Eggplants turning brown, yellow, green

schill93 · August 12, 2015

I have two eggplant growing in a 15 gallon container. Appeared reasonably healthy with exception of some holes being eaten in some leaves. (Could not find source of munchers)
First Black Beauty eggplant picked was a decent size (medium store bought size). After that all the rest of the eggplants ) which started out purple) after only about two or three inches in size started to change color. I wound up cutting them all off and throwing them away.

Temperatures here are in the 100's, (Las Vegas desert) but the plants only get the morning sun for about 5-6 hours, so they are not baking in the sun. I feel it may be some kind of deficiency.

There are three new babies now that are purple, and before they start to turn bad, I'd like to try and correct what ever is ailing them.

I have sprayed plant with a soap/neem oil spray while looking for critters that I can't find. Only some of the leaves have holes eaten on them. Any idea what it might be and why these eggplants are going bad as they start to grow larger? Sorry, I should have taken a picture of one of the bad ones before throwing away, but didn't' think to at the time. They are being fed at least weekly with a good fertilizer (non organic) that contains many micros in addition to NPK, and I supplement that with calcium nitrate with a little epson salt as well in smaller doses. Just recently for good measure I also stuck some small fertilizer spikes in the pots for good measure as well, as I know nutrients get washed out quickly as I need to water quite frequently in these temperatures of 105-110 (three times a day)

August 12, 2015	#1
schill93 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Nevada Posts: 275	Eggplants turning brown, yellow, green I have two eggplant growing in a 15 gallon container. Appeared reasonably healthy with exception of some holes being eaten in some leaves. (Could not find source of munchers) First Black Beauty eggplant picked was a decent size (medium store bought size). After that all the rest of the eggplants ) which started out purple) after only about two or three inches in size started to change color. I wound up cutting them all off and throwing them away. Temperatures here are in the 100's, (Las Vegas desert) but the plants only get the morning sun for about 5-6 hours, so they are not baking in the sun. I feel it may be some kind of deficiency. There are three new babies now that are purple, and before they start to turn bad, I'd like to try and correct what ever is ailing them. I have sprayed plant with a soap/neem oil spray while looking for critters that I can't find. Only some of the leaves have holes eaten on them. Any idea what it might be and why these eggplants are going bad as they start to grow larger? Sorry, I should have taken a picture of one of the bad ones before throwing away, but didn't' think to at the time. They are being fed at least weekly with a good fertilizer (non organic) that contains many micros in addition to NPK, and I supplement that with calcium nitrate with a little epson salt as well in smaller doses. Just recently for good measure I also stuck some small fertilizer spikes in the pots for good measure as well, as I know nutrients get washed out quickly as I need to water quite frequently in these temperatures of 105-110 (three times a day) Last edited by schill93; August 12, 2015 at 04:26 PM.