24 May 2016 Eggplant

Durgan · May 24, 2016

http://durgan.org/2016/May%202016/24...Eggplant/HTML/ 24 May 2016 Eggplant
Eight eggplant were placed outdoors. Four Dusky and four Black Magic. These grow well in the garden. One pest is the Colorado Potato Beetle, which are manually removed when they appear.

Tracydr · May 24, 2016

We get a lot of flea beetles. DE works pretty well.
I had no pests,except the occasional tomato hornworm on my eggplants in AZ but NC is a different world!

Bodhi Peace · May 29, 2016

Is that late for your season, or right on time to plant out?

DjonesNC · May 30, 2016

Looks as if you are off to a great start with two varieties that I am not familiar with. My Aswads (Iraqi) have finally sprouted, I had almost given up on them.

Bodhi Peace · June 6, 2016

You should start a post about your Aswads.

Durgan · October 1, 2016

http://durgan.org/2016/August%202016...gplant_std.jpg

Bodhi Peace · October 14, 2016

Thanks for posting. You got 2 harvests (in August)?

PhilaGardener · October 15, 2016

I got two waves from my plants in PA (different variety). It seemed like they outdid themselves, took a breather, and then started again. Only the cooling weather is slowing them down.

Sydney Grower · October 16, 2016

From your original photo the spacing looks fairly close. It obviously works well though.

Can I ask for your exact measure?

Durgan · October 18, 2016

There are 8 plants about one foot apart. It is ideal if the plants are close enough to shade all the soil between them. The roots in general for most plants need a maximum root space of about a foot diameter.

Any open to the Sun area is non productive and a water evaporator. Often excessive spacing is left to facilitate harvest. This is usually not a major issue in a small home garden.

My criteria is a complete canopy covering all soil upon looking from a short distance.

May 24, 2016	#1
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	24 May 2016 Eggplant http://durgan.org/2016/May%202016/24...Eggplant/HTML/ 24 May 2016 Eggplant Eight eggplant were placed outdoors. Four Dusky and four Black Magic. These grow well in the garden. One pest is the Colorado Potato Beetle, which are manually removed when they appear.

May 24, 2016	#2
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	We get a lot of flea beetles. DE works pretty well. I had no pests,except the occasional tomato hornworm on my eggplants in AZ but NC is a different world!

May 29, 2016	#3
Bodhi Peace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Central Coast, California, USA Posts: 81	Is that late for your season, or right on time to plant out?

May 30, 2016	#4
DjonesNC Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 31	Looks as if you are off to a great start with two varieties that I am not familiar with. My Aswads (Iraqi) have finally sprouted, I had almost given up on them.

June 6, 2016	#5
Bodhi Peace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Central Coast, California, USA Posts: 81	You should start a post about your Aswads.

October 1, 2016	#6
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	http://durgan.org/2016/August%202016...gplant_std.jpg

October 14, 2016	#7
Bodhi Peace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Central Coast, California, USA Posts: 81	Thanks for posting. You got 2 harvests (in August)?

October 15, 2016	#8
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	I got two waves from my plants in PA (different variety). It seemed like they outdid themselves, took a breather, and then started again. Only the cooling weather is slowing them down.

October 16, 2016	#9
Sydney Grower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 122	From your original photo the spacing looks fairly close. It obviously works well though. Can I ask for your exact measure?

October 18, 2016	#10
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	There are 8 plants about one foot apart. It is ideal if the plants are close enough to shade all the soil between them. The roots in general for most plants need a maximum root space of about a foot diameter. Any open to the Sun area is non productive and a water evaporator. Often excessive spacing is left to facilitate harvest. This is usually not a major issue in a small home garden. My criteria is a complete canopy covering all soil upon looking from a short distance.