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Physalis Improvement Project

@PhysalisProject

Welcome to the Physalis Improvement Project

Joined January 2020
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It’s groundcherry harvest time, our plants are readily dropping fruit. So sweet and yummy!
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Our field is flourishing and we’ve got our trellis system up! Read more about trellising and seed saving on our latest blog post here: btiscience.org/seed-saving-t…
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Beware the three-lined potato beetle larvae! Found these guys on the underside of a Toma Verde tomatillo leaf. #physalis #tomatillo #insectpest – at Forest Home, NY
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Insect visitors we found this morning on #Physalis peruviana “India”. The Colorado potato beetle and possibly some type of tiger crane fly.
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Field planting ✅ Next up: Trellising! We use 7-foot t-stakes to support our goldenberries, which can reach over six feet tall! #physalis #groundcherry #goldenberry #tomatillo @BTIscience
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Just finished planting and we already have a three lined potato beetle😱 #physalis #lens #threelinedpotatobeetle
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A beautiful morning to plant some #physalis! #groundcherry #goldenberry #tomatillo
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#Physalis loving the weather in Hawaii! Check out these photos sent in by one of our #citizenscientists.
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Our Groundcherry seedlings were transplanted into four inch pots today! These were started from seed on a heat mat in the greenhouse on April 3rd. #physalis #groundcherry #citizenscience
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Our goldenberries are soaking up the sun in the greenhouse today☀️ #physalis #goldenberry #peruviana
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Groundcherries sprouting up in the greenhouse today. These seedlings were started 12 days ago on a heat mat, helping them get off to a quick start. #physalis #groundcherry – at Ithaca, NY
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Update from the greenhouse: the goldenberries we started in early March have started to take off! #physalis
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Fruit drop in the greenhouse? Who you gonna call? Makenna using our trusty shop-vac to clean up groundcherries in the greenhouse. #physalis #groundcherry #fruitdrop
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Seed packing day here at @BTIscience Pictured here is Makenna, who joined us this summer to help with our Physalis field season. She is a second year undergraduate student studying agriculture! #physalis #groundcherry #goldenberry #citizenscience
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Envelopes arrived today! Getting ready to start packing seeds next week for our #physalis #citizenscience project!
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There is still time to sign up for our 2020 Citizen Science Project. We've had sign ups from around the country, check out our map of growers below! Join Now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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