Growing Eggplant, also Aubergine

Solanum sp. : Solanaceae / the nightshade family

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
								S	S
										T	T

(Best months for growing Eggplant in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions)

S = Plant undercover in seed trays
T = Plant out (transplant) seedlings

September: Bring on in pots - need a long growing season

Grow in seed trays, and plant out in 4-6 weeks. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 24°C and 32°C. (Show °F/in)
Space plants: 60 - 75 cm apart
Harvest in 12-15 weeks. Cut fruit with scissors or sharp knife.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Beans, capsicum, lettuce, amaranth, thyme
Avoid growing close to: Potatoes

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14 Mar 18, Liz (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): I have successfully grown an eggplant in Dunedin in a tunnel house. I have just picked my 10th, and there are 5 more coming
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04 Feb 18, Heather (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): I have grown the smaller variety in a glass house with plenty of TLC. They don't survive outside as the temperature fluctuates too much and we can get cold spells during the growing season.
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01 Dec 17, John (Australia - temperate climate): Could someone please tell me. I planted what i thought were Turkish Egg plants. The vegetables that have formed are in a spiky what appears to be a shell of sorts..A bit like the old fashioned Maces the Medieval knights used to use in combat. Completely stumped. I do not have a clue as to what these may be.
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29 Jan 18, Cathie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Any chance you have an African Horned Melon?
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03 Dec 17, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): How certain are you they are Turkish Egg plants. Let them grow and see what the end up like. Google about them - read all you can. Or look up some seed selling companies and buy some real T E P seeds. The joys of gardening.
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17 Nov 17, L.T. (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have nice flowers on my Aubergine plants but they either drop or die before producing the fruit, also I am trying to grow globe courgette, the fruit looks beautiful and healthy but as soon as it becomes the size of a golf ball they drop off and die. What can I do to get the veggies I want
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20 Nov 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read through the comments about Zucchini here. They need pollinating - bees or by hand.
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15 Nov 17, Ian Gall (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I, m growing my egg plant in a tunnel house, the leaves are turning black? What to do?
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21 Nov 17, rachel (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): it's most likely a fungus, you need to spray with something like organic copper
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20 Nov 17, Michael (New Zealand - temperate climate): I have the opposite - all the lower leaves are turning yellow! But at least I have a couple of dark fruit growing fast.
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