AngelsGarden's Blog

This is the first year I have grown eggplant.  I got a mixed pkg of seeds which included

Applegreen, Blue Marble Hybrid, Snowy and Millionaire Hybrid

I had trouble starting out because I didn't realize how important it was for the seeds to have heat to germinate.  The heat requirement is much higher than other seeds I have started.  I also started them out late as well.  I thought after I planted out the seedlings, that just to be sure, I would grab a pk of already started ones from the store.  Now mine are all almost as big as the ones from the store and mine have set on fruit first.  Actually, I have noticed that the store bought ones have had some flowers open and then fall off onto the ground.  Strange. 

I have now already started more to see if we can get a second round of fruit later in the summer.  They germinated very fast because of the heat of the summer.  I also would like to see if any of these that I have would have seeds that would come true.  Not the hybrids of course.  If so how would I go about collecting ripe seeds?

All of the Eggplants have been eaten on by flea beetles on a regular basis.  It doesn't seem to bother them except when they are very young.

There is a picture of a really pretty flower on one of the eggplants in my Eggplant and Peppers Album.