I'm giving up on eggplant growing

[lakelady]

Originally Posted by Urbanfarmer

I almost hate to tell you this, but for us, the Japanese variety Ichiban almost can't stop producing. We get 100+ from one plant, every time we grow it. We thought that was normal. We grow all our vegetables hydroponically, so that makes a difference.

This Spring, for the first time, we're trying some traditional pear-shaped types. We'll let you know how that turns out. Might be completely different results.

HOLY you-know-what!!! Really? I just cannot believe it. Now that's a shocker, because we just don't get anything even remotely close to that here. lol

I'm sure part of it is great gardening, but it has to also be related to the amount of heat you guys get over there. Last year was a very hot dry summer for us, and I still had very little eggplant production from 4 different plants. Except India. But they were small and seedy and I didn't like them. Too bad, I thought the little ones would be good pickled.

I'm definately picking up an asian eggplant this year at the garden center. lol