[Casey76]

My aubergine plants which were starting to look the worse for wear have started to put out new shoots!

Could I prune the plant back and will it survive the winter -  or are they an "annual"?

[mumofstig]

They are perenniel, so you can overwinter, if you're lucky
I am trying it for the first time this year....seems you have to prune them back a bit& pot them up if they are in the soil, and keep them warm, but not too hot. You want them to rest i suppose and not carry on growing like mad.
Then feed and water and a bit more warmth in the spring.....IF they survive
Good luck...I think we need it

[Casey76]

I have to keep them warm???  They might have to come into the house then, judging by last winter!

[agapanthus]

Perennials??? B*gg*er I've still got about 20 fruits on mine......so they're gonna be around all winter in the tunnel???

[tam]

I've picked the last fruits off mine as they had stopped growing and a couple were going yellow. I don't think the fruits will develop outside over winter but the plants might survive if you can keep them frost free. Of course you can just resow next year if you want. I'm going to save one plant and see how it does inside over winter.

[Smudgeboy]

Anyone got any suggestions/opinions on why, for the second year running, my aubergine plants simply didn't fruit?

[mumofstig]

What variety did you grow Smudgeboy? Just curious as I grew Listada di gandia last year...nothing. Tried Moneymaker this year and.......success YAY I did wonder if it was because the weather was better though rather than the variety being more reliable in our climate
Can the bees get to yours to pollinate them and are they in a greenhouse, or outside?

Questions questions...sorry

[gillie]

I promised someone I would find out the variety of aubergine that I bought as small plants and which are still cropping in the greenhouse:

They are Calliope an F1 hybrid from T & M.

Cheers,

Gillie

[tam]

I promised someone I would find out the variety of aubergine that I bought as small plants and which are still cropping in the greenhouse:

They are Calliope an F1 hybrid from T & M.

Cheers,

Gillie

Are those the stripy ones? I'd recommend them too.

[gillie]

"Are those the stripy ones? I'd recommend them too."

Yes.

Gillie

[Yorkie]

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You can then edit out what you don't want to quote, but make sure that you don't delete the [ /quote] at the end, and also make sure that your own comments come after the same brackets 

[Smudgeboy]

What variety did you grow Smudgeboy? Just curious as I grew Listada di gandia last year...nothing. Tried Moneymaker this year and.......success YAY I did wonder if it was because the weather was better though rather than the variety being more reliable in our climate
Can the bees get to yours to pollinate them and are they in a greenhouse, or outside?

Questions questions...sorry

All questions are good!

To be honest, I can't remember what variety but it was the second half of the packet I started last year, so maybe they were a bum pack.

I had three planted in the greenhouse and three planted in containers outside - they all got to about 8" high and looked healthy enough, but there was never any sign of flowers or fruit.

Oh well, I've got the empty packet in the greenhouse somewhere (I don't throw them away in case of situations like this) I'll just try a different variety next year.

[mumofstig]

You do have to start them off really early tho,......much earlier than tomatoes so they have enough time to grow big enough for flowers.
Good luck for next year then