Ginger2778 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:46 pm How is everyone's eggplant season going?

GoDawgs wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:44 pm

Ginger2778 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:46 pm How is everyone's eggplant season going?

Going great! Left to Right: Matrosik, Chinese String, Rosita, Millionaire


24.03.26 L to R - matrosik, Chinese String,Rosita,Millionaire.JPG


I was surprised to see little thorns growing on the back of some of the Matrosik leaves. I've never had an eggplant like that before.

pepperhead212 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:39 pm I remember those thorns on a lot of the fruit calyxes, one of the worst was those on a favorite variety of mine (until they stopped making it, since it was a hybrid) - Neon. I just made sure to harvest carefully, and avoid them when removing from the fruit!

BurgundySnail wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:22 pm Hi Marsha! I know it's another year already, but do you still have some left? I would love to try those in 2025. Thanks!

FatBeeFarm wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 4:55 am @Ginger2778 Just wanted to say "THANK YOU so much!" for the Matrosik seeds last year. I've got two plants pumping out enormous and delicious fruits. They're so pretty, so big and the flesh is alabaster white and just creamy when cooked. They were a little slower to arrive than some of my others but they are worth the wait and I'm looking forward to getting two more months out of them hopefully. I'm going to try and make Russian caviar with them this morning (first time attempt).

How do you go about saving the seeds? The one time I tried to save eggplant seeds I had no germination the next year.

sri wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2024 11:56 pm I am interested in the seeds. thq

Ginger2778 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 6:10 am

FatBeeFarm wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 4:55 am @Ginger2778 Just wanted to say "THANK YOU so much!" for the Matrosik seeds last year. I've got two plants pumping out enormous and delicious fruits. They're so pretty, so big and the flesh is alabaster white and just creamy when cooked. They were a little slower to arrive than some of my others but they are worth the wait and I'm looking forward to getting two more months out of them hopefully. I'm going to try and make Russian caviar with them this morning (first time attempt).

How do you go about saving the seeds? The one time I tried to save eggplant seeds I had no germination the next year.

Saving seeds is easy but takes patience and is a little bit gross. You go past the yellow stage until the first almost rotten stage, then thoroughly mush up seeds and pulp in a bowl filled with water. Good seeds will fall to the bottom. Pour off floaters and pulp bits, then repeat washing and pouring off until you have clear water and seeds at the bottom. Then put the seeds out to dry. The key is letting them go to that stage of maturity.

Seven Bends wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 7:43 am

Ginger2778 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 6:10 am

FatBeeFarm wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 4:55 am @Ginger2778 Just wanted to say "THANK YOU so much!" for the Matrosik seeds last year. I've got two plants pumping out enormous and delicious fruits. They're so pretty, so big and the flesh is alabaster white and just creamy when cooked. They were a little slower to arrive than some of my others but they are worth the wait and I'm looking forward to getting two more months out of them hopefully. I'm going to try and make Russian caviar with them this morning (first time attempt).

How do you go about saving the seeds? The one time I tried to save eggplant seeds I had no germination the next year.

Saving seeds is easy but takes patience and is a little bit gross. You go past the yellow stage until the first almost rotten stage, then thoroughly mush up seeds and pulp in a bowl filled with water. Good seeds will fall to the bottom. Pour off floaters and pulp bits, then repeat washing and pouring off until you have clear water and seeds at the bottom. Then put the seeds out to dry. The key is letting them go to that stage of maturity.

If you leave an eggplant on the plant early in the season to save seeds, does the plant continue to pump out other fruit you can eat, or does that signal the plant that it has done its job for the year and can retire? I waited too long last year to leave a fruit on the plant and ended up with nothing at first frost except a basically seedless rotten fruit.