I tried growing some eggplants this year, " Black Beauties " the beetles did a job on them initially and then I sprayed them with soapy water to get the beetles off, which was a bad idea bc the temperature was over 88 degrees at the time and the plants could not breath, well they survived and grew into a nice 3 ' bush, then one day i noticed the whole egglant bush was lying on it's side, apparently the one big " Black Beauty " eggplant toppled the bush to the ground, I picked the one big Black Beauty and made an eggplant parm. and the surviving " Black Beauty " was not only sweet and flavorful but so tender. Nothing like a store bought not even close. so now after watching this video I pruned of the appropriate excess and damaged eaves and tied the plant straight up to a couple of wooden stakes and gave it some Super thrive vitamins and I have 3 new grapefruit size " Black Beauties " on the bush. I will continue to grow eggplants they are easy and so tasty. Nice Video thanks for sharing your expertise. Peace Jix
Sir, Thanks for these very helpful info.planted eggplant for first time in Ja.Flowers were just falling off.now it holds six.Picked the first one very soft tender.delicious.l am so excited.Can l replant the suckers please? Thanks
Hi Ron thanks very much for your informative video. I've been growing eggplants for 3 years - and came second in the local agricultural show here in Canberra (Australia) - but so many of my eggplants turn yellow and I'm really not sure why. We get plenty of sunshine, hot summers that last about 3 months, very cold winters (well, perhaps not by US standards!). I regularly water the eggplants and give them a fish emulsion based fertiliser. Any advice you can offer would be much appreciated. Paula
Hi Paula, I'm just up the highway from you. You don't say if the fruit or leaves turn yellow, or the whole plant. So: last summer was a shocker, and eggplant don't really like temps above 29c - extreme heat turns the fruit yellow. If it is the leaves that are yellowing, it could be disease or nutrient imbalance. Applying fish emulsion too often can unbalance the soil making it hard for the plant to pull up the nutrients/minerals it requires. When the nitrogen and potassium of your soil are deficient, leaf yellowing occurs. A lack of nitrogen causes the entire plant to turn yellow, while lack of potassium will show up as bright yellow around the edges of the eggplant leaves. Applying organic mulch to the soil helps build up these nutrients.Magnesium deficiency causes the veins on mature leaves to yellow. You can spray a mixture of a tablespoon of Epsom salt mixed with a gallon of water onto the leaves. This will help them get green again. It could also be diseases - Blight or fungus on your eggplant leaves causes yellowing. Usually, the leaves will also have brown spots, as well. The brown spots will become larger, causing the leaves to drop off the plant. If blight is the cause, there’s not much you can do to save the plant. Think about crop rotation for next season’s garden. I hope something in this helps so you can win 1st prize next year :D
@@krankywitch Hi Kranky Witch - thanks for your advice! Yes I agree last summer was terrible: bushfires, smoke and then a catastrophic hailstorm! The fruit turns yellow as do some of the leaves near the affected fruit. So I'll give your suggestions a try. I do regularly rotate the crops so they will be in a different spot next summer. Thanks again for taking the time to write such a detailed response, it is much appreciated! Best wishes, and Stay Safe! Paula
Donna Saunders I haven’t. that would be fun to try. I suspect that our growing season is such that by the time it started to produce it would be too late. Thanks for watching.
I had 3 experimental first time egg plants and I followed your advice one year ago and ended up with a much better crop than I thought possible. I have just planted out several for this season ( we are opposite seasons to you ) as I have had people ask for more this year after giving several away last year. Very easy to grow although one plant had aphids so any advice on what spray to use that won't harm the plant. Thanks.
Eggplant does not like too much direct sun cover it with paper. peel it slice it if it is fat then fry then put it next to meat to get soft with spices. dark oriental is good
I use water soluble fertilizer through my drip system (fertigation) about once a week, very light feeding and watch for deficiency symptoms. I stop fertilizing in August. Soil tests indicate phosphorus and potassium are not limiting so I try to focus on nitrogen. Be sure to follow state regulations if you fertigate. You need to make sure the fertilizer can't be sucked back into the water supply or groundwater. Thanks for watching.
The management of spider mites involves removing the leaves, the older leaves, and disposing of them. Those are the leaves that have the densest spider mite population. I also like to check for the beneficial insects that like to eat the spider mites. Thanks for watching.
