Same here I planted 6 eggplants. I only prune some lower leaves but left all suckers on. The plant stems are really thick like a tree branch very strong and I didn’t need any string support or stake. Still giving me loads of fruits everyday. Love it!
I HAVE PLANTED MY FIRST EGGPLANT IN A POT HERE IN GERMANY . A HEALTHY PLANT , NO PRUNNING , PRODUCING UP TO 17 BIG FRUITS AND STILL FLOWERING .IAM AFRAID THE STEMS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CARRY THE HEAVY FRUITS . IN BETWEEN , I HAVE HARVESTED ALREADY 6 FRUITS AND IAM VERY PROUD OF IT !
This works well. Summer just ended here in Australia and I applied this method to loads of eggplant plants and have had great success. I hand pollinate and don't rely on the bees. I prune and I pick the fruit when it looks edible or when we need food for dinner. I water daily so the plant does not get stressed and use high potash fertiliser (here there is a good one called "Sudden Impact for Roses"). Even in the bright sun I don't shade the plants as they love the heat.
Hi! Instead of having to tie knots to prevent fraying, if you put a flame to the ends, they'll melt and stick together, no more frayed ends! In fact I use the flame from a small lighter to 'cut' the lengths I need resulting in both ends melting and not fraying. Do be careful though, the ends may actually catch fire, stub them out or douse in a cup of water. Great videos, you explain everything so well! Thanks!
today I pruned the egg plants and will let you know how they are making out with the prune that you showed on your how to prune them and I did make them less full to let them breathe.
I heard you mention this video in your last garden update and I thought I somehow missed it. I searched through all your videos and couldn't find it. Thanks for posting it!
Thank you. I learned so much about how to prune and pollinate an eggplant. No I know why my eggplant is not having fruits. All flowers just fall of after awhile.
Use the SAME Q-tip on all the plants. (Unless you are purposely trying to make a special new plant that you can patent... or are keeping a logbook of varieties, etc. ) But I am assuming that most of us are growing them just for ourselves to eat...🍆
Great video! Very clear. I love that you carefully showed your pruning method and how you do the support wires. Next year, I may look further into vertical garden using guide twine instead of trellises. Very helpful!
I feel happy because it's my first time that I'm going to harvest 2 eggplant. The only thing is that I don't know when to harvest it. lol I have to find out. Great video,
I know the feeling of wanting to garden and experiment and enjoy it, however, I have 3' eggplants, and I never prune and I get abundant Purple Heirloom, and Shooting Stars, and Black Beauties. Those leaves didn't grow on accident. They are feeder leaves and unless you see true fungal rot , let those gorgeous feeder leaves feed the plant and the bigger the plant, the more and better fruit you will get. I prune young plants for stability like peppers and more growth but I baby my eggplants and never take a blade to them. I do LOVE your vertical trellis, I have miles of the bailing string and u reminded me to trellis my National Pickling Cucumbers. Great vid!!
Ikr.. commercial growers doesn't even remove suckers or top their solanaecous plants.. they still prune or remove sick and infected leaves.. they harvest a ton regardless of organic or synthetic fertilizer they use.
Does anyone know how to get, as he says, "two, three, four stalks" so close to the ground? Mine just grow one and don't even sucker until two feet tall. Yes, they're getting plenty of sun. Thanks.
+vicentemoretti8 You might try pruning the tops of one plant - after a month or so it will begin to produce more leaves at the bottom plus at the top. I fertilize my eggplants the same as my tomatoes, since they are in the same plant family as peppers and okra, as well - and an acidic soil.
Do you grow Japanese Eggplant also? I'm trying to find out how to prune Japanese Eggplant, but they tend to grow vertically from a single stem, rather than multiple stems like the Black Beauty.
What kind of eggplant are you growing? The big ones? I grow the long skinny eggplant and o don’t prune suckers. I always have a large harvest cause i do not prune. I can understand pruning the large heavy ones but not the long skinny ones. I do remove the lower leaves for airflow and to prevent disease from water splash on the leaves.
