Fertilizer needed?
 

I tried posting this in the thread that I had already started, but I guess no one is reading that one anymore. I just wondered how much fertilizing eggplants require. I know tomato plants don't require all that much, whereas melons and other curcurbits require lots and lots. Where do eggplants fall? How much do they need?

I'm not doing egg plants this year but I always treated them like tomatoes and have had great luck.

Worth

I fertilize my eggplants and cucumbers just like my tomatoes. All are in containers. I use Tomato Tone, 4-7-10 with micro nutrients (Espoma makes it) and a foliar from Monty's Joy Juice which is 2-15-15. Works great.

I treat my peppers, tomatoes and eggplant identically (I grow them all in pots) - I let the plants speak to me and let me know what they need and when. So rather and do things hard and fast, I consider the environment (pots, water drains through), particular weather that year, size of plant, fruit set, and feed/water/attend to as needed.

fairy tale
 

I'm trying a small version of egg plant this year called ,Fairy Tale, i am thinking of trying it in my 1/2 wine barrels, with Miracle Grow, any suggestions?

How many were you planning to plant in the barrel? I save my barrel for bigger plants with deeper root systems like tomatoes or blueberries. I grow my eggplants in 2 or 3 gallon pots and I fertilize quite often as it works for me this way. Can't grow in the ground cuz of the pesky destructive flea beetles. I have my pots in a different part of the garden, away from the soil, up on tables.