They do have a tendency to have a purple tint to the leaves. If the color is extensive there may be a nutrient deficiency. If the leaves are a good size, the plants are healthy, and they are producing fruit, I wouldn't worry too much. Thanks for watching.
It's autumn here where I am.I have some eggplant fruits in the garden tho it's past it's season.I was wondering does eggplant fruit has seeds in it,and can I pick them out and store them for spring?
I have never tried to save eggplant seeds. The fruit needs to be very ripe--brownish skin on purple varieties. Harvest the fruit and store it in a shed for a week or so, until the fruit gets soft. Separate the part that has the seeds from the rest of the pulp, slice it into thin slices and place it in water for about a day to separate the seed from the remaining pulp. Place the separates seeds in a jar of water. The seeds that sink will be viable, those that float will not. Once you have identified the viable seeds drain off the water and let them dry for about a week. At this point they can be stored up to three years in a cool, dry location. Here is a link on this information - afghanag.ucdavis.edu/other-topics/files/seeds/eggplant-seed.pdf. Thanks for watching.
the bulletin on how to build it can be found here: extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/Horticulture_HighTunnels_2014-02pr.pdf. I'm working on a series of videos on how I build it. Thanks for watching.
I've heard of it being done, but I don't think they root quite as easily as tomato suckers. To get the best benefit you would probably need to get them started at the end of the season, rooted and carry them through the winter for spring planting. A very light window for the winter season would be helpful. Eggplants are quite slow to germinate and get growing. I usually need about 10 weeks from planting the seed to transplanting into the garden. Thanks for watching.
If the flowers are aborting the most likely reasons are 1 - they are not getting pollinated or 2 - ambient temperature is too high (high temps can make the pollen sticky and not move well, which of course is another pollination issue). If the fruit is aborting then it may be temperature again. Thanks for watching.
Sir if I posted and tagged you in a video of my summer vegetable garden could you answer about 3 questions based on what you see in the video. I have zuchinni sqaush watermelon and cantaloup. And tomatoes. I planted to closely together. Ive been pruning the tomatoes by clipping only suckers. I really want to cut all the bottom branches off. The issue is all my plants fruits stopped growing. Several issues are at hand but i have used sevin dust at appearance of vine borers and squash bugs. Also my tomatoes some of them had bottoms of them black. They are so fruitful. I am not looking to waste your time or use you instead of google. Just aaking for any free advice. I have considered posting pics to reddit a website forum but wanted to try a .edu type youtuber first.
We are here to serve and educate. The black end on the tomatoes is called "blossom end rot" (BER). The technical cause of BER is low calcium. In areas of the country where soils are low in calcium they treat the condition by liming their soil. In most areas of the intermountain west there is plenty of calcium in the soil and the practical cause of BER is a watering issue. It may be inconsistent watering (plants get drought stressed between irrigations) or perhaps too much water. Most of my tomatoes are not the bush-type (determinate) tomatoes. I plant vining (indeterminate) tomatoes. This year I have planted all my tomatoes at 12 inch spacing. I prune and trellis them. If you have not seen my video on pruning tomatoes you can use this link to find it th-cam.com/video/dutDEelEXvw/w-d-xo.html and see how I have been doing it to two branches. When I plant 12 inches apart I train them to only the main stem and don't use the second sucker. There is a flowering truss about every third leaf. I haven't done or seen research to indicate if one or two leaders is more productive, that's just how I did it this year because I had more plants this spring. So if your tomatoes are too close together you could remove a few of them, or you could train them to a trellis, if they are vining tomatoes. For those few bush-type tomatoes I do have I still remove the suckers up to the first fruit truss and then let all the rest of the suckers above that grow. If that is your situation you may want to investigate the "Florida Weave" system to support them. On the fruit that stopped growing, I am guessing that you mean the squash and maybe the melons. If the young squash fruits stop growing at about 3-4 inches the typical cause is lack of pollination. Usually the first fruits of the year end up not getting pollinated. If the trend continues it would warrant further investigation. One possible solution would be to take an artist's paint brush and transfer the pollen from the male flowers to the female flowers that are open around 9 - 10 in the morning. Thank you for watching. I hope you are having fun in your garden.
Utah State University Extension yes Sir! Okay I am uploading a video now. I asked my questions in the description. I will post the link to this comment thread.
Eggplants are in the nightshade family, in which all plant parts, except the fruit of some of them, are considered poisonous. Don't eat eggplant leaves or flowers. Thanks for watching.