I bought my first eggplant...plant, today. Somehow, I knew that I had to treat it like a tomato plant. The first TH-cam video that I watched, this one, confirmed my thoughts. So, now, I'm wondering if all water vegetable plants should be treated as a tomato plant would be.
Very informative video. Thank you very much. My plants have grown big but no flowers yet. I have just learnt how to prune , so hoping I will get some flowers/ fruit after pruning.
Pruning decreases fruit production because leaves are essential for photosynthesis which will produce more fruit, if leaves are cut then the process becomes slow
although you are right, i would say that pruning decreases fruit quality. natural unpruned plants give the tastiest fruit, while the pruned plants give fruit faster.
Although I agree that the leaves are required for photosynthesis , too many leaves scrunched together provide habitat for tiny pests, mold and mildew. So , opening up the interior of the bush allows air to circulate and some sunlight to shine in which eliminates the habitat for pests which can make your plant sick. Prune just enough, find the balance.
lisa Forde I’m in north central Florida and I have2 HUGE plants... but the flowers just drop off. I started TRYING to hand pollinate and got ONE eggplant !! There never seems to be ANY pollen in the flowers ever. Nothing yellow anyway... I guess I will try to prune them... they are much taller than I am (6 feet easy!) I have NO IDEA what is wrong... do you?? The plants are beautiful and strong... just no eggplants! I would love to know your thoughts... 🍆
@@LucyJazzy85 Pepper and eggplant (and maybe tomato) plants tend to drop their blossoms when they're stressed. Their pollen becomes inactive because they don't think conditions will be good for producing fruit. I hear it's really hot in FL right now! So my guess is it's the heat. Maybe try shading them if you can. 6ft tall eggplant is VERY impressive. It makes me think your soil is high in nitrogen (good for leaves) and needs phosphorus for blossom and fruit health.
@@LucyJazzy85 this was happening to all 3 of my eggplant plants about a month ago when it was much hotter in upstate NY. Lots of flowers that would just fall off. The bees loved the flowers and they are technically self pollinating so with the additional help from bees I knew it wasn't a pollination issue. I read that it could be a watering issue so I increased the amount I was watering. Grow in containers so I have to water everyday in the heat anyways, but I doubled that, with deep watering each time (just for the eggplants). After about a week or so, fruit began developing. Once I could see an actual fruit starting to protrude, they started growing quickly. Almost doubling in size each day! Good luck!! I don't want you to drown your plants on my word alone, lol... so maybe do a Google search too, before trying... but I really think it's what helped mine produce!
I have two Black Beauty eggplants I've been growing on my sunroom. I didn't know to prune them, so I didn't, but I've been hand pollinating them for months to no avail. They just keep making flowers that fall off the plant, no fruits. What can I do? Will pruning them make them set fruit?
I had the same problem and I read that overwatering can cause this. So I cut right back on the water and they're starting to bear fruit. An excess of water is good for the plant, but not the blossoms.
Heuyen Rolf Good idea, but won't help in my case, as the eggplants are being grown hydroponically using the Kratky method. So, they're basically sitting in nutrient water all day. ;) I did prune them back today, and they look a ton better. They had really grown all over themselves into a mass of leaves.
Aelanna64 Oh how sophisticated, I'm low tech here. I am growing Japanese eggplants, habeneros, rosemary and basil on a large window box. Best of luck with your eggplants, I hope it works out OK for you.
Heuyen Rolf I'm trying lots of different methods to see what works for me. I am growing habaneros as well, I have those growing in a dutch bucket system in the sunroom, where I am growing tomatoes and peppers. I also have a raised bed and a traditional garden outside. Not a lot of tech involved, really. The Kratky plants are just sitting in containers of solution, and the dutch buckets use some PVC and tubing, a few buckets and plastic tubs, and an aquarium pump on a timer. I think I prefer gardening indoors, the bugs and animals are eating everything outside.
