Content
- Growing aubergine - how are you?
- Which location offers ideal conditions?
- How should soil and substrate be?
- Prefer egg plant - how does it work?
- When is planting time?
- When is flowering time?
- How do I plant an eggplant perfectly?
- When planting in the bucket do not forget the drainage
- Advantageous mixed culture on the balcony
- Over what period of time does the harvest extend?
- Tips
Aubergines can be harvested in mid-summer
Growing aubergine - how are you?
The high-yielding cultivation of eggplants is considered an accolade among the gardeners. Important questions should be clarified in advance so that the horticultural challenge culminates in a lush harvest of delicious eggplants. In this guide, you can read all the answers about the successful cultivation in the bed and tub - practical, compact and easy to understand.
Which location offers ideal conditions?
The pronounced heat requirement of eggplant considerably limits the choice of location. Under the following conditions, the cultivation is crowned with success:
Suitable locations are: a south-facing balcony, a greenhouse or winter garden with shading, a protected garden bed within the winter hardiness zone 7 or 8.
How should soil and substrate be?
As nightshade plants, eggplants are among the heavyweights. Correspondingly nutrient-rich should be garden soil or tub substrate. A loose, well-drained structure and a fresh texture are further quality features for a profitable cultivation in the bed and tub.
Prefer egg plant - how does it work?
Early sowing behind glass is the key to success in growing eggplants. Summertime in the Central European climate is too short for the exotic nightshade family to give away even a single day of the growing season. Preferring young plants by sowing seeds is therefore useful. The most important basic data for the cultivation summarizes the following overview:
Eggplant already have as seedlings an aversion to high humidity. In contrast to the classic method of sowing, transparent cover during the germination phase is dispensed with in this case.
When is planting time?
If a greenhouse is available for cultivation, you can plant young aubergines in the groundfloor from a height of 20 cm. For cultivation in the open air, the planting season begins in the middle of May until the nighttime temperatures do not fall below 15 degrees Celsius. If you plan to cultivate the aubergines in the tub on the balcony, plant the plants with a height of 25 cm. By mid-May, the ovules should linger behind glass at night.
When is flowering time?
The beginning of the flowering period depends largely on when the seeds are sown and the seedlings are planted out. As a rule, the first beautiful flowers sprout when a shoot carries 5 to 6 leaves. It unfolds violet bell-shaped flowers with a diameter of up to 5 cm.
How do I plant an eggplant perfectly?
In the bed and garden bed, prepare the soil loosely and free of weeds. During tillage, place the root bales in the potting pot in soft water until no air bubbles rise. So the planting runs exemplary:
Press the soil well and pour generously. A mulch layer of nettle leaves, leaves or straw keeps the soil moist and warm.
When planting in the bucket do not forget the drainage
With its beautiful flowers and decorative fruits makes the eggplant in the tub on the balcony a good figure. The planting follows a similar process, as in the bed or greenhouse floor. To protect against damaging waterlogging add a drainage between the substrate and the bottom opening. Well proven have for this purpose inorganic materials, such as pebbles, expanded clay spheres or potsherds.
Advantageous mixed culture on the balcony
Balcony gardeners with a penchant for the cultivation of balcony vegetables do not leave the free acreage in the eggplant bucket unused. Associated with radishes, spinach and dwarf basil not only increases the yield on the balcony. If these neighbors flourish on their root disk, the eggplant profits in the form of vital growth and improved aroma.
Over what period of time does the harvest extend?
A ripe eggplant shines with shiny, stain-free, completely stained shell. Under normal, sunny and warm weather, the harvest season for early varieties begins in early August. Late varieties can be harvested during cultivation in the greenhouse sometimes well into the winter.
Tips
The close kinship with tomatoes means for aubergines an increased susceptibility to cabbage and brown rot. Watering without the wetting of the leaves and an air-dry location in the greenhouse or under a rain cover are the best prevention. Moreover, when growing aubergines, it is important to keep as much distance as possible from potatoes.