The management of spider mites involves removing the leaves, the older leaves, and disposing of them. Those are the leaves that have the densest spider mite population. I also like to check for the beneficial insects that like to eat the spider mites. If I don't see many of the beneficial insects I may consider augmenting the population. My last resort is to use a miticide, but I have never got to that stage. Thanks for watching.
@@triple_A_rockhound There is a difference in the pollination mechanism of eggplant and cucumbers. Most cucumbers, except parthenocarpic cucumbers, require pollination to grow fruit and are pollinated by insects, which carry the pollen from male flowers to female flowers, which are separate flowers (imperfect flowers). Eggplant and tomato flowers are "perfect", meaning they have male and female parts on the same flower. Eggplants are self-fertile--pollen from the same plant (same flower in this case) can pollinate the ovules on the same plant or flower. Plants such as eggplant and tomatoes are pollinated by movement of the plant, usually wind movement. When it gets hot and/or humid the pollen gets sticky and does not move very well, causing poor, or no, pollination. Not knowing your growing situation, that is my best guess as to why the cucumber and eggplant pollination had different success. This is a good discussion.
If you go to this webpage th-cam.com/users/usuextension and search for 'Patterson small farms' you will find a playlist of all my gardening/farming videos. There are six related to the construction and management of the high tunnel I designed and use. Thanks for watching.
I've never had a problem with eggplant pollination. Honeybees do not like to go into the high tunnel, but there are plenty of other pollinating insects that don't seem to be so inhibited. It is possible to hand-pollinate them. Eggplant blossoms are perfect (have both stamen and pistil) and you only need to get the pollen from the anther (part of the stamen) onto the stigma (part of the pistil). Take a cotton swab or soft-bristled artists brush while it is cool in the morning (6 - 10) and gently move pollen from the anthers of newly opened flowers to the stigma of the flowers. The pollen has a yellow, dusty appearance. Good luck and thanks for watching.
@@usuextension rhans for reply sir i want to egg plant on 1000 m2 area then hand pollination is not a option Do they self pollinate And are there any insect which we can keep in polyhouse to do pollination ?
Sorry about that. I know that many people really do like eggplant and it was a pretty good seller at the farmers market. Just not as good as tomatoes, sweet corn, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, peppers... ;-)
I try to do mine by the time the suckers that I am going to prune are about 3 -4 inches long. I'm not always that on top of things, but that is the plan. Thanks for watching.
Eggplant is a very underrated vegetable.
I know. The recipes I have found with cheese and tomatoes 🍅😋
who needs meat when you got good eggplant!
Thanks again for
I tried growing some eggplants this year, " Black Beauties " the beetles did a job on them initially and then I sprayed them with soapy water to get the beetles off, which was a bad idea bc the temperature was over 88 degrees at the time and the plants could not breath, well they survived and grew into a nice 3 ' bush, then one day i noticed the whole egglant bush was lying on it's side, apparently the one big " Black Beauty " eggplant toppled the bush to the ground, I picked the one big Black Beauty and made an eggplant parm. and the surviving " Black Beauty " was not only sweet and flavorful but so tender. Nothing like a store bought not even close. so now after watching this video I pruned of the appropriate excess and damaged eaves and tied the plant straight up to a couple of wooden stakes and gave it some Super thrive vitamins and I have 3 new grapefruit size " Black Beauties " on the bush. I will continue to grow eggplants they are easy and so tasty. Nice Video thanks for sharing your expertise. Peace Jix
His pruning technique only works on Kolob.
Very nice, I liked your cat supervisor!
She makes sure I do it right. Thanks for watching.
This is one of my favorite vegetable but having trouble growing it here in Texas
@@texassoul7804 give it some shade
I looooooove eggplants!
thanks for the idea about planting Eggplant sir especially the pruning technique :)
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Sir, Thanks for these very helpful info.planted eggplant for first time in Ja.Flowers were just falling off.now it holds six.Picked the first one
very soft tender.delicious.l am so excited.Can l replant the suckers please?