Last year I bought a little eggplant tree put it in my garden. Didn't do anything special just gave water and some fertilizer made from onionpeel +water. Strain it use the onionwater and give it to your plants or flowers. Thats how we asian do it It gave me lots of eggplants I cooked dillicious meals
I live in Utah, 1st year of cultivating the eggplant. Manu fruits, but they aren't growing much little ones 😞. What do i do? When can i harvest if fruit is not growing?
Does anybody know if young eggplant plants (a little passed seedling stage, no flowers yet) can still be transplanted to the ground without killing it? Thanks!
+MegaKbyrne i might off an idea.. they are a relation to chilli and tomato (nightshade) when it gets really hot the heat kills the flowers on them, maybe the same for eggplant.. i'm talking hot though.. i live in australia.. 45c 113F
60F up to 90F. Pollinator was missing in the beginning of year. 90F not a problem with plant thou. No 113F here in michigan near lake michigan half way up state.
So clear, straightforward and detailed in your video about how to grow a healthy eggplant plant. Thank you so much!
My first eggplant harvest was bountiful without any pruning. They grew huge and I was giving away eggplants everyday for an entire season.
Nobody likes a show off 😉
Same here I planted 6 eggplants. I only prune some lower leaves but left all suckers on. The plant stems are really thick like a tree branch very strong and I didn’t need any string support or stake. Still giving me loads of fruits everyday. Love it!
@@ronaldulip9470 she’s not showing off she’s just saying you have to prune
@@quandaletringle859 I’m aware. That was a little bit of sarcasm
I'm not removing so many leaves, only the very bottom.
One of the best videos for eggplant planting, thank you
So nice of you
I need a cheaper living soil option in Atlanta. A pallet is like $500 or more to get shipped from a good source.
I followed your instructions and now I have 2 growing and 2 more ready to sprout. Excellent video. Thank you
Best video on TH-cam for growing eggplants. Thank you my friend !
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I HAVE PLANTED MY FIRST EGGPLANT IN A POT HERE IN GERMANY . A HEALTHY PLANT , NO PRUNNING , PRODUCING UP TO 17 BIG FRUITS AND STILL FLOWERING .IAM AFRAID THE STEMS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CARRY THE HEAVY FRUITS . IN BETWEEN , I HAVE HARVESTED ALREADY 6 FRUITS AND IAM VERY PROUD OF IT !
WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?
I planted my eggplant in pot lots of flowers but no fruit not sure what I have to do
LOUD NOISES!!!
Vanessa royo
I can understand that pruning will produce bigger fruits but doesn't mean that you will get less production?
The most informative video I’ve seen on growing aubergines. Thank you for creating it and sharing your knowledge. Blessings
Absolutely EXCELLENT video. Well explained, well done. I'm a Christian gardener who uses Korean farming methods.
Excellent!! Clearly demonstrated and easily understood .Thank you.
¿Don’t you refer eggxellent?
This works well. Summer just ended here in Australia and I applied this method to loads of eggplant plants and have had great success. I hand pollinate and don't rely on the bees. I prune and I pick the fruit when it looks edible or when we need food for dinner. I water daily so the plant does not get stressed and use high potash fertiliser (here there is a good one called "Sudden Impact for Roses"). Even in the bright sun I don't shade the plants as they love the heat.
Thank you for a most informative and clearly presented video without any distracting music. Most helpful to me. Cheers😊
that was the best explanation and visual lesson on pruning suckers. thanks.
what a wonderful youtuber!
learnt SO much !
thanks very much David.
Hi! Instead of having to tie knots to prevent fraying, if you put a flame to the ends, they'll melt and stick together, no more frayed ends!
In fact I use the flame from a small lighter to 'cut' the lengths I need resulting in both ends melting and not fraying. Do be careful though, the ends may actually catch fire, stub them out or douse in a cup of water. Great videos, you explain everything so well! Thanks!
I do that too, it's very neat.
