Purple and green

Colorado_west · October 18, 2006

I had one eggplant black beauty that has produced purple and green eggplant. Not sure if seed I save last year or boughten seed but only had BB last year. You think worth saving seed from? Not sure it is ripe enough and smaller ones I know are not.

Sorellina · October 18, 2006

Ciao Colorado,

I had a Violetta Lunga do the same thing. I've been ridiculously intimidated by the whole seed-saving thing when it comes to eggplants and I'm not sure why, other than sometimes the over-ripe yellowing ones have hideous bugs living inside them that creep me out. Needless to say, if it was a tomato that had done that, I wouldn't have hesitated and would have squished it for seeds straight away. This thing got chucked into the yard waste. Save seeds if you dare!

Colorado_west · October 25, 2006

I sliced off the bottom and saved some seed from that and another slice or two and it was a good eggplant to eat. Nothing wrong with it. Rather ripe enough for seed saving? Had to pick as freezing. I will try the seeds in the spring and see if they grow.

October 18, 2006	#1
Colorado_west Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: western Colorado zone 5 Posts: 307	Purple and green I had one eggplant black beauty that has produced purple and green eggplant. Not sure if seed I save last year or boughten seed but only had BB last year. You think worth saving seed from? Not sure it is ripe enough and smaller ones I know are not.

October 18, 2006	#2
Sorellina Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 300	Ciao Colorado, I had a Violetta Lunga do the same thing. I've been ridiculously intimidated by the whole seed-saving thing when it comes to eggplants and I'm not sure why, other than sometimes the over-ripe yellowing ones have hideous bugs living inside them that creep me out. Needless to say, if it was a tomato that had done that, I wouldn't have hesitated and would have squished it for seeds straight away. This thing got chucked into the yard waste. Save seeds if you dare! __________________ Grazie a tutti, Julianna

October 25, 2006	#3
Colorado_west Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: western Colorado zone 5 Posts: 307	I sliced off the bottom and saved some seed from that and another slice or two and it was a good eggplant to eat. Nothing wrong with it. Rather ripe enough for seed saving? Had to pick as freezing. I will try the seeds in the spring and see if they grow.