It's pretty tall, up to 6 feet. Myself, I would never let tomatillos sprawl on the ground because when they do touch the ground, they get eaten by bugs/slugs in my garden. And it's not that you need two for "better" pollination, it's that you need two or more for "any" pollination, because they are self-sterile. I like to grow two different kinds of tomatillos for salsa variety, like Cisneros and Purple.

Carla in Sac

Carla, thanks for the reply.
Can I grow one Cisineros and one purple to satisfy pollination or will they cross.?

Al

Yes, that's what I meant (sorry if I wasn't clear!)
Actually, once you plant tomatillos, you will have free ones forever, because you will miss one or two fruit which drop to the ground, and they FREELY reseed. They are weeds in my garden after years of my growing them.

The coolest thing (to a garden geek like myself, anyway) is that if you leave the fruit on the ground long enough, the flesh of the tomatillo rots away, leaving just the "ribs" of the little fruit, with all the seeds inside, like a pumpkin-shaped little basket. And the tomatillo "basket" will blow in the wind like a little tumbleweed, spewing its seeds as it rolls along. Very cool to watch.
:)
Carla in Sac

Hi again:

I have tried several varieties, and I don't see any big difference in taste, with the exception of Pineapple, which really does taste like pineapple but mine unfortunately grew out at the size of peas, two years running, and I didn't think was worth the bother for such a tiny crop. So for me the main difference in varieties is fruit size and color. I will say that I let all my tomatillos ripen until they are about to fall off, because they develop a wonderful sweetness when really ripe and golden, that you don't find in the green ones you buy at the store.

Carla in Sac

Al, I don't know about Cisineros and Purple, as far as heat-tolerance go, but I've grown a few kinds of tomatillos. Amarylla is early and heat-tolerant (sets fruit in extreme heat), but it's not the most drought-tolerant variety (if you forget to water it in a dry area, you'll notice). My Purple de Milpa tomatillos were not heat-tolerant, however (but they did resist drought well). Other tomatillo varieties include, among others, Rio Grande Verde, Pineapple, Purple Coban, San Juanito, Tiny from Coban, and Verde, as well as the large selection you'll find at this link: http://www.reimerseeds.com/tomatillo_708.aspx Everona Large Green looks promising.

I sure hope Cisineros is heat-tolerant. It sounds pretty nice, otherwise.