I got three unusual plants free with James Wong's Homegrown Revolution book. One is these was an Electric Daisy that didn't produce an edible crop, another was a Cucamelon (Mexican cucumber) which I harvested only 3 or 4 fruits from (I've just ordered a packet of seeds and will try to grow them from scratch this/next year).
The third was an Inca Berry plant, otherwise known as a Cape Gooseberry. After flowering, the fruits grow in their own little paper lanters until ripe.
I only harvested around three berries last year but left the plant in the garage (along with my strawberries), expecting it to perish but it remained healthy looking and active and by the spring it had growth to a ridiculous height with a brand new off-shoot. So much so that the original plant snapped under its own weight. I thought it was definitely a goner!
For convenience I tied what was left of the old plant to the new and a long cane and pretty much ignored it whilst I concentrated on my much more prized vegetation.
I had spotted one flower again making an appearance but it was only whilst walking around my garden this evening that I saw that it has another 6 or 7 buds about to flower!
This is one resilient plant!
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