Growing Eggplant, also Aubergine

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15 Sep 12 Anne Eaton (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My eggplant is mature and has lots and lots of flowers and leaves but no fruit. What am i doing wrong?
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29 Oct 12 Vai (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Anne, The only thing I can suggest is sprinkling some sulphate of potash around the plant and watering it in. Alternatively, you could bury a couple of bananas (with skin) around the plant but I'd suggest the concentrated sulphate of potash. As you probably know, potassium promotes healthy flower and fruit growth in most plants. Nitrogen promotes new stem and leaf growth so its possible you have too much nitrogen in the soil (using cow or sheep manure?) and not enough potassium.
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