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Looking good there, QW. My plants are still quite small. Not been in the ground long (bought Friday 31 May), so early days yet. There are two of us. I bought six plants...Last edited by Snoop Puss; 07-06-2022, 08:43 AM.
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Lost the first two fruits to rot. BER probably though not actually at the blossom end. Allowed to dry out too much - always a danger with big leafy plants in relatively small amounts of compost in a warm greenhouse.
Still, third one is doing well. They swell fast once they get to this stage
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BTW we have our first fruit set. About 20mm across. Pic somewhat digitally fiddled to make the fruit visible in the poor light.
First flower fell off due to aphids but the little aphidus wasps biological control seem to be earning their keep now.
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Our pots are about 11l if my math for the volume of a truncated cone is right. About 300mm across the top.
BUT they sit in a sand tray (picture a large propagation tray). The sand is kept wet and is a mass of roots at the end of the season.
Sort of semi ring culture.
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What size pots does everyone use for their aubergines? I keep reading anything from 5 (RHS) to 10 litres (somewhere else!)
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Originally posted by Dorothyrouse View PostInteresting reading about how you are all growing aubergines, I have 3 plants ( bought ones) in pots, looking ok, was thinking of putting them outside on allotment plot? Is that a silly idea? Would I be better keeping them on my patio?
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I buy plants. I don't think it would be possible for me to grow them otherwise. I don't think it's cheating.
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Buying plants isn't cheating.
Around here alll the commercial brocoli (and in West Cornwall the term embraces cauliflower also) is grown from plants.
Buying finished product from sainsburys is cheating.
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I did grow a couple of plants outside a couple of years ago, were very good with fruit weighing 12-14 ounces, but haven’t been successful growing from seed, so I cheated this year!
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Originally posted by Dorothyrouse View Post
Sorry if I’ve ‘jumped in ‘ on your post
I have no experience of growing aubergines outside I am afraid but I suspect others on here will have.
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Interesting reading about how you are all growing aubergines, I have 3 plants ( bought ones) in pots, looking ok, was thinking of putting them outside on allotment plot? Is that a silly idea? Would I be better keeping them on my patio?
Sorry if I’ve ‘jumped in ‘ on your post
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