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Pastimes : Gardening and Especially Tomato Growing -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AugustWest who wrote (556)	4/7/1999 8:37:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3496

Try the Dusky variety of eggplant if you can get the seed. As mentioned, I've tried a few different varieties, but they've all been disappointing with the exception of Dusky. I think you must get at least 4 or 5 good big eggplants from each plant during the season... lots more small ones if you pick them before they get big. I kind of think that the trick with eggplant may be to be sure that they are well-started before you put them into the garden. I always plant them and then put an old fibre pot (the kind trees come planted in) around each one. I cut the bottom out of each pot with a swede saw first and set them on the ground with the cut out bottom pointing up. This makes a little "shelter" for each plant. Then I bank a bit of soil up around the bottom edge of the fibre pot. This creates a little micro-environment for each plant AND when you water the plants, it helps to hold lots of moisture around the root system of each plant. I think eggplant needs quite a bit of water to grow well. My gardens are all raised beds with very good drainage, so it saves water to just water the roots of each plant and not water the whole garden area. BTW, I plant all of my tomatoes and peppers in the same way. I have a collection of fibre pots that I acquired years ago for free. I store them in my barn in winter and they've lasted for at least 10 years. Croc...;-}>