Questions tagged [eggplant]

Solanum melongena grown for its edible fruit. It is also known as aubergine. Use this tag with questions about how to grow and care for eggplants.

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Why do my eggplants have plenty of flowers but no fruit?

I have six or seven eggplant plants that are growing marvelously. They have been in the ground for about 3-4 months and are each about a foot, foot and a half tall. They all have plenty of purple flowers but I have had no fruit yet. Why? Is…
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Same eggplant gives normal and brownish eggplants - can they be eaten?

Some of my eggplants get their usual purple black color, some, on the other hand are firm but get a bit brownish. Found this question that points to lack of nutrition, but the same plant has given good eggplants and brown eggplants. Also, would you…
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Eggplant not bearing many fruit

My first time growing eggplants. I have about 10 plants that seem to be healthy, the tallest one is almost 4 feet high. Lots of flowers in the past 6 weeks, but only 2 fruits so far. I am in central Florida, very hot now, they need heavy watering…
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Aubergine/eggplant rotting instead of ripening

We had a lovely aubergine plant. It produced two fruits, which coloured into nice dark purple (except for right at the top). As they were quite hard (absolutely no give when squeezed) we left them to ripe a bit before picking. They both started…
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