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Hi Ron thanks very much for your informative video. I've been growing eggplants for 3 years - and came second in the local agricultural show here in Canberra (Australia) - but so many of my eggplants turn yellow and I'm really not sure why. We get plenty of sunshine, hot summers that last about 3 months, very cold winters (well, perhaps not by US standards!). I regularly water the eggplants and give them a fish emulsion based fertiliser. Any advice you can offer would be much appreciated. Paula
Hi Paula, I'm just up the highway from you. You don't say if the fruit or leaves turn yellow, or the whole plant. So: last summer was a shocker, and eggplant don't really like temps above 29c - extreme heat turns the fruit yellow. If it is the leaves that are yellowing, it could be disease or nutrient imbalance. Applying fish emulsion too often can unbalance the soil making it hard for the plant to pull up the nutrients/minerals it requires. When the nitrogen and potassium of your soil are deficient, leaf yellowing occurs. A lack of nitrogen causes the entire plant to turn yellow, while lack of potassium will show up as bright yellow around the edges of the eggplant leaves. Applying organic mulch to the soil helps build up these nutrients.Magnesium deficiency causes the veins on mature leaves to yellow. You can spray a mixture of a tablespoon of Epsom salt mixed with a gallon of water onto the leaves. This will help them get green again. It could also be diseases - Blight or fungus on your eggplant leaves causes yellowing. Usually, the leaves will also have brown spots, as well. The brown spots will become larger, causing the leaves to drop off the plant. If blight is the cause, there’s not much you can do to save the plant. Think about crop rotation for next season’s garden. I hope something in this helps so you can win 1st prize next year :D
@@krankywitch Hi Kranky Witch - thanks for your advice! Yes I agree last summer was terrible: bushfires, smoke and then a catastrophic hailstorm! The fruit turns yellow as do some of the leaves near the affected fruit. So I'll give your suggestions a try. I do regularly rotate the crops so they will be in a different spot next summer. Thanks again for taking the time to write such a detailed response, it is much appreciated! Best wishes, and Stay Safe! Paula
Probably patio eggplants so plants are very compact and eggplants are grown much smallee
Good information tfs. I like your tuxedo cat in the background. 👍
Great video, the plant it self is attractive and the cat is cute.
my eggplant is 4ft ht but not flowering what to do
This will be my first year growing eggplant! Thanks for the informative video!
Here in Oregon it’s the rain and not enough heat.
have you ever cloned the eggplant with the suckers you have taken out?
Donna Saunders I haven’t. that would be fun to try. I suspect that our growing season is such that by the time it started to produce it would be too late. Thanks for watching.
Does anyone have any success with hot pepper wax spray keeping pests insects away?
I've thought about trying it, but got busy with other projects and did not pursue it. Thanks for watching.
I had 3 experimental first time egg plants and I followed your advice one year ago and ended up with a much better crop than I thought possible. I have just planted out several for this season ( we are opposite seasons to you ) as I have had people ask for more this year after giving several away last year. Very easy to grow although one plant had aphids so any advice on what spray to use that won't harm the plant. Thanks.
Taking viagra is how I grow my eggplant
Why you think this is intelligence.
Thank you for sharing. What is the purpose of the cage, please? It doesn't seem the eggplant branches (so to speak) require additional support.
I've had eggplants tip over in our windy environment. Once in a while branches that are heavy with fruit will break. That's all. Thanks for watching.
@@ronpatterson8751 Thank you for taking the time to respond, and thank you for the video!!
Thank you so much! A fun and educational video! I am going to go prune my year old eggplants now! Cheers from Southern California! #CastleofCostaMesa
Thanks. I'll get pruning! 🙂
Eggplant does not like too much direct sun cover it with paper. peel it slice it if it is fat then fry then put it next to meat to get soft with spices. dark oriental is good
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Thank you I'm glad to see this segment i learn more about growing eegplant now thanks again SIR !!
What fertilizer did you use?
I use water soluble fertilizer through my drip system (fertigation) about once a week, very light feeding and watch for deficiency symptoms. I stop fertilizing in August. Soil tests indicate phosphorus and potassium are not limiting so I try to focus on nitrogen. Be sure to follow state regulations if you fertigate. You need to make sure the fertilizer can't be sucked back into the water supply or groundwater. Thanks for watching.
this is helpful information...my last eggplant crop I had difficulty managing I was hesitant to remove suckers or which suckers to remove...
I like eggplant your garden is lovely.
Very nice great work i love Gardening also.
First time egger here. Thanks for the pruning spider mites tips and to trim those suckers. Had no idea.
good day! how many time we should pollinate the flower in 1 week?
Thank you for your info and videos god bless,cheers.
What about spider mites?
The management of spider mites involves removing the leaves, the older leaves, and disposing of them. Those are the leaves that have the densest spider mite population. I also like to check for the beneficial insects that like to eat the spider mites. Thanks for watching.
