We are back with a plant profile of a popular vegetable you can grow in your garden
And today we're gonna talk about Black Beauty Eggplant
The Black Beauty Eggplant is one of the easiest eggplants to grow
It is a very prolific grower
And if you're beginning to grow vegetables in your garden, I highly recommend that you
start growing the Black Beauty Eggplant
So our eggplant is from Bonnie Plants Black Beauty Eggplant - something that you can easily
find
And about 2 weeks in the growing season, this is how it looks
And about 2 months later, you can see that its bearing a lot of flowers and healthy stems
The plant looks very healthy, shows no signs of insects or diseases
And I've hardly controlled insects on this plant at all
No spraying, pretty much growing by itself
So about 70 days into the growing season, the fruits will start growing
The eggplants will start forming
And the overall vigor of the plant is just excellent
And that's what you want when you're starting to grow your own vegetables
You want to have plants that have less maintenance
Thats another fruit growing right there
There - the eggplant looks pretty good
All ready to grow into bigger sized eggplants
And we're only like 70 days into the growing season
So within that time, you an see the plant has really grown into a nice, big bushy plant
So 72 days into the growing season, the plant looks very well established
And the eggplants are looking pretty good
And it's about this stage that they will really get to grow in size
And this is the time you really need to make sure that the plant is getting well-watered
And also being fed well with a lot of fertilizers, epsom salt, all the things that the eggplant
loves
And the Black Beauty Eggplant that you see in stores is actually very huge with a lot
of water content
The Black Beauty Eggplant that you grow at home will not be as large
But it will definitely taste a lot better than the ones you get at the grocery store
And here you can see a lot of fruits being formed
So about 80 days from planting your eggplant, your Black Beauty Eggplant
The fruits have really grown in size and we're now ready for our first harvest
Now eggplants, peppers, tomatoes - they all kind of grow in a similar fashion
They are all warm season crops, although the eggplant can withstand a lot more heat than
tomatoes
The peppers and eggplants are tolerant to heat
In fact they thrive when its a little hot
That's when they produce these nice fruits that you see here
And this eggplant is great for grilling, great for stir frying
Making all kinds of dishes
This Black Beauty Eggplant is one of the most popular eggplants that people eat
And by all means do try growing various kinds of vegetables, including eggplants
Its just that the Black Beauty is just so easy to grow, especially for beginners
That's how our first harvest looks like
And about 83 days into the growing season, you see another big eggplant there
And the Black Beauty Eggplant will keep producing eggplants for a very long time
As long as the conditions are right, you have moderately hot weather
The Black Beauty Eggplant will keep producing
So here you can see our second harvest
Which we did about 83 days after planting the Black Beauty Eggplant
And that's a pretty nice looking eggplant
And we do have a lot of eggplants growing
So let's get at least 3-4 eggplants out
And as you keep harvesting, the new flowers are going to produce more fruit
And you're going to get a constant supply of eggplants from just a single plant
This is just a single plant planted in a Whisky Barrel container
So you can see how productive it is
So that's all about the Black Beauty Eggplant
Let's now look at the ratings for the Black Beauty Eggplant
And that should give you an idea about the plant profile
And that's all we have today in today's episode
Hope you enjoyed it
And we will be back soon with another episode of California Gardening
Until then...Happy Gardening!