Thursday, June 26, 2008

Could it be... a baby eggplant indeed!

I've read that eggplants are fairly easy to grow. They crave warmth, hot weather and good soil. They grow well in raised beds, which is where they are planted. I have two eggplants, a Black Beauty and an Ichabod. We planted them in the same raised bed as the Roma tomatoes, cabbage and bell pepper. I believe they share the same growth pattern as tomatoes, so I hope this actually works.

Below: One of the eggplants

I'm a little concerned about flea beetles. They are usually the biggest problem that eggplants have. You can see a few holes in our eggplant (above). So I may need to spray them with something.

They are growing rather slow, staying close to the ground. But I'm happy to report that one of the eggplants has begun to produce an baby eggplant... I think. Let's hope I'm right.

Below: A baby eggplant will (hopefully) come out of that little purple bud...

7 comments:

Gail said...

dy,

It is so much fun to read about your garden adventure...I love your enthusiasm!

Gail

Gail said...

oops,

You now have a new set of initials!

Skeeter said...

Our egg plant keeps producing big blooms but so far they just fall off and no egg as of yet! On a happy note, the gourd has a little baby gourd! I am excited about that one...

Dawn said...

Yeah! Love it when things start appearing and grow.

tina said...

Yup, I have one little eggplant too. Those flea beetles are pesky. But the eggplants seem to do well despite this. Just need lots of sun and heat-no problem there!

DP Nguyen said...

Gail: Thanks for your vote of confidence! Haha, lol dy is kinda close to dp :-)

Skeeter-aw I'm sorry to hear about your egg plant. Hopefully you'll get some real eggplant soon! And congrats about your baby gourd. That sounds exciting!

Dawn: I love it when my vegetables seem to be making progress. It makes me so excited!

Tina, I'm glad to hear the flea beetles haven't hurt your eggplants. That's very good news!

John said...

I grew an ichibod eggplant last year in the same barrel container as a tomato plant. It worked great, although the plant grew larger than I expected. My only problem was determining when the eggplants were ripe. Good luck with yours.

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