Topic: Aubergine, which one?

[grannyjanny]

I have sown aubergine black beauty but read that they are not very good as the fruits take a long time to ripen. Is it to late to sow a different one?

[Jeannine]

I like Fairytale, mine have not been planted very long just a few days but usually I am earlier XX Jeannine

[daveyboi]

After this cold winter everything is behind but I do find that things tend to catch up to a great extent.
It is always worth a try.

I am trying Ophelia along with Black Beauty this year although this is the first time I have tried growing Aubergines as  the last two yesrs I did not remember to sow them in time.

[Vinlander]

I'm not keen on the big black ones or the small round green ones.

The smaller-fruited long black, violet or stripy types are my favourite - I find them more tender but even more importantly in a poor year you will get a few fruits per plant - it may only be 100g in total but better than the big fat zero you get from the plants that would produce fruits that are 200g+ each - but fail totally.

Of course in a bad year you might be lucky to see even a flower...