirloom Packet with Instructions to Plant an Outdoor Home Vegetable Garden - Mexican Husk Tomato - Endangered Variety (1)

I started these indoors 4/8 to be able to transplant outdoors end of June - I live in NY. Early May I took outdoors into a portable greenhouse. Water daily, seedlings started to emerge end of May. I had room for 3 plants , 1 went until a 2’ h x 2.5’w pot, others on north or south spots in a raised bed - full sun. 8/9 I started harvesting - just a few were yellow / mostly green berries ( do not eat green) letting then ripen with an apple and banana near by- very tasty- glad I took the chance to try something new. In the last photo the seedling are in the lower right corner- center is a tomato- kind of looked like basil when small - even the lanterns that look old almost whitish yellow had called to the ground had green unripe berries- 9/4- earlier harvest never ripened with multiple accelerators- so left reminder to ripen on plant best to leave until they fall off or the pouch pulls back and self exposes the berry

Very poor germination. In fact zero germinated.

I see a lot of negative reviews regarding germination, so I’m sharing my experience. I started several seeds in one peat container indoor back in March. This is my first year trying out gardening so I had no idea what I was doing. The seeds germinated, slowly. For about two months they all grew to about 2 inches tall. I thought they were not going to make it. But I thought, what’s the worst that could happened. So I transferred the plants to a 5 gallons grow bag. I did not divide up the plants because they looked so fragile and I didn’t want to risk destroying the roots. For another 2-3 weeks they grew about another inch. At this point I thought I had failed and nothing will grow. Then we got a good amount of rain (in Texas) and they took off overnight! I didn’t even get a chance to separate them anymore so all 4-5 seeds ended up growing together in one grow bag. I think the plants like the heat and rain, but that’s my opinion. Pictures were taken on 06/10/25. The plants are doing very well, with lots of fruits growing. I have never had ground cherry before so I cannot comment on the taste, but I’m excited to try it. This was fun to grow and a learning experience for me as well.

Planted and they are growing well

Multiple attempts to grow from these seeds have failed. All of my other seedlings are up and thriving. For whatever reason these seeds have been duds. Seller was very kind to refund money on purchase. May try again another time.

Slow to germinate! It definitely takes a while to get them growing, this is my first time every having them and i definitely didn’t give them proper care but I have gotten 3 fruits off them and they where really good, I plan on doing much better next year and I can’t wait! They will be a fun healthy snack my grand daughter is going to love coming and collecting all the little fruits lol

I've grown ground cherries for many years and never had seeds that didn't perform. Last Spring I bought the Sow Right Ground Cherry Seeds and followed the instructions on the packet, which weren't different from past experience. However, not a single seed germinated, making the ease of growth ridiculous. Most likely I was sold old seeds past their prime, so I'll never trust this brand again. Once I realized the seeds were defective, it was too late for a refund. So don't waste your money on the Sow Right brand. Instead, buy from a trusted seller.

you need to plant these wonderful fruits