Physalis more general viey

I have tried to grow those here twice, they have not been successful.
Do they not like clay soil?

Maybe not but I don't know for sure. Our soil is very sandy and this plant thrives. I bought it as a plant. I once tried some seeds and they did not appear, well I never found them.

Beautiful! I managed to grow some this year, and they're really strong plants, but no sign of flowers never mind the pods!

Maybe it will be next year now, unless there are different cultivars that flower at different times, This one is really early and has small white flowers in early summer.

Ah, will be next year then, thanks Chris. Is it getting chilly in Hungary or is it like here? We had a beautiful morning, crisp and sunny, but heavy rain all afternoon and it's cool.

Thanks for that Chrispook, first ones were seeds, second ones were plants.

Lovely photo Chris.
I used to have them too but they spread like wildfire in my garden. My soil is pretty free draining and quite dry so it may very well be the clay that they don't like Michaella.

Thanks for that Jess. I thought the same thing too. I do not think it likes clay soil.

Hi Janey you ask about our weather. Not chilly this week. We started to have a few cooler nights last week like down to 10 C, but not now. It's like high summer with temps in mid 30's in day and 18-20 at night. Ver dry too and no rain in forecast for next 10 days with high temps continuing. I'm about to go away for 5 days so no water for the garden. The plants are looking rather tired and they will be even more tired if the heat continues for long. Our soil is very free draining being almost pure sand too. Still mustn't grumble, I'm sure you guys in UK would like some of this sun.