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.

Althea · August 3, 2006

Incomplete pollination can cause blossoms to drop.

Colorado_west · September 22, 2006

Too hot of weather seems to make my eggplants not set on. Like100 degree stuff. They start setting back on after it cools off. Least that is all I can figure that does it on mine. That makes for late eggplant. I guess I need to have bigger plants and try to set out early to get some set on before the heat hits?????

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

August 3, 2006	#2
Althea Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: z4MN Posts: 261	Incomplete pollination can cause blossoms to drop. __________________ Solanaceae Hugger

September 22, 2006	#3
Colorado_west Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: western Colorado zone 5 Posts: 307	Too hot of weather seems to make my eggplants not set on. Like100 degree stuff. They start setting back on after it cools off. Least that is all I can figure that does it on mine. That makes for late eggplant. I guess I need to have bigger plants and try to set out early to get some set on before the heat hits?????