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I have a question about black beauty eggplant. Is it normal for the leaf's of the plant to start to turn purple? If not, what could be the cause?
They do have a tendency to have a purple tint to the leaves. If the color is extensive there may be a nutrient deficiency. If the leaves are a good size, the plants are healthy, and they are producing fruit, I wouldn't worry too much. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the tip on pruning the lower suckers. I'll give it a try this year!
It's autumn here where I am.I have some eggplant fruits in the garden tho it's past it's season.I was wondering does eggplant fruit has seeds in it,and can I pick them out and store them for spring?
I have never tried to save eggplant seeds. The fruit needs to be very ripe--brownish skin on purple varieties. Harvest the fruit and store it in a shed for a week or so, until the fruit gets soft. Separate the part that has the seeds from the rest of the pulp, slice it into thin slices and place it in water for about a day to separate the seed from the remaining pulp. Place the separates seeds in a jar of water. The seeds that sink will be viable, those that float will not. Once you have identified the viable seeds drain off the water and let them dry for about a week. At this point they can be stored up to three years in a cool, dry location. Here is a link on this information - afghanag.ucdavis.edu/other-topics/files/seeds/eggplant-seed.pdf. Thanks for watching.
Nice! Thanks!
Our problem is not spider mites, it's spiderman climbing our fence at night and robing our eggplant fruits😨
Sounds like the nighttime masked bandit. Raccoons are difficult to keep out of the garden.
I like your greenhouse .
the bulletin on how to build it can be found here: extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/Horticulture_HighTunnels_2014-02pr.pdf. I'm working on a series of videos on how I build it. Thanks for watching.
You can use suckers of a tomato plant to clone the plant. Is it viable to do the same thing with eggplants?
I've heard of it being done, but I don't think they root quite as easily as tomato suckers. To get the best benefit you would probably need to get them started at the end of the season, rooted and carry them through the winter for spring planting. A very light window for the winter season would be helpful. Eggplants are quite slow to germinate and get growing. I usually need about 10 weeks from planting the seed to transplanting into the garden. Thanks for watching.
aloha cuz how long can a eggplant live and produce veggies, is it a perennial plant or seasonal, mahalo for yer time
Aloha cuz. They are a perennial in the right environment. Definitely not in most of the states, they are very frost sensitive. Maybe in Hawaii?
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If the flowers are aborting the most likely reasons are 1 - they are not getting pollinated or 2 - ambient temperature is too high (high temps can make the pollen sticky and not move well, which of course is another pollination issue). If the fruit is aborting then it may be temperature again. Thanks for watching.
Sir if I posted and tagged you in a video of my summer vegetable garden could you answer about 3 questions based on what you see in the video. I have zuchinni sqaush watermelon and cantaloup. And tomatoes. I planted to closely together. Ive been pruning the tomatoes by clipping only suckers. I really want to cut all the bottom branches off. The issue is all my plants fruits stopped growing. Several issues are at hand but i have used sevin dust at appearance of vine borers and squash bugs. Also my tomatoes some of them had bottoms of them black. They are so fruitful. I am not looking to waste your time or use you instead of google. Just aaking for any free advice. I have considered posting pics to reddit a website forum but wanted to try a .edu type youtuber first.
We are here to serve and educate.
The black end on the tomatoes is called "blossom end rot" (BER). The technical cause of BER is low calcium. In areas of the country where soils are low in calcium they treat the condition by liming their soil. In most areas of the intermountain west there is plenty of calcium in the soil and the practical cause of BER is a watering issue. It may be inconsistent watering (plants get drought stressed between irrigations) or perhaps too much water.
Most of my tomatoes are not the bush-type (determinate) tomatoes. I plant vining (indeterminate) tomatoes. This year I have planted all my tomatoes at 12 inch spacing. I prune and trellis them. If you have not seen my video on pruning tomatoes you can use this link to find it th-cam.com/video/dutDEelEXvw/w-d-xo.html and see how I have been doing it to two branches. When I plant 12 inches apart I train them to only the main stem and don't use the second sucker. There is a flowering truss about every third leaf. I haven't done or seen research to indicate if one or two leaders is more productive, that's just how I did it this year because I had more plants this spring. So if your tomatoes are too close together you could remove a few of them, or you could train them to a trellis, if they are vining tomatoes. For those few bush-type tomatoes I do have I still remove the suckers up to the first fruit truss and then let all the rest of the suckers above that grow. If that is your situation you may want to investigate the "Florida Weave" system to support them.
