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purplebean

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« on: July 05, 2008, 22:06 »
I have read that the tops should be pinched out when the plants are about 12". They are already starting to bush from the lower leaves, should I pinch?

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« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2008, 22:38 »
There seems to be differing opinions to this.

If you pinch out and restrict the plant to 6 fruit then you'll generally get 6 big fruit.

If you leave it and let it produce 12-15+ fruit then you'll get smaller fruit.

It just depends on what you want lots of small or fewer big 'uns. :lol:

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« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2008, 22:42 »
I'd go with more smaller fruit because the flowers are really pretty :!:
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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2008, 22:50 »
Quote from: "vegmandan"
There seems to be differing opinions to this.

If you pinch out and restrict the plant to 6 fruit then you'll generally get 6 big fruit.

If you leave it and let it produce 12-15+ fruit then you'll get smaller fruit.

It just depends on what you want lots of small or fewer big 'uns. :lol:


Yeh, that's all academical in my experience, up north where we are we can hope for 2-4 courgettes a plant ripened - that is protected in some way - if lucky.

They just stop growing if it gets as low as 20C in my experience and they don't sort of recover again. :wink:
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vegmandan

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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2008, 23:13 »
Wow you can get courgettes off an Aubergine plant.

Amazing  :lol:

Sorry only kidding :lol:

I managed about 8 medium ones in my greenhouse up here in deepest darkest yorkshire a few years ago but got sick of the thorns on the plants.

They're definately not for outside growing up here.

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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2008, 07:03 »
Quote from: "vegmandan"
Wow you can get courgettes off an Aubergine plant.


 :lol:  :lol: Yeah, it's so cold for them. :lol:

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purplebean

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« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2008, 10:39 »
Hmmm mine are outside in containers. I'll leave them to it and see what happens. I have two varieties and one seems to be thornless



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