Aubergine story

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Sunday 28 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike

Growing aubergines has always been a bit of a hit n miss affair with us. Although I have to say, last year we finally seem to have cracked it. This year seems well on track; all things crossed! 

Rotating areas each year is apparently important for this crop – so we comply with that. Sweetcorn were here last summer, although they did absolutely nuffink last season. Here are our seedlings four weeks after planting out.

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That weird hail storm that struck in early May damaged many of the leaves.

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But these are hardy plants. Once they get established, there is little that troubles them, providing they get water every 4-7 days.

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One month later.

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A good sign was the bee activity around the flowers.

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And now we have the first aubergines; harvestable in 7-10 days.

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And a first this year, we also have round aubergines. They should grow to large grapefruit size; perfect for stuffing 🙂

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