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News Flash - Aubergine flower spotted in Aberdeenshire
Yaaaaaaaay, well done to you. I've got two aubergine plants - one has one flower already blooming and a couple of more buds, but the other has 4 actual aubergines on it - 3 of em are fairly tiny at the moment, but one is about 5 or 6 inches long - I can't wait till its ready to eat Good luck with yours
3 flowers so far have all been and gone and then fallen off without an aubergine in sight. They flowered and then turned brown and fell off. I read somewhere that misting them helps and I tried that but it hasn't worked for me. The plant is in my greenhouse at the mo.
I have another 4 flowers on the plant.
Should I give up as a bad job or shall I keep going? Any advice would be welcome
Last edited by russell; 16-08-2008, 08:05 PM.
Reason: spelling mistake
3 flowers so far have all been and gone and then fallen off without an aubergine in sight. They flowered and then turned brown and fell off. I read somewhere that misting them helps and I tried that but it hasn't worked for me. The plant is in my greenhouse at the mo.
I have another 4 flowers on the plant.
Should I give up as a bad job or shall I keep going? Any advice would be welcome
Um, possibly the flowers aren't getting pollinated, so are falling off because of that. Do you open the doors so insects can get in to pollinate, or would it be worth going round with a paintbrush???!
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Mine are just in the garden in my raised beds. I had four that I started off from seed, but only two have survived. I didn't do anything to them to encourage them to pollinate, they just kind of got on with it themselves (lucky for me as I wouldn't know what to do anyway )
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