Eggplants direct sown on 20.5 under plastic and cloth. They had emerged already well before end of last month, but didn’t get around taking plastic off. A little culling to be done still. Right now they only have cloth on which should do some selection and make culling easier.
As a comparison I sowed small patch of eggplant with peppers to see if I could do without plastic. Would be much easier and it also would free up plastics for other projects. They emerged about the same time as peppers or little less than a week later than the ones under plastic. That’s also, if not in worst case weather, still not a helping weather. Last year first one flowered on 18.7 and if these are a week later they still have fairly good change of making viable seeds. Still it’s cutting it close. This year plan was anyway to mix genes more so that I have maximum diverse blend once I start pushing the envelope, whenever that might be. Intersting to see if the difference holds or are the ones that were sown without plastic more “primed” for the cold.
Three beds in the front are eggplant, surrounded by luffa and okra tunnel with one bed of basil at the back.
