Eggplant
Solanum melongena
Journals (287)
Where does it grow?
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Where are all the Bumble Bees?
Sowing aubergines late clearly isn’t a good idea. Thanks to the national shortage of bumble bees, and the lack of sunshine this year not a single plant pollenated, and we didn’t get any fruit. Next year I’ll be planting these super early. Watch this space!This entry is about Viki And Matt's Aubergine in the My Backyard garden garden.
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Sprouting: Eggplant
This entry is about Nimrodel's Eggplant in the Balcony garden garden.
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Planting Out: Eggplant
This entry is about Nimrodel's Lebanese Eggplant in the Balcony garden garden.
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The only thing still looking good
No eggplant though. But there still is time.This entry is about Missywombat's Long Early Purple Eggplant in the The Tomato Patch garden garden.
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This plant is so happy that it has been transplanted. Its former bedfellow, still in the intermediate pot, is still seedling size.
This entry is about Istara's Turkish Orange eggplant in the The Good Life 2.0 garden garden.
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Harvesting: Harvest
2nd Casper eggplant harvested. Again I harvested this quite small, but it seemed to have stopped growing and was resting on the mulch so I figured it was time to pick it. Despite loads and loads of flowers since this and the other fruit set, I haven’t seen any more developing eggplants unti...
This entry is about Glittertrash's Casper eggplant in the Nunnery Vegetable garden garden.
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EGGPLANT (Solanum melongena) From India, developed in Spain in 16th century. Growing conditions as for tomato, though Eggplant needs a longer growing season, treat as perennial in warmer climates, annual in cooler areas. Can sow indoors up to 8 weeks before transplanting, harden for one week by t...
This entry is about Istara's Turkish Orange eggplant 2 in the The Good Life 2.0 garden garden.
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After months of inertia, the plant seems to finally be happier now it is in a bigger pot. It now has three increasingly large main leaves.
This entry is about Istara's Turkish Orange eggplant in the The Good Life 2.0 garden garden.
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This entry is about Istara's Turkish Orange eggplant in the The Good Life 2.0 garden garden.
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This entry is about Istara's Turkish Orange eggplant in the The Good Life 2.0 garden garden.
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