On the fruit that stopped growing, I am guessing that you mean the squash and maybe the melons. If the young squash fruits stop growing at about 3-4 inches the typical cause is lack of pollination. Usually the first fruits of the year end up not getting pollinated. If the trend continues it would warrant further investigation. One possible solution would be to take an artist's paint brush and transfer the pollen from the male flowers to the female flowers that are open around 9 - 10 in the morning.
Thank you for watching. I hope you are having fun in your garden.
Utah State University Extension yes Sir! Okay I am uploading a video now. I asked my questions in the description. I will post the link to this comment thread.
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Why is he wearing gloves?
Thanks boss itsctrue
Is this ichiban eggplant the one you put the cage around? Nice video thank you
I believe the variety was called "Long Purple". It's been a couple of years and I don't remember for sure. Thanks for watching.
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Are the leaves and flowers (if they flower) edible too?
Eggplants are in the nightshade family, in which all plant parts, except the fruit of some of them, are considered poisonous. Don't eat eggplant leaves or flowers. Thanks for watching.
Please tell me your variety. It is very helpful for me.
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How and what do you do to manage spider mites?
The management of spider mites involves removing the leaves, the older leaves, and disposing of them. Those are the leaves that have the densest spider mite population. I also like to check for the beneficial insects that like to eat the spider mites. If I don't see many of the beneficial insects I may consider augmenting the population. My last resort is to use a miticide, but I have never got to that stage. Thanks for watching.
MINE KEEP GROWING FLOWERS BUT NO FRUIT IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PLANT
Either they are not getting pollinated, or the are aborting the blossoms. High temperatures can cause both problems. Thanks for watching.
Huh I had cucumbers growing like crazy next to it as well
@@triple_A_rockhound There is a difference in the pollination mechanism of eggplant and cucumbers. Most cucumbers, except parthenocarpic cucumbers, require pollination to grow fruit and are pollinated by insects, which carry the pollen from male flowers to female flowers, which are separate flowers (imperfect flowers). Eggplant and tomato flowers are "perfect", meaning they have male and female parts on the same flower. Eggplants are self-fertile--pollen from the same plant (same flower in this case) can pollinate the ovules on the same plant or flower. Plants such as eggplant and tomatoes are pollinated by movement of the plant, usually wind movement. When it gets hot and/or humid the pollen gets sticky and does not move very well, causing poor, or no, pollination. Not knowing your growing situation, that is my best guess as to why the cucumber and eggplant pollination had different success. This is a good discussion.
I guess it was Opps have them next to each other
My clovers in it grew like crazy n still is lol
Have a video how to make it?
If you go to this webpage th-cam.com/users/usuextension and search for 'Patterson small farms' you will find a playlist of all my gardening/farming videos. There are six related to the construction and management of the high tunnel I designed and use. Thanks for watching.
How to pollinate egg plant in polyhouse
I've never had a problem with eggplant pollination. Honeybees do not like to go into the high tunnel, but there are plenty of other pollinating insects that don't seem to be so inhibited. It is possible to hand-pollinate them. Eggplant blossoms are perfect (have both stamen and pistil) and you only need to get the pollen from the anther (part of the stamen) onto the stigma (part of the pistil). Take a cotton swab or soft-bristled artists brush while it is cool in the morning (6 - 10) and gently move pollen from the anthers of newly opened flowers to the stigma of the flowers. The pollen has a yellow, dusty appearance. Good luck and thanks for watching.
@@usuextension rhans for reply sir i want to egg plant on 1000 m2 area then hand pollination is not a option
Do they self pollinate
And are there any insect which we can keep in polyhouse to do pollination ?
He definitely state that the people don't really like eggplant 😂
Sorry about that. I know that many people really do like eggplant and it was a pretty good seller at the farmers market. Just not as good as tomatoes, sweet corn, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, peppers... ;-)
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Thanks for the info, I'm going to plant some hehehe.
excellent!!
Thank you for video! Perhaps better title might be "How To Keep Eggplant Pruned"?
Yeah, I didn't do very well on the name of this one. Thanks for watching.
i have two black beauty eggplants in a twenty inch pot how tall should i let them grow before i trim the lower areas ?
I try to do mine by the time the suckers that I am going to prune are about 3 -4 inches long. I'm not always that on top of things, but that is the plan. Thanks for watching.
that cat is fart..