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01 Apr 11, colin shaw (Australia - temperate climate)

hi all,i just have a simple question really,just want to know when my eggplant are ready to pick,because i havnt keep a record of when they were planted,any information would be good ,thanks

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02 Apr 11, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Colin, when your eggplants are plump and shiny and feel slightly springy when you gently squeeze, they should be ready to pick.

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03 Apr 11, colin shaw (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

thanks so much for your reply liz colin

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20 Mar 11, Dianne (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

How do I know when an eggplant is ripe to pick?

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05 Mar 11, Aaron (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have a large number of egg plant fruit on the trees, how do you tell when they are ready to harvest ?

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05 Mar 11, tuan bui (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi. I am a market gardener in north of adelaide sa, i had been growing egg plant in the glasshouse for years. Not long ago I try to plant in hydroponics for some reason why I got a lot of fruit rot "the fruit look ok but when I see a little crack or solf in the small area of the fruit then I cut it open , the flesh inside turn brown and the fruit is no good at all for the market. thank you, regard tuan bui

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12 Feb 11, Cherri East (Australia - temperate climate)

I have small holes in my eggplant and when I crack the egg plant open there is a grub inside that is eating the flesh of the fruit. ?Any ideas on what these may be and how I can get rid of them in an organic way. I have alot of herbs in my garden and do not have a problem with an other type of pest on any other vegetabel, just the egg plant. The eggplant bushes them selves are healthy.

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06 Feb 11, John Fawkner (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Eggplant in a tunnel house set fruit but keep dropping them. suggestions?

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26 Nov 10, Pru (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

RE Chris P, if flowers are dying and falling off, sprinkle a small hand full of epsom salts around the base of the plant, just away from the stem. My grocer told me this trick last year and I had a full crop after applying the epsom salts.

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19 Nov 10, chris p (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

my eggplant flowers well but the fruit doesn't develop - the flowers drop off, what is missing?

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