Bravo, clear, concise and complete! You give the best tutorials. Just subscribed :)
today I pruned the egg plants and will let you know how they are making out with the prune that you showed on your how to prune them and I did make them less full to let them breathe.
your set up is dope
I heard you mention this video in your last garden update and I thought I somehow missed it. I searched through all your videos and couldn't find it. Thanks for posting it!
GhoulishCop
Present and accounted for.
Clear and easy to understand. Your tips and ideas are helpful as I am a new gardener and I have eggplants that are starting to bloom.
Thank you. I learned so much about how to prune and pollinate an eggplant. No I know why my eggplant is not having fruits. All flowers just fall of after awhile.
Loved your gardening tips…Just amazing…Thank you so much and God bless!
Khub sundor pilant tips valo laglo
Very clean and mitigated work . Awesome.
Yet another great how-to video, from this man.
extremely informative - thank you !
thanks for all the useful info!!!
great video I love your setup
Thanks for explaining and easy understanding!
Can you use the same q-tip on all the flowers or do you have to get a new one for each flower ?
Following...I need to know too!
Use the SAME Q-tip on all the plants. (Unless you are purposely trying to make a special new plant that you can patent... or are keeping a logbook of varieties, etc. ) But I am assuming that most of us are growing them just for ourselves to eat...🍆
Wow! Absolutely greatly explained. Thank you.
You are the best teacher Sir. Thank you
Thanks after watching an hour of different video finally found one that tells me how to hand pollinate😘
I don't think I'm emotionally ready for pruning...
Great video! Very clear. I love that you carefully showed your pruning method and how you do the support wires. Next year, I may look further into vertical garden using guide twine instead of trellises. Very helpful!
I love learning new garden techniques. Thank you!
I feel happy because it's my first time that I'm going to harvest 2 eggplant. The only thing is that I don't know when to harvest it. lol I have to find out. Great video,
Pick when the skin is no longer shiny.
How many plants could an eggplant plant if an eggplant plant could plant plants?
LOL!
Too many woodchucks in competion.
+FrugalPrepper lmao
Thank you
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Fantastic information! Thank you.
good day! how many time we should pollinate the flower in 1 week?
thanks for the information about pruning eggplant Im LDS too in alabama..
I know the feeling of wanting to garden and experiment and enjoy it, however, I have 3' eggplants, and I never prune and I get abundant Purple Heirloom, and Shooting Stars, and Black Beauties. Those leaves didn't grow on accident. They are feeder leaves and unless you see true fungal rot , let those gorgeous feeder leaves feed the plant and the bigger the plant, the more and better fruit you will get. I prune young plants for stability like peppers and more growth but I baby my eggplants and never take a blade to them. I do LOVE your vertical trellis, I have miles
of the bailing string and u reminded me to trellis my National Pickling Cucumbers. Great vid!!
Ikr.. commercial growers doesn't even remove suckers or top their solanaecous plants.. they still prune or remove sick and infected leaves.. they harvest a ton regardless of organic or synthetic fertilizer they use.
Extremely helpful. Thank you.
Can you use the same cotton swab for several flowers or a new one for each?
thanks Guy . I love this video very informative !
A very precise & full of information. Thanks
What zone are you in?
Your eggplant plants look wonderful. How do you keep the black flea insect away from your leaves?
Does anyone know how to get, as he says, "two, three, four stalks" so close to the ground? Mine just grow one and don't even sucker until two feet tall. Yes, they're getting plenty of sun. Thanks.
+vicentemoretti8 You might try pruning the tops of one plant - after a month or so it will begin to produce more leaves at the bottom plus at the top. I fertilize my eggplants the same as my tomatoes, since they are in the same plant family as peppers and okra, as well - and an acidic soil.
Hi,like to check with you the flowers of the eggplant easily dropped off wonder why. Thanks
Thanks for these how to do lesson's.
excellent comprehensive video
Do you grow Japanese Eggplant also? I'm trying to find out how to prune Japanese Eggplant, but they tend to grow vertically from a single stem, rather than multiple stems like the Black Beauty.
