Eggplant: difficulties and tricks in growing

One of the most common vegetables in our gardens is eggplant, which, despite its popularity, not all gardeners decide to grow. Eggplants are quite whimsical to grow, because they often shed their flower stalks or refuse to bear fruit at all, dry out, etc. In a word, there are a lot of problems in growing eggplants, but still, observing some rules and avoiding mistakes in caring for eggplants, you can grow a good harvest of blue ones.

Eggplant fruits contain B vitamins, potassium, calcium, ascorbic acid. phosphorus, zinc, iron and other useful trace elements. Eggplants are useful for the hematopoietic system, for patients with diabetes, they are recommended for people with increased weight.

In order for the eggplants to give a good harvest, it is necessary to plant seeds for seedlings in advance. A 60-day seedling is considered the most fruitful and yields 60% more than an 80-day seedling. At the same time, it is advisable to sow seedlings immediately in peat pots, since the eggplant root system does not tolerate transplantation.

Eggplants do not need a lot of light, so it is advisable to cover it with plywood boxes from evening to morning, which will speed up the yield by about 2 weeks.

Eggplants and tomatoes are congeners, but growing them together is categorically contraindicated. This also applies to the seedlings of these two crops, which should not be placed even on the same windowsill.

Eggplants are afraid of excess moisture. because of which they can rot, but they still need to be watered abundantly.

There are a lot of tricks in growing eggplant, and if at least some of them are taken into account, then you can achieve a very generous and healthy eggplant harvest.