Cape gooseberry 'Pineapple Ground Cherry'

A full sun position will ensure your plant thrives and remember to water often. Keep in mind when planting that Pineapple Ground Cherry is thought of as tender, so remember to wait until your soil is warm and the night time temperature is well above freezing before moving outside. Ideally plant in sandy and loamy soil and try to keep the ph of your soil between the range of 6.0 and 7.0 as Pineapple Ground Cherry likes to be in weakly acidic soil to neutral soil.

Start indoors six weeks before last frost date.

Try to aim for a seed spacing of at least 2.47 feet (76.0 cm) and sow at a depth of around 0.58 inches (1.5 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 24°C / 75°F to ensure good germination.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Pineapple Ground Cherry is a tender plant.

This is a large, yellow, peruvian heirloom ground cherry. It is not a tomatillo, even though it does resemble one in a few ways.

Pineapple Groundcherry, Groundcherry, Huskberry, Golden berry, Winter Cherry, Incaberry

Poha, Yellow Ground cherry, Peruvian yellow Groundcherry, Golden Sunberry, Sunberry, Goldenberry, Golden Huskberry, Peruvian Ground Cherry, Giant Ground Cherry, Goldenberry, Strawberry Tomato, uchuva, Inca Berry

¹ PFAF entry for Physalis peruviana

² Wikipedia entry on Physalis peruviana