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22 Aug 16, Elizabeth Learmonth (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I bought an eggplant in a pot it is approx 30cm tall & was healthy until I repotted it. It is in full sun & I have kept the soil moist but the leaves are drooping. Am I watering it too much or is full sun too much for it? I live in Brisbane.

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12 Aug 16, Steve (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hello All, I live on the Gold Coast, and I had planted eggplants last later in the summer last season. They did not have enough time to fruit before they lost the appropriate amount of light in late autumn. They have continued to grow over winter, under low light conditions, and are rather substantial in size now. Will these plants be OK for this season? Is there something in particular I should do to help prepare them for this season? Or should I rip them out and start fresh? any and all advice is welcome and appreciated ! Thanks for your time.

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27 Aug 16, Geoff (Australia - temperate climate)

Although grown as annuals in cool climates, the closely related plants tomato, pepper and eggplant will survive mild winters and fruit again in the spring. I would give your eggplant a good feed in spring, prune it back if too wild and it should deliver good early fruit.

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06 Aug 16, rad (Australia - temperate climate)

How easy is it to grow peas eggplant (solanum torvum)

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04 Aug 16, Yoko (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi! I live in Brisbane. The eggplant I planted 2 years ago stil fruits all year and has become like a small tree. Can someone tell me about the other vegetable plants that you can leave and survive in Brisbane? The normal perennial such as rhubarb and asparagus are already in my garden. Something you tend to pull out thinking it is just an annual, but still survive as perennial in Brisbane?

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27 Aug 16, Geoff (Australia - temperate climate)

Peppers and chillies and tomatoes are all from the same family as eggplant and can survive mild winters to deliver for several seasons.

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09 Aug 16, Ann-Marie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I live near toowoomba so we get much colder winters than you. This year my san marzano tomatoes not just survived but fruited heavily all winter. This varity is the best tomato I've ever grown.

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07 Aug 16, rad (Australia - temperate climate)

Eggplants are great I planted one last year and picked lots of big eggplants off it,it survived the cold weather and still growing strong and looks like a small tree now.same with my chilli plants two years old and still going strong

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29 Dec 16, daisy brown (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi, it is amazing to know an eggplant can survive winter. Do you grow the eggplant plant on the ground or in a pot?

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25 May 16, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Thank you for this timely info. I have prepared the garden bed and have added organic material to it. Now all I need to do is find the right eggplants to sow.

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