What kind of eggplant are you growing? The big ones? I grow the long skinny eggplant and o don’t prune suckers. I always have a large harvest cause i do not prune. I can understand pruning the large heavy ones but not the long skinny ones. I do remove the lower leaves for airflow and to prevent disease from water splash on the leaves.
Can you show how you make the vertical trellis?
I never prune my eggplant and they do just fine 10 eggplant on the the bush at the same time and many more babies also
Great detailed video, thanks!
greatvvideo; thanks for taking the time ....
I have one egg plant,good info!
How tall do you allow/expect them to get? I'm guessing that pruning off side shoots puts them into getting taller?
I bought my first eggplant...plant, today. Somehow, I knew that I had to treat it like a tomato plant. The first TH-cam video that I watched, this one, confirmed my thoughts. So, now, I'm wondering if all water vegetable plants should be treated as a tomato plant would be.
Very informative video. Thank you very much. My plants have grown big but no flowers yet. I have just learnt how to prune , so hoping I will get some flowers/ fruit after pruning.
Amazing, thank you for sharing..
for how many years we can get fruit from eggplant,chelli &okra
so you dont use compost at all?
Can the sucker be planted
Nicely explained, thank you
Those are some reay nice looking plants! What do you use for pest control? The flea beetles attack mine; neem and soap don't seem to help much.
Sorry, i left the suckers and my plant yielded more fruits. I only removed 4 lower leaves that were near the ground.
Thankyou for the informative video and showing is how to do things👍👍
Great video!
how do you protect from pests, insects? i live in vic, Australia. thanks! great video, very clear.
How did you attach your PVC pipe to the wood to make your roof?
Pruning decreases fruit production because leaves are essential for photosynthesis which will produce more fruit, if leaves are cut then the process becomes slow
although you are right, i would say that pruning decreases fruit quality. natural unpruned plants give the tastiest fruit, while the pruned plants give fruit faster.
Although I agree that the leaves are required for photosynthesis , too many leaves scrunched together provide habitat for tiny pests, mold and mildew. So , opening up the interior of the bush allows air to circulate and some sunlight to shine in which eliminates the habitat for pests which can make your plant sick.
Prune just enough, find the balance.
l donot prune my egg plant and it produce alot of fruits
I heard that some studies show that pruning most plants actually makes no difference in amount of fruit
People overthinking something that happens naturally lol
lisa Forde I’m in north central Florida and I have2 HUGE plants... but the flowers just drop off. I started TRYING to hand pollinate and got ONE eggplant !! There never seems to be ANY pollen in the flowers ever. Nothing yellow anyway... I guess I will try to prune them... they are much taller than I am (6 feet easy!) I have NO IDEA what is wrong... do you?? The plants are beautiful and strong... just no eggplants! I would love to know your thoughts... 🍆
@@LucyJazzy85 Pepper and eggplant (and maybe tomato) plants tend to drop their blossoms when they're stressed. Their pollen becomes inactive because they don't think conditions will be good for producing fruit. I hear it's really hot in FL right now! So my guess is it's the heat. Maybe try shading them if you can. 6ft tall eggplant is VERY impressive. It makes me think your soil is high in nitrogen (good for leaves) and needs phosphorus for blossom and fruit health.
@@LucyJazzy85 this was happening to all 3 of my eggplant plants about a month ago when it was much hotter in upstate NY. Lots of flowers that would just fall off. The bees loved the flowers and they are technically self pollinating so with the additional help from bees I knew it wasn't a pollination issue.
I read that it could be a watering issue so I increased the amount I was watering. Grow in containers so I have to water everyday in the heat anyways, but I doubled that, with deep watering each time (just for the eggplants). After about a week or so, fruit began developing. Once I could see an actual fruit starting to protrude, they started growing quickly. Almost doubling in size each day!
