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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 10, 2012 19:09:11 GMT -5
The weirdest thing ever, the eggplant is starting to re-sprout after that last frost. I'm almost tempted to cover this bed and see if it would keep going. I got through processing all of the Italian type eggplants today, tomorrow the Asian types. The Black Beauty this year were huge! And I was very very impressed with the Asian eggplant which just kept coming and coming. It's a messy process. Attachments:
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Post by littleminnie on Dec 10, 2012 19:40:17 GMT -5
2012 I grew Diamond, Rosa Bianca, Viserba, Pingtung and Long Purple. Also the pumpkin pepper. We don't really eat eggplant except in baba ghanoush so I can't say which is best. I think Rosa Bianca sells best. I am adding Prosperosa this year.
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Post by steev on Dec 10, 2012 21:52:29 GMT -5
You gotta get into braised eggplant and grilled eggplant! Yummers! Baba ghanoush is great, but so much more trouble.
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Post by raymondo on Dec 11, 2012 4:51:19 GMT -5
Gutti vankaya - South Indian stuffed eggplant curry - to die for!
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Post by steev on Dec 11, 2012 20:01:51 GMT -5
What sort of eggplant is that stuffed curry done with?
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Post by raymondo on Dec 12, 2012 0:41:27 GMT -5
Usually the longish dark skinned ones. I've had the dish a number of times and they seem to prefer eggplants about 8 to 10" long.
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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 12, 2012 13:30:46 GMT -5
I've seen something similar before. I take it that like tomatoes, if the leaves on the stem (but not the stem or part of the stem) are killed, they will resprout. Early frosts only touched the outer leaves of my eggplants this year. The inner leaves and stems were still alive.
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wildedge
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Subtropical Australian Hinterland at 100 m altitude. Humid summers, rare winter frost, 1500 mm rain.
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Post by wildedge on Jul 30, 2017 21:51:15 GMT -5
Ping Tung is the best I have grown in the subtropics. The fruit are so sweet and thin skinned, and the plants are prolific even under less than ideal conditions.
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