campingcorgis
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Post by campingcorgis on Sept 18, 2021 19:24:22 GMT -5
Sher, they are so pretty that it makes me want to grow them! I could always donate them to someone that likes eggplant! Or cook them for Mikey, as they are certainly on his hit list.
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Post by lynnee on Sept 18, 2021 21:22:47 GMT -5
Those are beautiful little eggplants!  I hope that mine turn out as well. |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 19, 2021 3:47:52 GMT -5
Those are beautiful little eggplants! I hope that mine turn out as well. I grew them before and had a terrible problem with the flowers all dropping off. They are finicky to pollinate. It seems to me that the yellow tips of the flowers need to split apart and the pollen needs to reach just the right stage of maturity before it can happen. I use an electric toothbrush, and you can sometimes see yellow "fairy dust" puffing out of the flower when it is successfully pollinated. I said all that to spare you the "I am eggplant growing failure" I went through the first time I tried. I almost terminated the plant because it would produce flowers, but no eggplant.  |
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Post by lynnee on Sept 19, 2021 18:59:40 GMT -5
Thanks very much for the eggplant tips, Sher!  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 28, 2021 20:02:59 GMT -5
The plant part of this eggplant is smaller than any I have ever grown -- probably because of the virus. But it is producing like crazy.
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maskedsonnet
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Post by maskedsonnet on Sept 29, 2021 2:44:33 GMT -5
It really is putting out a lot! I like the purple with white stripes, eggplant is such a cool looking veggie
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Sept 29, 2021 4:41:04 GMT -5
You ARE getting a lot of eggplants. If I remember they are on the smaller side. Not that I have grown them but from what I have seen of others,
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 29, 2021 7:57:14 GMT -5
You ARE getting a lot of eggplants. If I remember they are on the smaller side. Not that I have grown them but from what I have seen of others, Yes, if I remember correctly, they get about 6 inches or so long. |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 4, 2021 20:53:21 GMT -5
I ended this project today and will use the smaller and larger eggplants in different ways.
The reason I ended it is hornworms devastated my outdoor tomato and I wanted to get some Veranda Red tomatoes started in that Bounty as soon as possible.
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Post by Shawn on Oct 5, 2021 7:53:33 GMT -5
You may have ended it but you ended with success and eggplants! Now to a new project  |
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maskedsonnet
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Post by maskedsonnet on Oct 5, 2021 9:33:56 GMT -5
Evil, evil hornworms. I hate the moths they turn into too. D< Hope the indoor tomatoes do amazing for you!
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 5, 2021 11:41:20 GMT -5
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Post by lynnee on Oct 5, 2021 18:42:01 GMT -5
I ended this project today and will use the smaller and larger eggplants in different ways. The reason I ended it is hornworms devastated my outdoor tomato and I wanted to get some Veranda Red tomatoes started in that Bounty as soon as possible.
Sorry to hear that the eggplants had to go, but I'll be interested in your tomatoes. Is Veranda Red something that you will be transplanting outdoors? |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 5, 2021 22:30:34 GMT -5
lynnee, I have grown the Veranda Reds before. They are my favorites for AG growing.
They will be living their entire lives in a Bounty,
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 7, 2021 17:08:20 GMT -5
Three small Fairy Tale eggplants are a LOT of eggplant when you are cooking for one.
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Oct 8, 2021 10:37:42 GMT -5
How are you preparing
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 8, 2021 16:18:27 GMT -5
Battered and fried. 
It was heavenly!
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I hope that mine turn out as well.
