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How can I tell if they are on track, having never grown them before? They've got some huge leaves and are about 12" tall (maybe more) but no sign of buds yet.They are in the greenhouse.

I think ours were twice that size before they got buds.

They're now waist high, have flowers but no fruit.

How have you grown them? it's my first year with these too, and I made the mistake of putting them out in the mini-greenhouse far too early, so they sulked for ages. I should have kept them on a windowsill where it's warm. They're now about the same size as yours, and ready for planting out (no room for them to grow any bigger under cover), but I'm not too hopeful. I'll know for next year!

Just out of interest, I saw aubergine plants around that size in a garden centre last weekend. £4.99 each!!!

Who, me Robert?

Sown 26 Mar/germinated 4 Apr/potted up 16 Apr/grown on on hotpad @ 60F/planted 26 May.

The earliest I get fruit is first week in Aug.  Looks like a vain hope this year!!

I have small weeny fruit, slowly slowly this year...



Jerry

Just watch out for those SPIKES!!

I'm not showing off - buuut - I have two fruits ready for me to pick tomorrow.  At last I've done something right.  :D :D

I'm still at the flowers and tiny set fruit stage but they are really loving this hot spell!
;D

So, Dumpling - how did you achieve that??

 

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Just out of interest, I saw aubergine plants around that size in a garden centre last weekend. £4.99 each!!!


Life is never fair :'( 

Cleo wearing his `Smiling Cat Herbs ` hat.

my aubies are just starting to flower btw

Thanks for the advice, Tim; I'll try to do better with them next year!

All mine are now outdoors, either in pots on my balcony or in the plot as haven't got a greenhouse. Biggest fruit is 4" long and growing fast.
Nearly dug up the plants on the plot - their fleece cover was ripped to shreds in the gales we had about a week after planting out, and they looked very pathetic indeed. Flowering and fruiting now though - must be all this exceptional weather. They are interplanted with some purple queen french beans, also flowering now - looks really pretty!

Mine were sown early March on kitchen windowsill. Not sure when I moved them out to unheated greenhouse. Now in a grobag. The leaves are much rounder than yours, Tim- different variety, I guess.
Doesn't sound too hopeful, but I'll keep trying!

I have one plant in GH from which I've had the first fruit - about 6" long. It is a plant I bought cheap from a garden centre, is un-named and there are 5 more small fruit and several flowers flourishing on it. Outdoors on the patio I have 2 Fabina and 3 Red Egg grown from seed. They have just started to flower. I also have a small bush aubergine called Baby Belle, also bought at the garden centre. Have had one fruit the size of a golf ball and there are lots more to come. All in all, a better year than last year, but having to water them constantly is a bit of a pain ::).

Tricia

I didn't think I did anything special. Seeds were Moneymaker from Alan Romans. Germinated in a heated propagator on the windowsill, then potted on and later planted in the border in the greenhouse. And I have no idea of the dates I did this.

I'm planning to try Red Egg as well next year. Fingers crossed.

Apple.

I planted my aubergine plants in the allotment today. They were in pots for ages (I'm still tackling my new plot so planting space is limited) and some were pot bound. They are only 15cm (6") tall. I'm worried that they may not bear fruits.  :-\

Me too.  But we'll be thinking of you!

And now it's periwinkle - how did  YOU get so far ahead??

I sowed fairly early and they were doing so well in the conservatory until the red spider mite hit!  They look very sad now but I've moved them outside and they do seem to be picking up and growing more leaves and flowers.  No fruit yet, although my mother who had one of my plants has three or four flowers that look like they've set.  All mind so far have dropped off without setting.  I also have two that have been outside from May time and these suffered in a cold snap back then.  They seem to be ok but no sign of any flowers.

Quote from: Apple Dumpling on July 16, 2006, 19:46:36
I didn't think I did anything special. Seeds were Moneymaker from Alan Romans. Germinated in a heated propagator on the windowsill, then potted on and later planted in the border in the greenhouse. And I have no idea of the dates I did this.

I'm planning to try Red Egg as well next year. Fingers crossed.

Apple.

I think it's Moneymaker that's a particularly early one. What gets me is that they start off shiny and at some point, go matte. I pick at that point...

I took have one ready (and another half-dozen growing) and WAIL! The RSM are back and Defenders can't ship till Wednesday! Argh!!!!

moonbells