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13 Sep 18, Mike (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Google about flowers dropping off egg plants.

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03 Feb 18, Daisy (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Hi Diana, I have never grown eggplant but perhaps the plant that you have is a male one? I don't really know whether this is even possible. Also, it could be that you need to pollinate the flowers by hand? I hope this helps! xx D

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05 Feb 18, Kristin (USA - Zone 11a climate)

Why someone would suggest maybe yours is a male plant and saying "hope this helps" is hilarious. Eggplants do not need separate male and female plants. A quick google search can tell you that. Several reasons your flowers are dropping - lack of pollination or the plant is under stress being - 1) too cold or hot 2)lack of water or nutrients. Try hand pollinating your flowers and lookup the temperature your variety of eggplant will set fruit. I looked up the temperature for Tutukaka coast and the temperature seems too cold for eggplant. I could be wrong. But you will need find out what variety you have first.

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20 Jan 18, Alison (New Zealand - temperate climate)

I have eggplants in a tunnel house. The plants look amazing and are flowering like crazy and look to be pollinating but then drop off before fruit develops. They are getting plenty of water and tomatoes in the same greenhouse are fruiting happily. What am I dong wrong?

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14 Jan 18, Paula Mouat (New Zealand - temperate climate)

I am growing eggplant for the first time in a glasshouse. My plant is growing very well with lots of fruit. The fruit are large and pale. How long should I wait before harvesting?

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02 Jan 18, (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Hi, is it worth trying to grow aubergines in Dunedin?

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14 Mar 18, Liz (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

I have successfully grown an eggplant in Dunedin in a tunnel house. I have just picked my 10th, and there are 5 more coming

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04 Feb 18, Heather (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

I have grown the smaller variety in a glass house with plenty of TLC. They don't survive outside as the temperature fluctuates too much and we can get cold spells during the growing season.

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15 Nov 17, Ian Gall (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

I, m growing my egg plant in a tunnel house, the leaves are turning black? What to do?

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21 Nov 17, rachel (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

it's most likely a fungus, you need to spray with something like organic copper

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