How to grow eggplant in pots on a balcony? Five simple steps to a bumper crop of little round balls

Today the editor recommends a fun and tasty balcony potted fruit-vegetable [eggplant]. Of course, what the editor recommends is not that ordinary eggplant - ordinary eggplant does not look very good grown in a pot. What the editor recommends is the black round eggplant (appearance as in the picture below). This black round eggplant is a very good potted plant, quite noteworthy. Let us now learn together the method for growing round eggplant in pots:

Round eggplant growing habits

To care well for round eggplant, the first thing you need to know is the growing habits of round eggplant. If you do not understand the growing habits of round eggplant, it is very difficult to grow it well. Round eggplant growing habits: round eggplant likes a moist, warm growing environment with plenty of light, fears waterlogging, and is suited to cultivation in soil rich in organic matter with a strong ability to retain water and fertilizer.

Mini Xiaonan growth cycle:Planting period April-May, cultivation cycle 6 months, harvest period May-November.

The five steps of growing round eggplant

No1, Choosing a pot. When choosing a container for round eggplant, you should choose a fairly large pot. Eggplant has lush branches and leaves; a small pot provides insufficient fertilizer and water, which will lead to slow growth.

No2, Raising seedlings. Place the seeds in warm water at 55-60℃. Stir continuously until the water temperature is 30℃, then soak for 2 hours. Take out the seeds and air-dry them slightly, then place them in a 200 mg/kg gibberellin solution and soak for 24 hours to promote germination. When the seedlings are 50-60 days old they can be transplanted. Bury the prepared round eggplant seedlings into the soil of a large pot, and after burying the soil, press gently.

No3, Prepare a 60 cm long branch and insert it into the soil at a distance of 5 cm, then fix the eggplant plant with rope or ties. When the soil surface feels dry, water the round eggplant plant promptly.

No4, As the round eggplant gradually grows, we need to give it a topdressing of fertilizer once every 10-15 days.

No5, The last step is of course the harvesting step. 50-60 days after flowering, when the fruit skin turns yellow (some varieties do not change color or change color slowly, so determine by the number of days since pollination), begin harvesting the round eggplant. Harvesting a round eggplant you have carefully tended for several months - that feeling is wonderful.

Two things to note with round eggplant

1, Remove the side branches below the root eggplant from the round eggplant, so as to avoid excessive branches and leaves on the plant consuming nutrients.

2, After the round eggplant plants close their rows, the old leaves, yellow leaves, diseased leaves and overly dense leaves need to be removed promptly.

Conclusion: After reading the above content on "Growing Round Eggplant", I believe everyone should have a general understanding of round eggplant care. Thank you flower friends for your support. Follow us to get more round eggplant care methods and tips.