I've finally grown an actual aubergine.

[SimpleSimon]

Well happy with this. It's only took me 3 years. Grafted plants for the win. Looks like it's got plenty more on the way too.

[Ms-T]

Well done ....enjoy...

[Jungle Jane]

They look good!! You’ve done well

[Bren In Pots]

Congrats that’s a fine looking aubergine

Mine have flowers and I’m really hoping they ‘fruit’ this year.

[Nicos]

Fantastic!
I’m very impressed.
Over several years before giving up on them , my best was no bigger than a golf ball
Enjoy

[Snoop Puss]

Looks fantastic. Happy eating!

[burnie]

Well done, but my question is Why?, minging tasting things..............................lol

[quanglewangle]

Well done!

Once you get the first one on a bush then they keep coming. Watch your fingers when you come to harvest: there can be nasty prickles.

[SimpleSimon]

Well done!

Once you get the first one on a bush then they keep coming. Watch your fingers when you come to harvest: there can be nasty prickles.

Funny you should say that because the first year I grew them I was quite surprised to learn, quite a painful lesson, that aubergines have very stealthy weapons on the leaves.

[SimpleSimon]

Fantastic!
I’m very impressed.
Over several years before giving up on them , my best was no bigger than a golf ball
Enjoy

That had been my experience too. Last year my plants were super healthy and great to look at but didn't produce anything. I got grafted plants this year. Think they are Scorpio or summat and they are on a self watering thing (basically a DIY quadgrow). And I've pruned all the suckers etc and gone for a 2 main stems. Seems to be working so I'm happy.

My next goal is growing an actual melon. I've got some lovely plants 8ft tall. No melons that I can see! Same as last year and the year before that. Time to get that paintbrush out I think.

[ameno]

My next goal is growing an actual melon. I've got some lovely plants 8ft tall. No melons that I can see! Same as last year and the year before that. Time to get that paintbrush out I think.

If you have them under cover then they'll definitely want hand-pollinating, yeah.
If you live in the south then you might even want to try them outdoors, as long as you grow a variety recommended for outdoor growing in this country.
I'm growing Emir this year, planted through black plastic outside at my very sunny allotment, and I already have 11 fruits growing well (between four plants), and two of them I'm fairly sure are only a week or two from ripening, and the plants themselves are growing rampant, smothering everything and trying to escape the bed.

[Plot70]

I planted the remainder of a packet of seeds that were given to me and I have got my first flowers.
They are partly shaded by the leaves of rampant squashes. The bed is outside.
Last year they did nothing.

[Sim2500]

looks great, what cultivar is it?

I'm growing Black Beauty since like March and its no where near the flowering stage yet. hopefully it will bare fruit

[SimpleSimon]

It's a Scorpio F1 grafted. Not sure what's it's grafted onto but the stalk below the graft is about twice as thick as the stalk above it so evidently quite a vigorous root stock.