2009 First harvest
Compare to last year, this year's first harvest is two weeks late! I didn't expect to see any eggplants until much later because of the crappy weather we've had the whole season. My japanese eggplants have been doing exceptionally well, I have two eggplants in one Earthbox and each plant has at least 5 eggplants in different sizes. It's best to harvest eggplants when the skin is shiny otherwise the skin will be too tough.
I wanted to make an Asian spicy eggplant dish, so I got two chilies from the Thai dragon pepper plant. I knew it was too soon to harvest the chilies because it's best to let the peppers develop the spicy seeds a little longer to get the maximum scoville count! These peppers were not spicy enough. It's fun to pop fresh peppers in my mouth right from the plant! But only for now when the peppers are still young, I dare not to do that for the older peppers! If you're interested to grow peppers, take a look at the Organic Gardening article about techniques and tips of growing different kinds of peppers.
August 11th, 2009 - 03:08
Looks beautiful! One of my sweet peppers has curled around like the top eggplant. I wonder what makes them do that?
August 12th, 2009 - 10:44
Very nice! I’m not a big fan of eating eggplant, but I’m tempted to grow them now because these are just so pretty to look at!
I had peppers in the Earthbox last year that did very well. This year in the ground, they haven’t produced as much so maybe next year, back into the Earthbox!
August 13th, 2009 - 06:36
Right now I’ve got 3 italian eggplant that aren’t quite ready to harvest, but I agree, the rotten weather had a lot to do with less of everything this year. Yay for your eggplants!