Slow growing and difficult poached egg plant

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hubballi

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Slow growing and difficult poached egg plant
« on: June 13, 2012, 06:56 »
I planted seeds of the poached egg plant way back in march and they came up pretty well. Since then the have grown a bit but still only 2-3 inches and no flowers. Whenever I have planted them out or in containers, the plant shrivels and goes to nothing. The leaves are very fragile and any handling can cause a lot of damage. The ones I still have in pots in the greenhouse have a lot of twisted, misshapen leaves.

Surley they should be flowering now ? A very difficult plant  :(
« Last Edit: June 13, 2012, 06:59 by hubballi »

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Re: Slow growing and difficult poached egg plant
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2012, 07:39 »
TBH I just scatter the seed and let it grow where it falls, hubbali. I try not to transplant annuals unless they are fairly small plants as often they don't survive so well. Having said that, the lack of hot sunny weather has enabled my transplanted godetia (thinnnings really) to have 100% success rate this year  :lol:

I think the weather has postponed the flowering of a lot of annuals. It certainly has with mine, but I cannot see why your should go so weird.

What have you sprayed or used in the greenhouse?
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Re: Slow growing and difficult poached egg plant
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2012, 15:59 »
Greenhouse ones could have aphids??
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Re: Slow growing and difficult poached egg plant
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2012, 17:00 »
I would have thought these would need sowing directly outside where they are to flower.
What did the packet instructions say?

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Re: Slow growing and difficult poached egg plant
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2012, 23:08 »
I don't use chemicals in spray. If I sow them direct outside the chances will be reduced due to slugs nibbling off the young shoots.

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Re: Slow growing and difficult poached egg plant
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2012, 14:59 »
Well, they are going whispy and dying in the pots. Some had aphids on. Same old story. Aphids in the greenhouse.



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