Anyone here grow this? I ordered some seeds last year and am currently overwintering one in my basement. It flowered way too late to fruit this season.
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Interesting… would love for someone to compare the flavor to a ground cherry (aka goldenberry).
There’s another plant in the tomato(?) family whose name escapes me. It has 1" fruit that is yellow/orange, the plant is easily identifiable because it also has huge, vicious thorns.
Hopefully this year I can taste them and if they’re good I’ll save more seeds. I grew ground cherries last year for the first time and they were surprisingly good.
I have one Tlanoxtle sprouted, which I’ll try to grow in a container.
dimitri_7a: Are you taking about Naranjilla? (Solanum Quitoense)
I have two of those growing in pots. I love the spikes and it’s fun to see a few impaled fungus gnats here and there. Probably not old enough for fruit yet, if that’s possible in Maryland.
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Yes! Gotta look into this plant more - thanks for your reply.
FYI you have to hit the reply button on a comment or use the @ sign before the username like @dimitri_7a to notify the person.
I only saw your comment to me by luck.
EDIT: For those wondering this is what the plants spikes look like:
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Those look wicked! I tried germinating some Naranjilla this year, but was unsuccessful.
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Tlanoxtle is surviving, but I may need to give it a deeper pot as I’ve read it grows deep roots.
Both Naranjilla also survive; below is a few pictures of one I was sure had died only to be proven wrong.
Monsters just have that habit I guess.
I think this dirt was a mix of Ecoscraps+Perlite. I don’t really have a clue about fertilizing soil, but I may have used a small fertilizer spike+Epsom salt.
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So interesting! Thank you very much! 
It should be a perennial right? Has it fruited by now? What elese can you tell me about Tlanoxtle (I’m curently researching & geeking out on the Lycianthes Genus).
There appears to be a Cross-Compatible Blue Fruited Species of Lycianthes. L. moziniana x L. acapulcensis happens naturally in the wild.
Here’s what the Fruit of Lycianthes acapulcensis look like, It’s also edible.
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