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20 Apr 18, Carol (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi Tracey. This is from the info here on eggplants.. "Perennial in tropical climates otherwise grown as an annual" So, if you're in a temperate climate, I'd pull them out. When I was in Fiji a few years ago, eggplants were used as hedges in one of the villages we stayed in!

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09 Mar 18, Heidi (Australia - temperate climate)

I have two Asian eggplant bushes which look like they are coming to an end in terms of producing fruit. Is there any chance I could prune these back and see if they regrow next spring? Also, what to do about the nasty grubs that get in and make tunnels, along with lots of black stuff. Sometimes you don't even know they are there till you cut the eggplant open.

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11 Mar 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

A mate of mine has pruned back his egg plant the last 3 years - but I don't think they produce very well. Then he again he isn't a keen gardener.

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02 Feb 18, Frances Pegrem (Australia - temperate climate)

I am not sure when to pick my eggplants. They are yellow, some are bigish and others growing. Some of the first ones to go yellow went spotty but some of the later ones are larger.

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05 Feb 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

It takes about 15 weeks to grow. Pick one and cut it open - if it has lots of seeds in it, it has gone too far but you can eat it. Keep doing this until you work out when to pick. Try and pick when only a few seeds. Not too big - not too small.

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15 Jan 18, Phil Morton (Australia - temperate climate)

I've got three Asian eggplants growing, all from the same source, one in the ground and the other two in a raised garden bed. They all get equal treatment re fertiliser and watering but the two in the raised bed produce smaller fruit that is a very pale purple and tougher while the other has long much bigger deep purple fruit that's perfect. What could the likely cause be? pH or something else?

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17 Jan 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

The soil could be the difference. The raised bed would dry out quicker than the garden bed probably. Do they get the same amount of sunlight?

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25 Jan 18, Phil Morton (Australia - temperate climate)

Not a lot of difference.... the one in the ground is closer to a west wall so get's about an hour less afternoon sunlight in a day. They both have good layers of mulch to help keep in the moisture. The 42' days recently and the few arriving from tomorrow have/will be doing damage to them both no doubt!

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01 Dec 17, John (Australia - temperate climate)

Could someone please tell me. I planted what i thought were Turkish Egg plants. The vegetables that have formed are in a spiky what appears to be a shell of sorts..A bit like the old fashioned Maces the Medieval knights used to use in combat. Completely stumped. I do not have a clue as to what these may be.

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29 Jan 18, Cathie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Any chance you have an African Horned Melon?

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