Yes they are.

Dave

Ground cherry is part of the Solanaceae Plant family (or Nightshade) These include the likes of peppers, potatos, tobacco, tomato,deadly nightshade & eggplants.
They are all Self pollinating.
Good luck with your Ground Cherry! I am growing some from seed. They take awhile to germinate. Took 14 days or so and one just sprouted today. They are very wee and small. when grown do not eat them while they unripe. Becuase they are Toxic when unripe. (they after all related to the deadly nightshade!)

Excellent, thank you Dave!! I was surprised to learn that the tomatillo was not self-pollinating, and got nervous. Lazyhat, I am surprised that yours took 14 days to sprout!! Mine (pineapple variety) took only a few days, similar to tomato seeds. I had read about the toxicity, so I will be careful (although, really, I like a little danger in my gardening). Mine are tiny and skinny stemmed too. I will be starting some Aunt Molly's too, so I'll be interested to see if those are slower.

While The seed I had was probably old. But it seemed like forever waiting for them germinate, I had placed them in a Germinating heat mat/dome thing. I can't wait to plant my Rosemary coffee bean, that'll be a alot fun to wait to sprout. (not) They take like 2-4 months to germinate. ;)

tomatillo was not self-pollinating

Most (not all) varieties of tomatillo are not self-fertile (the blooms do not contain both stamen and pistil) which is not the same thing as self-pollinating (where the bloom contains both).

But wind and insect pollination can play a role if only one plant and some fruit may be produced. However for best production, two or more plants is recommended.

Dave

Any tips on getting these guys to germinate? I planted 50 in peat pots back when there was that other thread a few weeks ago, and keep them in the house where they get a fairly constant 75F. I have no way of knowing how fresh the seed is, but the packet was received in March. Today is day 16 I think.

Thanks!

-Bruce

Any tips on getting these guys to germinate?

Dont plant them too deep. There supposed to sowed directly on the top of the soil and push them down a bit and sprinkle a few millimeters of soil on them. A heat Mat/ growing dome my help. I sowed my seed around March 20th and some on April 1st. And only now are the sprouting (2 more just came up today). So it may take up to 21 days to germinate.

btw I never grew Ground cherries before. I'm just telling you what I figured out.

My seeds from Jung came up in just a few days on a heating mat, but boy are they skinny! I've got them under light but they don't show any interest in beefing up.

Chuck

Agree that some bottom heat should help. Mine have stayed skinny too. They need to hurry up before I have that stupid skinny thing stuck in a 19 gallon bin looking ridiculous! Guess next year I'll start them in. . . January?

Wintersowing works like a charm on these. They get way too gangly under lights. They will volunteer in future years.