Good luck!! I don't want you to drown your plants on my word alone, lol... so maybe do a Google search too, before trying... but I really think it's what helped mine produce!
I have two Black Beauty eggplants I've been growing on my sunroom. I didn't know to prune them, so I didn't, but I've been hand pollinating them for months to no avail. They just keep making flowers that fall off the plant, no fruits. What can I do? Will pruning them make them set fruit?
I had the same problem and I read that overwatering can cause this. So I cut right back on the water and they're starting to bear fruit. An excess of water is good for the plant, but not the blossoms.
Heuyen Rolf
Good idea, but won't help in my case, as the eggplants are being grown hydroponically using the Kratky method. So, they're basically sitting in nutrient water all day. ;) I did prune them back today, and they look a ton better. They had really grown all over themselves into a mass of leaves.
Aelanna64 Oh how sophisticated, I'm low tech here. I am growing Japanese eggplants, habeneros, rosemary and basil on a large window box. Best of luck with your eggplants, I hope it works out OK for you.
Heuyen Rolf
I'm trying lots of different methods to see what works for me. I am growing habaneros as well, I have those growing in a dutch bucket system in the sunroom, where I am growing tomatoes and peppers. I also have a raised bed and a traditional garden outside. Not a lot of tech involved, really. The Kratky plants are just sitting in containers of solution, and the dutch buckets use some PVC and tubing, a few buckets and plastic tubs, and an aquarium pump on a timer. I think I prefer gardening indoors, the bugs and animals are eating everything outside.
Very helpful!
Wow.. now I know how to prune my eggplants.. I made mistake on mine..
Last year I bought a little eggplant tree put it in my garden. Didn't do anything special just gave water and some fertilizer made from onionpeel +water. Strain it use the onionwater and give it to your plants or flowers. Thats how we asian do it It gave me lots of eggplants I cooked dillicious meals
Very informative.Thanks
i love it complete details and explanation.🎉
Very helpful information. Thank you.
As it seems my problem early in the year was lack of pollinators called yellow jacket bumble bees. Later on I got three to four fruits per plant.
+MegaKbyrne We quadrupled our garden production when we started beekeeping. And we got honey too! :)
Yea for the bees.
one of the flowers I have doesn't have the female pistol... is that normal , defect?
Two different flowers needed per plant. One Male, one female. Hand pollinate difficult, natural pollination better with bees ect.
Very nice.
I've always used a soft makeup brush to hand pollinate.
Thanks
David
South Carolina
Great video
Another great video, thanks!
I have an eggplant. It has lots of flowers but they all fall off and th plant does not produce any fruit. Why?
I worry about lowering the yield of the plant. Maybe too much pruning? What size container for eggplant should I use?
I live in Utah, 1st year of cultivating the eggplant. Manu fruits, but they aren't growing much little ones 😞. What do i do? When can i harvest if fruit is not growing?
What other ingredients (three) you are using and how to make a fertilizer for gardening?
Thanks great tips
Thank you so much for this video, now I know what to do. 👍👍👍
Thanks,, good lesson
Great tips thank u
Do u recommend pruning in summer or will it stress the plant?
Need help on how to prune eggplant and tomatoes
Does anybody know if young eggplant plants (a little passed seedling stage, no flowers yet) can still be transplanted to the ground without killing it? Thanks!
Yes, you can but be careful not to disturb the roots.
nice tutorial
Are these Aubergine Egg plants?
Please show when eggplant are ready 4 harvest
I grew eggplants and did not prune. They produced flowers that fell off the plant without produceing any fruits. What went wrong? Do you know?
+MegaKbyrne i might off an idea.. they are a relation to chilli and tomato (nightshade) when it gets really hot the heat kills the flowers on them, maybe the same for eggplant.. i'm talking hot though.. i live in australia.. 45c 113F
60F up to 90F. Pollinator was missing in the beginning of year. 90F not a problem with plant thou. No 113F here in michigan near lake michigan half way up state.
No pollinators. Don’t use pesticides. It kills the pollinators.