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In today's video, we will see
How to grow the Green Eggplant
The Green Eggplant is a crunchier and creamier version of the regular eggplant
And is known by different names as shown here
So we've planted some of these Green Eggplants on the ground on the raised beds
With some supports
And we also have some growing in a container
Now there are two types of containers we used
This one is a 16 inch wide 16 inch high container
With some regular potting mix
This is a whisky barrel container which can hold at least2 plants, maybe 3
So for this whiskey barrel container we created our own potting mix
Using the proportions as shown on the screen
And this creates a low cost potting mix that is really good and very effective for your
plants
And you can do it for a very low price
So these seedlings had been growing in the greenhouse
For about 4 weeks
Before I transplanted them
Now tomatoes and eggplants are very easy to transplant
Unlike other plants like beans which hate transplanting
And must be sown directly
Tomatoes and Eggplants can be started indoors much ahead of their growing season
And as you can see here we've added this soaker hose drip irrigation line
That should keep the plant evenly watered throughout the growing season
So within a few days you can see the plants have really taken off and growing really well
And this one is the one that is growing on the ground
Now about a month after transplanting the plant, it should have grown pretty tall
At least about a foot or so
And it now looks pretty healthy
The one in the container has taken off even better
Growing much better, creating very healthy leaves
And I did support these eggplants using this trellis
And if you want to know more about the trellis, you can watch the video on your screen
Now once the flowers appear, you can hand-pollinate these manually
With your own hands...Just like that
But I've seen that this eggplant variety is very good in pollinating...itself!
And as we see this eggplant has grown pretty well
Pretty big for harvest
So let's go ahead and harvest this eggplant
So that eggplant looks pretty good, as you can see
It has a lot of thorns - the whole plant itself has a lot of thorns
But if you look at this eggplant, its pretty nice
No signs of any insects or diseases
The thorns also do a great job of keeping the loopers away,
the soft bodied insects away
And you can see one more eggplant right here
The green eggplant is really good looking
With the green and white distinctive look
So let's go ahead and harvest this other eggplant
And another one
Just look at the number of thorns on that eggplant
Its quite a lot
So I now have a couple of eggplants here that we harvested
And what I wanted to show you was how they look like from the inside
I know a lot of you have asked this question about "How do these vegetables look like from
the inside?"
So let's go ahead and cut it open
And this is also a good time to give you a tip about when to harvest eggplants
First let's cut this eggplant open and let me show you how the seeds in the eggplant
look like
So if you can see these are white seeds - they haven't turned black yet
Now when the eggplant seeds turn black, that means you've waited too long to harvest the
eggplant
You have to harvest it before that
This is a perfect eggplant
The flesh of the eggplant looks pretty good
The seeds are white, its perfect!
And this eggplant will keep producing eggplants
Its now end of October here in California and my green Eggplants are still producing
a lot of eggplants
So out of all the other varieties of eggplants that are growing, the green eggplant is producing
the biggest eggplants
Although the temperatures are quite low here in Southern California
So I hope you liked this video
If you did not know about growing green eggplants
I'm hoping this video helped you
I'm sure this will be a great addition to the varieties of eggplants you're growing
The green eggplant has a nice crunchy skin
And also a very creamy flavor
So I'm sure you'll enjoy growing and eating it
I'll see you again soon
Happy Gardening!