Tomatillo 'Purple De Milpa'

I grew Purple de Milpa tomatillos that I purchased from an individual seller (not a big company).

Mine were quite drought-...Read Moretolerant (as in, the plants didn't wilt and die in drought like another tomatillo variety did). However, they were not heat-tolerant (meaning, they didn't set fruit in extreme heat). So, seemingly because of this, they were very late. They didn't set fruit until it cooled off quite a bit (but they eventually set lots of it—none of which had time to ripen). If you could breed some heat-tolerance into these, they would probably be very nice.

The plants in the raised bed got a few feet tall (not huge). The plants in the regular ground didn't get as big. The soil is more clay-like there, though.

The ones in the regular ground were heavily afflicted with spider mites. The ones in the raised beds weren't as bothered. I would give them sea minerals to deter the spider mites if I could do it again. They probably had some mineral deficiencies anyway, by the look of them (and they may have needed more nitrogen).