I'm quite new to growing veg & having a go at aubergines in the greenhouse. They have grown really well, they just seem to be taking over with lots of fruits. I've read that i need to pick some of the fruits out & leave 3-5 on each plant is that right? Also will i need to cut the stems soon to stop them growing even more!
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Yes 3-5 per plant is correct. This is the best year I've had at growing them too, plenty of fruit this time. I pinched the tops out when they were around 15cm high which helps them bush up but I'm not going to prune them any more. Did you pinch them out when they were smaller, if not then this may explain why you have a lot of growth.
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Wow, that is quite tall. Mine are no more than about 18". It is advised to grow about 5-6 fruit per plant, but I'm not adhering to that and have more since they all seem to be doing well.
If you cut back then you may remove leaves that are feeding the fruits, so I'd leave them as they are; you could remove some fruit to concentrate the plant's energy into them. Why no reduce fruit on some and not onothers and see what happens? Actually, I might do that too.
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Mine are only just flowering this year......I've never pinched the tops out . I just let them do as they please .S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
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I have one Black Beauty outside in a grow bag that has got about 18" tall.
There have been quite a few flower buds but none have managed to open properly before they have fallen off - I am guessing that the lack of warmth is to blame?
I have fed it once a month, and after reading this thread I think I need to pinch out the top to help it bush out a bit too.
Andyhttp://vegpatchkid.blogspot.co.uk/ Latest Blog Entries Friday 13 Mar 2015 - Sowing Update
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Got two of them (not sure what type) in the greenhouse, one had a massive fruit which we enjoyed a couple of weeks ago. That one (since we picked the first fruit) has got two more of different sizes growing, and the 2nd plant has no fruits.
Didnt pick out either - and they have grown to around 3ft-4ft high. Instrestingly, when they where on the staging they got to 2and a half feet - then stopped, when I put htem on the deck they doubled in size almost.
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I'm having a go at growing aubergines for the first time this year. I'm about to repot them, so can someone tell me if you pot them deep like tomatoes, or keep the same substrate level?
Cheers,
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By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling
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