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19 Apr 18, Tracey (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi All I have Lebanese eggplants which are coming to an end. This is the first time I have grown them and they have fruited extremely well. Do you pull the plant out when they have finished or will they fruit again net year? Thanks

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04 Oct 18, Lucy Carson (Australia - temperate climate)

I dug mine up in Autumn, potted up and kept in greenhouse over winter (regular watering), they have already got buds on them and I'll replant back in the garden.

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22 Apr 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I believe they will grow again but I wouldn't bother - just grow new plants next year. My old plants are so straggly and fall over so much I just pull them out. Fresh new strong plants next year.

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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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