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  • #1

    Flowers but no aubergines

    why?

    The plants look healthy enough, 4-5 flowers on each. The flowers open then drop off. I have tried brushing them with a soft feather...still no aubergines.
    Can I blame the weather?
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  • #2
    Hi HF

    Have you tried raising the humidity? We are having two aubergines in a med pasta bake (smothered in mozerrela so totaly scrummy!) for dinner tonight (with Rainbow trout - which we dont normally have as kids wouldnt eat it! - While the kids are away Mummy will play!!!

    Tammy
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    Fine and Dandy but busy as always

    God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done


    Stay at home Mum (and proud of it) to Bluebelle(8), Bashfull Bill(6) and twincesses Pea & Pod (2)!!!!

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    • #3
      I think you can blame the weather Headfry - or more strictly - the climate.
      In the UK I think we are marginal (at best) for aubergines.
      Well that's my excuse anyway.
      So far I've got 3 teeny weeny ones.
      I've given it 3 years good try. This year has been the best conditions for them and I reckon if they can't do it this year I can't do it.
      Unless something improves dramatically I won't be growing them again.
      Boo hoo - they've been my babies, but will have to find another lost cause to fret over.

      From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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      • #4
        My plant is outside & produced flowers ( that looked dry/dead) even though weve had so much rain. The plant itself doesnt look that healthy - leaves have holes etc.
        I havent had a ny fruit - is it too late?
        Gill

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        • #5
          "My plant is outside ..."

          I reckon that's the problem. I reckon it needs a very warm / sunny spot (and SUMMER!!) for Aubergines to make fruit outside
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          • #6
            Not even a sniff of a flower in mine yet, I don't hold out much hope.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Alice
              In the UK I think we are marginal (at best) for aubergines....

              So far I've got 3 teeny weeny ones...
              In the UK they're a greenhouse plant that likes hotter, sunnier more humid conditions than even chillies.

              Can we have a piccy of your baby aubs Alice? Don't give up yet - I was gonna offer you some Thai aub seeds next year - they grow to about egg size, thought they might be more suited to our shorter 'hot' (hah!) season?
              To see a world in a grain of sand
              And a heaven in a wild flower

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              • #8
                I tried growing Aubergines for the first time last year, and although we didn't have a great Summer, I had great success with them. Just watered and fed them, and got plenty of fruits off the plant.
                This year, we have had a really hot Summer, and the plants looked really healthy, with lots and lots of flowers, but no fruits. I figured the flowers were not being pollinated, so I tried three methods. First brushing with a small paint brush. Second, gently shaking the flowers, and thirdly, pinching out one of the pollen seeds with a pair of tweezers, and gently brushing the female bit in the middle.
                I'm not sure which is the best method, but I now have four aubergine plants loaded with fruits!

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                • #9
                  Grown aubs last 2 years in the poly and still get speared by those darn spikes on the flowers! This year's plants are not as tall (only about a foot high, peppers are the same) but still plenty of flowers and developing fruit.

                  The defo need to be under cover in the UK though. Sunny windowsill in a big pot might be good enough
                  Are y'oroight booy?

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                  • #10
                    I gave up with them after 5 years of trying...............even in the greenhouse they set little fruit, and what with the cost of seeds, compost and feed it was cheaper to buy them

                    I can't taste any difference either - before anyone says home-grown would have tasted better LOL

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                    • #11
                      It could also be the variety. I took the advise of someone who tried and tried for years with little success until they tried BONICA. I tried for the first time this year and used those seeds. We've been harvesting for about 3 weeks now. Fine big fruits with plenty more to come. Try those seeds in UK and Ireland.

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                      • #12
                        Who did you get Bonica from? I'm always desperate to try a successful aubergine variety. I've tried a few varieties over the years, Moneymaker (from Suttons...) has been the only reliable one. I've got a moneymaker and one other variety (can't remember which!) setting at the moment.

                        I wouldn't worry about the odd flower drop and you've got to accept it's a late season indoor crop.

                        Another suggestion is that just when the flower is withering, gently easy it off. I've noticed that the withered flower sometimes catches a bit of mould and that aubergine aborts.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by jacob View Post
                          Who did you get Bonica from? I'm always desperate to try a successful aubergine variety. I've tried a few varieties over the years, Moneymaker (from Suttons...) has been the only reliable one. I've got a moneymaker and one other variety (can't remember which!) setting at the moment.

                          I wouldn't worry about the odd flower drop and you've got to accept it's a late season indoor crop.

                          Another suggestion is that just when the flower is withering, gently easy it off. I've noticed that the withered flower sometimes catches a bit of mould and that aubergine aborts.
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