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Originally posted by Small pumpkin View PostBlack beauty seems to be quite a small plant? Is that normal? Never grown them before.Location ... Nottingham
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Originally posted by bario1 View PostWho knows? They were going great guns in May, then they stopped growing, and the lower leaves went a bit floppy, now the lower leaves are yellow and the floppiness is moving upwards through the plants. Same happens every year.Location ... Nottingham
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My black Beauty plants 2 greenhouse and 1 outdoors look like they will produce flowers but it then falls off before a proper flower opens so no fruit or chance to dab with a paint brush yet..... fingers crossed I get something before end of season......
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Can you have too many aubergines on a plant?
I've got one aubergine plant in my allotment.
It's growing outdoors in the ground and I'm in the North of England so I didn't really have much hope for it. I've currently got 16 aubergines on it and quite a few new flowers as well.
Admittedly, the biggest two are only about four inches long but it's doing really well.
Should I be thinning out the fruit? I've heard people say that you should only leave 3 or 4 fruit per plant but I'm reluctant to get rid of any of them.
The variety is "Jackpot" if that helps.
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Looks like you've hit the jackpot!
On a less silly note, I see these are described as "prolific" and "producing copious amounts of fruit". So if I were you, I'd leave them and pick them when they're ready. The thing with aubergines is I find it's actually a bit difficult to tell when they're ripe. Picking a bit early is better than a bit late (they go a bit leathery), and will probably encourage the plant to produce more flowers.
For anyone struggling to grow aubergines, Jackpot might be a winner.
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I'm growing several varieties: Jackpot, Czech early, Farmers Long, Ping Tung and Prosperosa. All are outdoors, either in pots or in the ground on my allotment. First fruits are just setting now for me, Jackpot is furthest ahead although I wouldn't rely exclusively on that variety as the fruits are small. I'm really impressed with Czech early, the plants are really beautiful.
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