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Ground Cherry
fruit
Sweet pineapple-vanilla flavor inside a papery husk. Grow like tomatoes. Fruits drop when ripe — check the ground daily. Husk stays on; peel before eating.
At a glance
- USDA Zones
- 4–10
- Sun
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Water
- Medium — water when top inch of soil is dry
- Soil
- loam, sandy
- pH
- neutral
- Spacing
- 24 in. between plants
- SFG footprint
- 2×2 ft cell footprint
- Days to maturity
- ~70 days
Planting & harvest windows
Northern Hemisphere timing. Adjust ±4–6 weeks based on your last/first frost dates.
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Plant Harvest
Good companions
- 🌿
- 🌼
- 🥕
- 🌶️
Keep apart from
- 🌾
- 🥦
Recommended varieties
- Aunt Molly's70 daysboth
Polish heirloom — the most-grown ground cherry, sweet and tangy.
- Goldie70 daysboth
Large-fruited variety with a sweeter, tropical flavor.
Add Ground Cherry to your raised bed — the planner handles spacing and companion warnings automatically.
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