The bushy, about one meter high Andean berry with the strong orange-red, well-tasting fruits grows well in Germany. However, so that you can hope for a copious harvest in the early autumn, the sowing should not be too late.
The heat-loving physalis takes quite a long time to grow, to bloom and to put on small, cherry-like fruits. In addition, due to the risk of frost, the seeds should not be released into the field before mid-May. Both reasons lead to the German summer being too short to harvest ripe physalis in time for the end of the growing season. For this reason it is advisable to prefer the plants on the windowsill as early as possible in February and to put the young plants into the public pool in May. Alternatively, a Kübelhaltung on a balcony or terrace is possible.
