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Aubergine growing advice

Discussion in 'Edible Gardening' started by JWK, Jun 20, 2021.

  1. JWK

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    Also trying Aubergines for the first time, variety Jack Pot F1.

    I was hoping they might have grown into bigger plants by now, they are about 12" tall compared to my tomatoes alongside are 4 to 5ft.

    I've got the first flower, any tips what I should be doing please?

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      First fruit has set, the flowers have been falling off unfertilised till now
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        To give some idea of scale the fruit is grape sized in my previous post @noisette47 how do I know when to pick, assuming it gets larger?
         
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        Fruit should be very shiny. If it loses it's shine, it's past it. Use secateurs to snip the stem and take it by the fruit end. They've got vicious spines!
         
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