Antoinette, I started my eggplant in LARGE pots this year and since they were looking so great I cut two bales of potting mix in 1/2 and planted 3 EP in each 1/2. I am getting eggplants like mad now and I never have before. they are sitting on an asphalt driveway, too. It seems the hotter the better. I just water them twice a day. add a little 12-12-12 every now and again and keep picking the fruit literally daily. I planted one bale with Kumba Goya? one with millionaire Hy. one bale with Black beauty (and one bale with Slim Jim just this week and it is in the greenhouse where it is sweltering. It is LOVING the 100 degree days in there). I have been picking the Millionaire Hy for about a month. The BB are just starting to form and the Goya Kumbo is about the size of a shooter marble and the plants stand about 4" tall already. I hope you tried a few of them this way this year since you started this thread so long ago. I was amazed at the difference in productivity.
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carolyn k
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