How To Prune & Hand Pollinate Eggplant
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- Why prune and hand pollinate Eggplant? Pruning any plant properly will increase production, reduce stress on the plant, allow more air and light to get through for a healthier, disease free plant. Hand pollinating is also important in case the insect pollinators can't get out and do the job because of bad weather.
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So clear, straightforward and detailed in your video about how to grow a healthy eggplant plant. Thank you so much!
Thank you for a most informative and clearly presented video without any distracting music. Most helpful to me. Cheers😊
The most informative video I’ve seen on growing aubergines. Thank you for creating it and sharing your knowledge. Blessings
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.
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.
Excellent!! Clearly demonstrated and easily understood .Thank you.
¿Don’t you refer eggxellent?
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.
what a wonderful youtuber!
learnt SO much !
thanks very much David.
Bravo, clear, concise and complete! You give the best tutorials. Just subscribed :)
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!
Loved your gardening tips…Just amazing…Thank you so much and God bless!
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.
your set up is dope
Yet another great how-to video, from this man.
extremely informative - thank you !
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
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.
Thanks after watching an hour of different video finally found one that tells me how to hand pollinate😘
I love learning new garden techniques. Thank you!
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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.
thanks for the information about pruning eggplant Im LDS too in alabama..
thanks for all the useful info!!!
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.
Thanks for these how to do lesson's.
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 have one egg plant,good info!
Very helpful information. Thank you.
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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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.
Your eggplant plants look wonderful. How do you keep the black flea insect away from your leaves?
Thankyou for the informative video and showing is how to do things👍👍
how do you protect from pests, insects? i live in vic, Australia. thanks! great video, very clear.
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.
greatvvideo; thanks for taking the time ....
Can you use the same cotton swab for several flowers or a new one for each?
for how many years we can get fruit from eggplant,chelli &okra
i love it complete details and explanation.🎉
Very informative.Thanks
Another great video, thanks!
Great video!
One year a friend gave me a recipe and ten seeds. Because I had nothing to distract me, like suckers and how many stems and strings, they grew like weeds and fed us well. Now that I watch all these "how to grow" videos nothing grows.
lol... I’m truly feeling you and your comment ...! 🍆
Thank you
so you dont use compost at all?
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.
Can you show how you make the vertical trellis?
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.
How tall do you allow/expect them to get? I'm guessing that pruning off side shoots puts them into getting taller?
thanks for sharing, its very helpful
Great video
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.
What other ingredients (three) you are using and how to make a fertilizer for gardening?
Tanks you ...
Great tips thank u
Thanks,, good lesson
Do u recommend pruning in summer or will it stress the plant?
You didn't identify as to which one is male or female when you pollinate the eggplant. Thank u for the tips😊
The male and female parts are both on the same flower. The Male pollen is on the small yellow parts and the female part is the purple-ish single stem that comes out from between all the yellow ones. So, he's brushing the pollen down the yellow pieces onto the purple stem to pollinate.
Excellent, Thanks
What zone are you in?
Very helpful!
I very like your video.
Can the sucker be planted
Thanks great tips
Thank you.
Very useful information 👍🙏. New friend here. Stay connected my friend 👍🙏❤
thank you for your video
Need help on how to prune eggplant and tomatoes
My leaves are wrinkled and curvy why?
Can we prune after 1 month of seed emergence?
Are these Aubergine Egg plants?
Great information thank you :)
My plants of egg plants and they are very healthy and not much fruit growing on my plants.I think I have to prune the egg plants. I am in Nevada and had a hot summer this year but I water them everyday and have been feeding them often.
If you are not getting much or any fruit it could be because the plants are too hot and will not set fruit, they don't have enough nutrient to support fruit or too much energy is going to growing leaves and not fruit. If you are watering enough the plant should be able to cool itself. If you are feeding enough that should not be the problem. The next step would be to prune as shown in this video. Best of success to you.
Im getting white flies on my leaves... I have tried all products and it wont work..the flies have killed several of my pepers already... as soon as I sprayed them with a mixture of detergent, baking soda.. for some reason the leaves dies ... help
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My eggplant is making flowers but not producing fruit . And now the poor plant is infested with ants . What to do ☹️
When you're hand pollinating, where do you get the pollen that is on the cotton swab? Thank you.
In pollination How do you know the males from the female?
The males produce the pollen. So look for the part covered in yellow pollen for the male part.
What about 3g cutting.. Do u know 3g cutting??
thx u
Good stuff, Thanks for sharing.
How did anything manage without pruning?
You had lots of small fruits and vegetables.
They look weird without all the flea beetle holes lol
why do remve the sucker instead the big leaves? it is better to let that sucker stay
big leaves are great for the inssects to hide
you don't need to hand fertilize as eggplant is self fertilizing.
????Confused here...????
@@LucyJazzy85 whoops I meant self pollinating........sorry.
please help,my eggplant wont produce,the flowers just fall,,,,can you tell me why?
annielou2010 Generally that is due to lack of water, lack of pollination but probably lack of nutrients. How much Boron, Magnesium, zinc, copper and Molybdenum are they getting? A deficiency in these can lead to blossom drop. I'd recommend using the Mittleider weekly feed. It is made from natural minerals and is super cheap because you mix it yourself. You can get everything local except the trace minerals. Get those from growfood.com/Natural-Mineral-Fertilizer
waoo i think it is lack of nutrients ,i only use compost,chicken popo and humus from my worms,do you think its enoug? i have lots of bees in my garden too!i will get that vit for my plant thanks alot!
I enjoyed and appreciated your video, but not ready to sub yet until I find a few more. Your improper mike placement was pretty annoying. Hope you've improved on that since, b/c your presentation, guidance and skill rank above many channels I follow. Thanks.
I dont prune eggplants they do their own thing. Also they are perrenials. My eggplant is actually celebrating 3 birthday. I started from seed. When they dont fruit it means they need food. I feed organically with composted horse manure and replace the soil surrounding the roots by up potting right now it got 7 blooms.
Also those suckers he cut off just put them in soil they will root just like tomato suckers voila a new plant
you said sawdust....Ok isn't that a huge no no
Justin Lau I grow completely in 2:1 sawdust:sand. I was taught not to do that from other gardening methods. But as you can see it works really, really well. And is is super cheap.
LDSPrepper where do you buy sawdust?
Hand pollination starts here th-cam.com/video/FMxGQjwTtK4/w-d-xo.html
Each Bloom is a male and female
all this is unnecessary the plant has innate intelligence it will drop flowers on its own.
If that is so why are my eggplants so small?
plants do stake themselves, prune or dead head, all of which are required o get optimum growth on a good amount of fruits the plant can manage to support. if the drop flowers it's because the plant is lacking in water or nutrients and is allowing parts of itself to die to keep the rest of it going. already your plant is distressed and has used huge amounts of energy that could have been growing fruit on coping with the distress. also many plants require support in pollinating.
Plus we are sadly lacking bees... thank you Monsanto ! And now Bayer... 🍆
My flowers keep coming off
Why do u have to cut them nature never did that and isn't there bees and all sorts of bugs to pollenate the plants
Juan martinez Inside a greenhouse you won't have lots of flying insects. For people like myself who live in New York City on the 31st floor of a high rise I am also at a lack of natural pollenating insects to do the job. This guy also goes into other reasons why hand pollination is needed at 10m15s.
sharpen or get some new scissors
My eggplants look very different from this.
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?
Thank you
that was the best explanation and visual lesson on pruning suckers. thanks.
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!
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 don't think I'm emotionally ready for pruning...