General information and discussion about cultivating eggplants/aubergines.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania
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I'll be trying to save eggplant seed for the first time this year. My question is, will letting an eggplant over-ripen to the seed-saving stage stop production on that plant?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MA/NH Border
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I'm not sure, but I've had great success with letting one mature on a plant to the just over ripe stage, then pick it and let it finish inside.
They'll get really hard and dull first, which is about when I pick them. Then I leave them until they soften up before harvesting the seeds. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Spain
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Probably somewhat, specially if plant is not very big.
Note they cross easily |
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