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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 17, 2011 9:34:36 GMT -5
Yes, I plan on doing this for a lot of plants though I have to go do chores in a minute so feel free to start them for me  Applegreen - not as productive as some Asian hybrids/OPs but steady, tasty fruits Millionaire - this is a hybrid that I bought a loooong time ago and I am looking for something equivalent in an OP. I'm thinking Ping Tung? Didn't like: Little fingers: enough to have to write about it. They got bitter quickly. |
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Post by raymondo on Dec 17, 2011 20:09:15 GMT -5
I have little success with eggplant. Summers usually aren't hot enough for long enough. However, when I do manage to get some I love Snowy, a creamy white eggplant. I also like Louisiana Long Green.
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 17, 2011 21:10:45 GMT -5
My favorite is Black Beauty. (Top Left They are getting hard to find the seeds for. So, thanks to whoever asked me to save the seed from the ruffled one in the pan. Middle very dark. Leo's favorite is Rosa Bianca, the big lavender ones in the middle of the pan. In the bottom left there's Listada de Gandia and the long purple is Ping Tung. My least favorite and they almost all went into the compost was Udmalbet. They turned yellow very quickly and when yellow are bitter. In my humble opinion, they are too small to deal with. This year I'm also doing Bride. I wish I had Rosita and Antigua. I've always wanted to try them. However, I don't think I can justify buying any eggplant seeds as I was gifted Thai Long Purple, Ping Tung Long & Bride. There's also a gorgeous Rotunda Bianca that I keep drooling over. Eggplants grow very well here and are one of my most favorite vegetables. I love the way the smell, their flowers, and their color. Attachments:
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Post by oxbowfarm on Dec 17, 2011 21:42:41 GMT -5
Holly,
I'm doing my marathon seed order tonight. High Mowing has Black Beauty this year. Just did the eggplants. Keep trying to grow them.
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Post by Walk on Dec 18, 2011 10:24:45 GMT -5
Our favorite is Florida High Bush from SSE. The name almost kept me from trying it but it does really well here in Minnesota. The plants really are tall and hold the fruits way up off the ground, out of reach of voles which have always been a problem for us. Also it seemed vigorous enough to outgrow flea beetle damage. It produces several of big, traditional-looking fruits per plant. After growing it for the last 2 years we look no further.
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Post by ferdzy on Dec 20, 2011 18:31:23 GMT -5
I agree about Little Fingers - a bust. Ping Tung has been excellent for us, and this year we also grew Kamo and were very impressed. Haven't grown much else in the way of eggplant recently.
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Post by davida on Dec 20, 2011 18:43:00 GMT -5
Oh my! I ordered both Little Fingers and Udmalbet to try next year. Maybe they will do better in Oklahoma's weather. Guess I need to go to High Mowing and order Black Beauty.
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Post by roper2010 on Dec 26, 2011 14:35:58 GMT -5
I can't seem to grow the big eggplants. I have no problems
with the asian varieties. One that does very well for me is
Thai Long Green and Ichiban. I'm still going to try a few of
the larger types, not giving up on them yet.
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Post by mcd on Jan 10, 2012 19:35:51 GMT -5
Black Beauty is my favorite as well. Pretty standard looking, but the richest flavor I've found.
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 10, 2012 18:52:50 GMT -5
So, Today I began harvesting eggplant for seed. Rosa Bianca Udmalbet Thai Long Purple Ping Tung Long Bride Listada de Gandia Black Beauty Red Skin Violetta Lunga Diamond Rosita These are all the eggplant I planted last year. Thanks Tim & Lynn So What follows shows how I clean eggplant seed. Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 10, 2012 18:53:44 GMT -5
Here's the bowl of Italian type Eggplant Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 10, 2012 18:56:01 GMT -5
First I chop of the stem end, remove as much skin, and non seedy areas. The bigger the eggplant the more seed is in the bottom and the less in the top. In a normal year, I would have already done this, but we've only had one frost, so what the heck. I put the chopped parts in the food processor with a cup of water and whirl away. Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 10, 2012 18:57:27 GMT -5
I dump the whole mess in a big measuring cup with more water, and give it a couple of stirs while continuing to process more. The good seeds start to sink to the bottom. Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 10, 2012 18:59:09 GMT -5
I pour off the top into a bucket, sitting on a towel on the kitchen floor and pour the seeds into a smaller measuring cup. I rinse them 2x and pour them through a sieve. Leo rinses them 3x, but heh heh he wasn't here to oversee, so the mice are running rampant. Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 10, 2012 19:04:23 GMT -5
I set the sieve on a towel to drain for a minute and then dump them on piece of parchment paper labeled with pencil. Here's an entire pile of Rosa Bianca seeds. Eggplant naturally crosses about 4% of the time with other eggplant, and I have some ruffled eggplant that has very low germ and almost no seeds. I don't plan to segregate my eggplant any more and let it just grow. I have found that I'm getting earlier eggplant. Even though I didn't save seed from the earliest plants, but from the latest plants. Attachments:
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