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Originally posted by greenishfing View PostNothing special. Whatever seed is in a sale. I think I've got black Beauty this year.....but it's just random. I grew Aldi's or Lidl's one year and they did well.
Originally posted by Mark_Riga View PostI find the fruit often rot unless you remove the, quite chunky, petals soon after flowering.
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They are very easy to germinate (especially fresh packed seed). I do ours in the heated prop with the chillies and peppers. Our first of the season has just germinated. We used to sow them quite early but they need warmth and light which is easier to provide later into the year.
I've grown all sorts of aubs in our (ordinary) greenhouse, they do like it a bit more humid than toms but mine seem to grow away no problems. The biggest problem is making sure it's warm enough for the flowers to set. Some people try to ensure this by pollinating them using a paintbrush, I just make sure the temp they're in is hot.
Pictures from a few years ago (in reverse order!):
I only grow those I know the name of because the bigger fruiting aubs need a longer season and you don't get as many per plant. It's easier for us to use smaller aubs but big ones are great too! They're ripe when you can see them - well we've cooked them from ping pong ball size. They're over-ripe when they lose their lovely shiny skin, I believe going on what shop bought are like, we've never let ours get old. I love them! Edit: as for removing petals, nope never bothered. But I do thin the leaves out as they can get very 'overgrown'.Last edited by smallblueplanet; 04-03-2020, 03:28 PM.To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
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Originally posted by Thelma Sanders View PostNo no nope! Not ever trying again *grumble grump*
So many tries, I've often grown lovely plants with lots of lovely purple flowers - but actual aubergines worth eating? - just 1 or 2
Sooo not worth the effort, the compost or the room in the greenhouse
Enuf said!Location....East Midlands.
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For the first time in many years I’m not growing aubergines. I’ve always had great success with money maker. I’ve not really tried any other varieties. I probably should.
I don’t really know what advice to give. I sow in heated propagator. When everything is frost free I plant in the tunnel raised bed. Get excited when flowers appear, more excited when fruits appear, swear a lot when harvesting. Spiky little *****!
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Last edited by smallblueplanet; 04-03-2020, 03:45 PM.To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
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Last year (our first with a greenhouse) we sowed Money Maker in Feb in greenhouse on the heated sand tray. Potted on to three, one each into 30cm pots eventually - still on heated tray. Got a very good yield: didn't weigh but got loads. We grew a bunch of marigolds in the corner of the greenhouse against aphids and cards with eggs of the parasite "Encarsia" against white fly.
Watered the pots with dilute tomato fertilizer and kept sand tray pretty wet with plain water.
I think we ran our greenhouse quite warm - ie set the vent to open late - compared to what I understand most folks on the forum do: 25°C to 30°C daytime air temperature was quite common and sometimes over that. That worked for the melons too.
At the end of the season we noticed a large amount of root out of the bottom of the pots in the sand tray sand. In fact the sand was completely matted
Aubergine plants July 27 2019I live in a part of the UK with very mild winters. Please take this into account before thinking "if he is sowing those now...."
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Previously I got lots of flowers but not many set so last year I picked about half off and pinched out the top once they were about half a metre tall got a fair crop but not much bigger than golf ball. I have started some off earlier this year and they have all come up.
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