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Chinese Lantern Seeds - Love in a Cage.
Physalis alkekengi 'franchetti'

Plant is poisonous, but the fruit is edible and very high in Vitamin C. Best added to other fruits and smoothies or drinks and jellies, etc.

Cultivation:
For maximum freshness, please keep seed refrigerated in its original packaging until it is time to plant. Sow seeds in spring into pots using standard soil-less seed compost, either peat or peat substitute. Cover with perlite or vermiculite. Place in a cold frame or with protection at 18 degrees Centigrade (65 degrees F.). Germination takes 3-6 weeks cold or 7-14 days with warmth. Grow in any well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade.

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I hope you don't mind my interjection but a little more info on this.

They are herbaceous plants and are a relative of the common tomato.

Physalis franchetti is a hardy plant but the fruits are sour and can be quite poisonous if eaten in quantity.

I don't know how much in a smoothie would be poisonous, I could not find any info on it on the internet. Still looking.

BUT I have grown this and it is a beautiful "lantern", and does last a long time as a dried flower! Especially when coupled with Money Plant and statice! F&W

May 28th, 2014 at 9:58:31 AM PDT by

Here is another confirming - ripe seeds are entirely safe. http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Physalis_alkekengi
Thanks again.

May 28th, 2014 at 11:48:30 AM PDT by

poison when unripe- like many other berries.

The fruit is edible raw or cooked, as in pies or preserves. The fruit can fall from the plant before it is ripe. That usually takes a week or two or more until the husk has drie0d and the fruit a golden yellow to orange. Each fruit is wrapped in a husk that is NOT edible. The fruit will store several weeks if left in the husk. Unripe fruit — light green — is toxic. Ripe fruits are light to golden yellow. If any ripe fruit has a bitter aftertaste should be cooked first. If it is still bitter after cooking, don’t eat it.

http://www.eattheweeds.com/physalis-tomatos-wild-cousin-2/

Thanks.

May 28th, 2014 at 11:44:38 AM PDT by

Thanks for giving references. Will read them thoroughly. This is a unique and different plant. Especially when in their "cage". When I had them I really loved them.

May 28th, 2014 at 9:00:18 PM PDT by

np, enjoy! :)

May 29th, 2014 at 10:19:07 AM PDT by

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