Be patient. I planted mine back in early March and I just picked 6 off the plants today for my second harvest. I only picked a couple about 2 weeks ago, both Ichiban. I have Ichiban and white globe eggplant.Brown Thumbs wrote:I planted an eggplant along with my other vegetables about 2 months ago. Squash, tomatoes, peppers are beginning to produce mature fruits, but the eggplant has yet to flower or begin making a fruit. Do it just take them longer or is something wrong? The plant appears healthy and is approximately 18 inches tall.
Ok thanks. I went out and added a stake in case my plant ever decides to start blooming and forming an egg plant. I have the large variety, I think that's called an American eggplant but not positive.gumbo2176 wrote:Be patient. I planted mine back in early March and I just picked 6 off the plants today for my second harvest. I only picked a couple about 2 weeks ago, both Ichiban. I have Ichiban and white globe eggplant.Brown Thumbs wrote:I planted an eggplant along with my other vegetables about 2 months ago. Squash, tomatoes, peppers are beginning to produce mature fruits, but the eggplant has yet to flower or begin making a fruit. Do it just take them longer or is something wrong? The plant appears healthy and is approximately 18 inches tall.
If you haven't already done so, I would suggest staking the eggplants. Once they start bearing fruit, they tend to fall over from the weight of their produce, especially if you have 2-3 eggplant maturing per plant.
well then, I guess that explains why mine still has just 1 leaf after starting the darn thing 3 months ago LOLapplestar wrote:Yeah. Eggplants need more heat than the other crops. They go in the garden robably at least 3 weeks after tomatoes and 1-2weeks after peppers, and still need more heat than the others to grow.