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Hi all

I haven't posted for a while, been really busy - now I'm getting excited about the lottie and getting ready to sow things.

A gap in my massive seed order this year is aubergines. Last year I grew calliope, the stripey purple and white one, but was a bit disappointed, didn't get many and didn't taste that good. So looking for recommendations of what kinds are tasty and easy to grow.

I live in co durham, weather is cool here, but I do have a greenhouse and hopefully soon a polytunnel. Any suggestions?

Jayne

Rosa Bianca for sheer good looks!
Apple Green for taste and texture

Rosa Bianca and Fairytale

Sadly I have to say Moneymaker or Black Beauty for reliability.

Much depends upon what you use them for. If you want wrappers or moussaka, then you have to go for the fat ones. If you want ratatouille or pickle, the thin ones.

Have to say I have never found much taste in any.

Rosa Bianca-I`ve been on about that for years and it`s now widely available.

And if you are into SE Asian cooking then Thai Green is good

As above!!

But can you really differentiate tastes?

I could! only slight, there is a big difference in texture though, some are more meaty than others!

Apple Green is one of the earliest varieties, about a month earlier than Listada de Gandia in my cool greenhouse in Glasgow.

Meaty, Biscombe? Agree. That's why I always go for the long, thin ones.

I am growing Bellezza Nera and Black Enorma this year, having never grown aubergines before. They are currently about1-2 inches tall in pots in the conservatory. Anyone grown these before? Any good? Any tips?

I'm a fan of 'Mohican', had a good crop last year, large milky white fruits...

They are good Deb, I'm thinking of growing some of the smaller varieties in pots by the kitchen door! (a pain to harvest them in time from the garden last year!) Did you have to repot Deb?

I kept up with them last year and potted them on as soon as they needed it. I've tried them in growbags before and they were slug magnets and did not do so well. I think they ended up in 5l pots in my little greenhouse lottie, so were kept pretty hot, on capillary mats covered in gravel and not watered every day....it seemed to suit them! ;D

Better than our Black Beauty Deb.. did either of us get any red egg?
???

I am growing red egg and caspar this year will see you they are doing.

I got a couple of Red Egg aubergines, but they took ages to ripen, I think I ended up eating them in late October! Wouldn't bother again.... :-\

Here here on the rosa bianca. Lovely. I'm trying red egg and mohican for the first time this year. Should be a colourful display ;D

cj :)