Eggplants dropping blossoms

Althea · July 29, 2006

These are some of the reasons eggplants will drop their blossoms:

Night temperatures are higher than 78,
Day temperatures are higher than 90 degrees,
Giving the plants a high nitrogen feeding just as they begin to bloom*,
Drying winds,
Golf ball-size hail falling on blossoms can cause them to drop.

Are there any other reasons this can happen?

*Don't reinterpret Rodale's Enclyclopedia of Organic Gardening section on eggplant advice to side dress with compost in mid-July to mean extra nitrogen along with compost will be even better. I did that, and the blossoms on several plants dropped.

July 29, 2006	#1
Althea Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: z4MN Posts: 261	Eggplants dropping blossoms These are some of the reasons eggplants will drop their blossoms: Night temperatures are higher than 78, Day temperatures are higher than 90 degrees, Giving the plants a high nitrogen feeding just as they begin to bloom, Drying winds, Golf ball-size hail falling on blossoms can cause them to drop. Are there any other reasons this can happen? Don't reinterpret Rodale's Enclyclopedia of Organic Gardening section on eggplant advice to side dress with compost in mid-July to mean extra nitrogen along with compost will be even better. I did that, and the blossoms on several plants dropped. __________________ Solanaceae Hugger