Egg Plant question..

[kiwi]

I'm growing a single egg plant (aubergine plant) my question is how do you know when the fruit are ready to pick. It is a 'Blacknite' type if that makes a difference. My plant seems to have bulk small fruit that aren't growing very fast. Also, lots of purple flowers. The largest fruit would be the size of a tennis ball. I hope they hurry up as frost season is nearly here!

[Gevalia]

im not sure, but eggplants here in the philippines are picked before they become oversized, or they will be less palatable.

in your case i think you must harvest the biggest one so that the plant can give more attention to the newer ones....


enjoy!

[kiwi]

Yeah, I'll try a few of them and see if they are ok to eat now I think. At least there is plenty of them

[Sarina]

It's better to harvest black nite when it is two-third of its full size. Eggplant's taste changes after being matured. After picking check the seeds, if they are bigger and coarse pick them early.

[realfood]

When aubergines go past their best, the skin looses it's shine.