General information and discussion about cultivating eggplants/aubergines.
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Tomatovillian™
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Eggplants are really difficult to grow here in Belarus even indoor because of short season and crazy bugs from Colorado
![]() This is my first fruit at Yaponskiy Karlik (Japanese Dwarf). It's an early Russian CV bred by Siberian Agricultural University.
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1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR |
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Looks cute... I wonder how big it wil get.
What is your best and most prolific? I like them all! Cheers, G. |
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Very nice, Andrey.
Thanks to you (for the Kashalot seeds) and to Grubs for the suggestion on a great way to prepare it, I'm starting to like eggplant quite a bit myself. |
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I've been always more success with our Belarusian eggplant variety Patsekha. It is an early, vigorous and bears minimum 4-5 fruits for me here. I have sent seeds for this variety to Grub recently and gonna distribute them worldwide.
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1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR |
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Andrey,
Good news all round. Pretty little plant. Keep us posted on the YK... and do tell how you eat them. I love them as Suze relates in the above post and, of course, sliced, grilled, and baked with lots homemade tomato sauce between alternate layers of veal. |
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OK, will post some our traditional aubergine recipes a bit later. And here is a Patsekha plant (started a 2 weeks later than Yaponskiy Karlik). It is much more vigorous...
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Another pretty one. Bit dainty.
Big leaves = good photosynthesis. Not thick stems, but they may change later... Anything eggplant and I'm clicking on the post and reading with excitement. Thanks Andrey. Last edited by Grub; July 12, 2007 at 04:02 AM. |
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This is a rented greenhouse (owners of them are now in USA - they are parents of our friends :-)) with some trees grown very close to it and there is another house located from other side so there is always not so much light there - it's completely impossible to develope a thick stem for any eggplant variety...
Grub, I know you are a big eggplant fan. So I had enclosed sees of 6 eggplant varieties in that seed packages I've sent you recently ![]() ![]()
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1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR Last edited by Andrey_BY; July 13, 2007 at 07:08 AM. |
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LOL... better make sure I sow them and keep you posted all winter long
![]() I am, for the first time, trying to overwinter some and will prune, repot and fertilise and hope for a new crop... I'll report on this too. Good growing Andrey. |
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Andrey-I have seed for this eggplant from you. I am thinking about growing it in the spring. How did it turn out for you?
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Michael - it was a real dwarf among eggplant varieties, but gave me only several fruits before died from a desease. Just think now I placed it in a wrong shadowy place in a surrogate greehouse. A must try Siberian variety!
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Andrey-thanks for the info-I am going to try it this spring then. do you know your dtm?
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60 days - it was very early for me.
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Thats good-with our heat, it might be even earlier for me.
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Interesting... I have all your eggies in pots now and they're still seedlings but healthy.
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