Advice with yellowing Aubergine needed

[Ryez]

Hi all, I am a new gardener, and I have aubergines, tomatoes and peppers in an unheated polythene greenhouse that I planted about a month ago. I purchased them as seedlings at the local garden store. I use growmore organic soil, general purpose organic fertilizer for vegetables and a small amount of organic tomato feed a couple weeks ago. I water every 4-5 days.

This Aubergine started turning yellow a week ago. I worried it might be cause of the cold so I protected it with some more polythene material for a night but that made the leaves to curl and go soft.

Today it looks very bad. Can I save it? Should I cut the four big miserable leaves and just leave the new growth on, in hope that it will recover?



Thank you

[Bigmallly]

Hi Ryez & welcome to the vine. I personally don't grow Aubergines as I don't like them but it's still a bit cold for them to be outside. Any chance you can bring them indoors for a few weeks & see if they pick up. I'd also lay off the feed until they start flowering.

[Scarlet]

Agree with all BMs advice, it's very cold for late April. Aubs need much warmer temps. Bring them indoors in the evenings, keep the leaves for now.

[WendyC]

Agree with above. Too cold outside, although you might be somewhere tropical! I noticed you said the plants are in "growmore organic soil". The only growmore I know is a granular fertiliser? Do you mean growmore? Assuming not planted in fertiliser!

[sparrow100]

If you're watering every 4-5 days in a chilly greenhouse they also might be too wet, which they really don't like. Add the cold and you have miserable soggy shivering plants...

I have mine inside and they get a soak from the bottom once a week (in a heated flat..) with a very light feed. Am sticking them out in the greenhouse this weekend though - am gambling on higher night temps from Saturday onwards.

[Alison]

Mine are on the kitchen window ledge and I'm only watering about once every four days when the pots feel light so agree with the advice above, too cold and wet. Easy to sort though

[Ryez]

Thank you very much for the advice! I took the poor plant inside, placed it at the windowsill in the conservatory. I hope it will recover. I am based in Cheshire and it is storming it down this week! The soil apparently is Grow Your Own from Miracle grow, got it mixed up with grow more... sorry.