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Post by simson on Oct 24, 2011 9:36:17 GMT 1
Silly question probably from a novice gardener, do i pull my augergines out now and chuck them or do they come back next year please
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Post by Ali on Oct 24, 2011 17:20:37 GMT 1
Chuck them on the compost heap Silly question probably from a novice gardener, do i pull my augergines out now and chuck them or do they come back next year please
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Oct 24, 2011 18:44:11 GMT 1
They won't survive the frost Simson.
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Post by simson on Oct 25, 2011 10:14:13 GMT 1
right out they go
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 14:10:12 GMT 1
Hi simson,
My timing is not good if you've chucked them, cos there is an option to keep them, even though most people don't bother.
Aubergine (Solanum melongena) is a perennial shrub, which means it will grow again next year if it's kept frost-free over winter.
Like, say, pelargoniums ('geraniums'), if you cut off all the top growth to within about 15cms of the stem you should be left with a little bare 'tree'. Plant in a container of almost dry compost and leave in a cool corner of the house. It won't need good light until spring.
This, I know, is a very small point of almost anorak proportions, but it adds a completeness to the thread, a roundness, and therefore has its place, however small, I think.
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Post by Elkay on Oct 28, 2011 17:03:12 GMT 1
Hi simson, My timing is not good if you've chucked them, cos there is an option to keep them, even though most people don't bother. Aubergine ( Solanum melongena) is a perennial shrub, which means it will grow again next year if it's kept frost-free over winter. Like, say, pelargoniums ('geraniums'), if you cut off all the top growth to within about 15cms of the stem you should be left with a little bare 'tree'. Plant in a container of almost dry compost and leave in a cool corner of the house. It won't need good light until spring. This, I know, is a very small point of almost anorak proportions, but it adds a completeness to the thread, a roundness, and therefore has its place, however small, I think. Thanks, annon, that is very interesting. I don't have anywhere to store mine, or I would give it a go. Last year I bought a grafted one - do you know whether they graft onto an old established plant? What about grafted tomatoes - I bought one of those this year - can toms be kept in the same manner? Thanks, LK <<edited coz LK post was inside the quotes>>
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 21:46:59 GMT 1
Yes, Elkay, am certain they graft a (different) variety onto previous year's rootstock to get a more substantial plant early in the season.
Anyone who's grown aubergine/tomatoes/capsicums/chillis (solonaceaous plants) will know how long it takes from seed to fruiting plant, and then only under good growing conditions, so grafted plants or saved plants from last year are an alternative to seed-sown.
Trouble is, there are so many varieties of toms that some 'modern' varieties, which have been seriously messed about with by man, may not be perennial in habit (i.e. store starches in their root systems so that they can re-grow next year). If we stick with older varieties such as 'marmande, or the plum-type 'Roma' they will shoot again if properly over-wintered.
Sad, IMO, is the fact that we can buy plants already well-established each year, so we chuck the old ones out, and lose our connection with what we've grown previously, and the intimacy of having grown it.
Anorak land is not for the faint-hearted, but some people, some of the time, get something out of it...
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Post by <-Rinky-Dink-> on Oct 28, 2011 22:16:11 GMT 1
That's really interesting, Anon ... thanks for taking the trouble to explain it all. We didn''t grow any veg this year, so it will be end of next year before we get an opportunity to try it all out! thanks again.
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Post by Elkay on Oct 29, 2011 8:33:21 GMT 1
OOh, Annon, thank you. I am about to sort out my polytunnel, I have a couple of Roma in there grown from seed myself. I will dig one or two up, cut them right back and sneak them indoors in small pots and hide them amongst the geraniums! Hubby isn't a gardener, he wouldn't understand the excitement of my experiment. Thanks for taking the trouble to explain
LK
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Post by Ali on Oct 29, 2011 16:00:16 GMT 1
Thanks Annon, ooops. Next year will definately do that. Love Roma toms - brilliant tips - thank you
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