It's coming up to two weeks for the ones on top of the fridge :(

I'm having the same problem. I planted mine on 3/27 and they're still not growing. I planted about 6 seeds I think, and I think I see a teeny tiny little bit of seedling coming out of one of them, but that's it.

I plated regular tomatoes at the same time and they were fully sprouted and growing a week ago.

The seeds are pretty small. Do you think you planted them too
deep?

@Roper .... hmmm good point. I'm not sure, after two weeks I forget! LOL I'll be sure this next round to check that they aren't planted too deep.

I let some volunteer in the gardens. Ground cherries are notorious late risers

Mine are being balky too, and while my fresh-from-this-year seed has better germination than the older seed I don't count 3 cells out of 8 as being much better than 1 cell out of 8! I do seem to recall that ones started later catch up to those started inside pretty quickly once the weather outside gets nice and warm.

Cheers!

I tried twice to grow Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries with fresh seeds. I planted properly in sterile seed starting medium both times. First time no success. The second time they grew to about 1.5" and stopped. After two months they all died. Lucky for me a local friend offered me six Pineapple Tomatillos that were ready for transplant. I really wanted the Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries but don't think I will ever try to grow them again unless someone gives me some fruit to plant. Now I'm left with two additional unwanted packs of Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry seeds. Whats a gardener to do?

They're more finicky about germination conditions than other Physalis.

Ground cherry (Physalis subglabrata) germination from Tom Clothier's database:

Sow at 24-39�F for 12 wks, then move to 72�F for germination.

That might be your problem. Check out the Winter Sowing forum here at GW, and that might help for next year.

Sue

Wuhoo! The ones I planted on 3/27 finally came up today! So, they took 14 full days to germinate. Well, 50% of them anyway. I moved those under lights, and have the others still on top of the fridge. But I think I see one tiny bit of white seedling coming out of those too, so hopefully the other half will catch up soon!

I hope they don't die after 2 months like thisisme's!

I find they do best for me as volunteers...hundreds come up in June. When I tried to group plant them [twice], some little bugger would make a hole in them. this never happens when they are scattered.

Hey Aubade how are yours coming along? I still had no luck but I'm trying again.

This time I placed some out in the garden and some in a large pot.

OK something is wrong or I have just entered the Twilight Zone. My last post in this thread was this morning and the post shows a date of Sun, Apr 10, 11 at 13:17.

Something smells fishy.

aubade hope yours live too. Every since these were touted on a bunch of members "Must Grow" lists I have wanted to grow some of these. Best of luck to you.

You might have been posting on another thread??

lol lnewport you're right. Its funny how similar my posts are more than a month apart in two threads on the same subject.

Put a cover on them place on top of water heater t

3/23/15

Did u evwr get them to grow into plants?? What was the trick? i can get them to germinate but then they die off. Used a heating pad and seed starter mix