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Any tips for how to tell when aubergines are ready?

When they are the 'right size' for the variety - and shiney.

You mean you have some nearly ready?? Ours are only just flowering!

well baring in mind i have about 55 plants now, yeah...one is huge.....i have others on the way....millions of chillies, tomatoes coming out my ears...peppers and ive been eating cucumbers since june :D

Life is good :P

Phew.  Tim, glad you said that.  I've two aub plants, only one of which is just showing flower buds.  There's hope yet. ;)

minesthe same only have a couple of little flowers buds showing. Wow you already eating cucumbers since June :o :o Mines only tiny little fruit hanging on the plants don't know when can i pick them :'( :'(
Did you grew them in the heat greenhouse ???
yuet

Of my three aubs, one has four small to medium fruit on it while the other two are just coming into flower.

Yuet - we too have been cutting cus since 2 June. They were propagated on a hotpad but then grown cold.

I have 4 aubs, only flowering

I have already harvested 2 aubergines so far.  The only thing I'm not sure about is when to harvest my "Thai" aubergines, which are long and green and thin - not sure how big they are supposed to get.  If anyone knows, please do tell!

The only thing I can say is - don't go for 'big'. Try one before the seeds set.

I'm still waiting for mine to go shiny. They're still resolutely matte...

Admittedly they are probably delayed by the spider mite problem, but all the same I've got half a dozen of them all getting imperceptibly bigger.



is the plant and

 
a close-up of my fruits. They're about 5" long.  Hopefully they'll ripen in tandem with the tomatoes so I can make a large batch of ratatouille!

moonbells

Without knowing the type, I can't say more. You may have one that proves me wrong. I can only quote the norm. But they look great!

Quote from: tim on July 22, 2005, 16:22:24
Without knowing the type, I can't say more. You may have one that proves me wrong. I can only quote the norm. But they look great!

;D forgot to say they are Moneymaker...

moonbells

I've got a fine white powdery substance all over my aub plant.  is this possibly why my flowers fall off and dont seem to set.

what is this white powder???

is it mildew.