The Basics for Growing Eggplant in Containers - The Rusted Garden 2013

Eggplant grows well in containers. It should be managed like container tomatoes. There is one pest to keep an eye on when growing eggplant and that is the black flea beetle. Dust works well to manage the leaf eating pest!

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[fireandice]

I like straight talk videos. I don't need other extra information except what I came in for. I'm a new subscriber.

[gardenshedsdevon]

This gonna be one of the best learning I ever had recently. Basically, growing eggplant in containers are quite simple but definitely beneficial. Regarding on the pest that might gradually be seen in eggplant are now manageable to eradicate them through this very dynamic techniques. Glad to hear this information!

[gardenshedkent]

It is a great opportunity to have a good start of growing eggplant in containers. Imposing the basic steps and reliable techniques could lead me to grow in the soonest time. Thank you for sharing such essential tips! 

[StaceyHerewegrowagain]

Eggplant is so fun to grow! I live in Central Florida Zone 9b and we always get blight or some disease on them, plus the beetles too! Im trying again this year and the shade cloth is helping with the excessive summer heat but it's so disnt and humid. Thanks again! Love your videos

[jimself]

I have successfully gotten rid of flea beetles dusting the leaves with ash from my charcoal grill.

[tammywaters]

I love that your videos aren’t lengthy. Great visual and you get right to the point. Thanks

[heyfunny]

I planted 2 little japanese eggplants during one of the hottest summers on record for Dallas, and they gave me an abundance of fruit all summer long. I'm going to try containers this year (I don't have a garden space now, just patio) and DE is also working so far.

[michaelrogers]

I have to say you are spot on with your info, I have to switch over to container gardening, much better results, I make my own compost a combo of horse and grass and leaf, I do a 50/50 mix with peat moss, plus I use a liquid fertilizer to help my plants along quicker, I get mine in powder and dissolve it in water and NPK is 10-40-50-17 is what I am doing this year, I must tell you I live in an area with a heavy canopy I get only about 4 to 5 hours of direct sun light, the potassium sulfate is keeping 90% of the bugs away keep up the good work, I might start videos next year, all of the rules change when growing with a heavy canopy over your yard.   

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Good luck. Some plant varieties arent heavy producers but once they get started youll get plenty of eggplant.

[thuffman]

Thanks again for another great video Gary. I just purchase two different types of eggplant seed. Berenjena 'Shooting Stars' (from Burpee), and Berenjena Negra 'Black Beauty' (from Seeds of Change) .. Thank you as always for providing tips. This will be my 1st attempt with growing eggplant here in Florida so it's always good to know these tips for success.

[goulot]

Flea beetles: spray with Neem Oil (fairly inexpensive, look at Lowe's and HomeDepot

[genmama]

Thanks for the advice. I plan to grow eggplants next summer.

[novten]

I knew I shouldn't have mentioned not having problems with bugs yet. Went out to check on the plants today and found 3 hornworms wreaking havoc on my tomato plants. Bastards!

[StaceyHerewegrowagain]

I love your videos! So much great information! Thank you so much for sharing!

[ArtStudioB]

I have been using diatomaceous earth for any type of insect with a hard shell

[aerofart]

Yee-haw! Eggplants! Time for some Eggplant Parmesan!

[GardensGuitars]

Great video! Always enjoy your channel. Cool to see that eggplant does well in buckets! Have you tried black buckets to keep the soil temps higher for eggplant? Flea beetles are interesting, they are such great jumpers that they are hard to catch or squish or kill with sprays or powders, because they jump constantly. Fortunately, they are a short lived pest. They do a lot of damage, but for a short period of time. In organic and sustainable agroecosystems, there are many predators that control flea beetles. I don't think treating with sprays or powders/dusts does much, because flea beetles jump rather than walk/crawl. Not to mention, after society collapses, there won't be any Sevin Dust. Better to just get used to traditional farming practices now while gardening is still a hobby, rather than wait until the day when gardening is a survival requirement. Eggplant is also super vigorous and competitive, provided conditions are rich and hot and moist, so the early and and short-lived flea beetle damage that is very common for eggplant seedlings doesn't reduce yield much. India grows tons of eggplant, and it is one of the few crops that tolerates insane heat and humidity. But with India being so insanely overpopulated and with them growing thousands of acres of eggplant every year, can you imagine the environmental and human health impact of putting Sevin Dust on every eggplant plant as a commercial practice? Better to just let eggplant do its own thing. We can also breed for resistance/tolerance to the flea beetle as well as try to cultivate complex agroecosystems where there are an abundance of natural enemies (predators, parasites, parasitoids, etc) that will naturally control pests. Synthetic pesticides like Sevin Dust aren't a huge problem here and there in a home garden... but now that we are stuck trying to feed 8-9 billion humans because we exceeded our carrying capacity, on such a large scale, we can't afford to keep using synthetic pesticides as much as we do now... they are expensive and have negative environmental and human health effects, not to mention we are going to run out of them soon as the pests keep evolving resistance. Might as well just start practicing natural and grid-down growing methods now, and get used to them now, so it isn't a rude awakening later. My eggplant have flea beetle holes all over them right now, but soon, the predators will come take care of them. Always love your videos. Cheers!

[THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I suppose. I dont mind carbaryl. I spent a lot of time reseaching it and using it specifically. I use it for flea beetlse and on the stems and base of my zukes for squash bugs and borers. That is about it.

I use tulle fabric on my kales because it is effective and you can see through it. The hole however are too big for the tiny flea beetle. I dont like standard row fabric because I cant see through it.

[theresaf]

How do you overwinter your eggplant? I am in MD, too, and wondering if I should take these inside come winter because I understand they can come back next year. They haven't even produced yet, ...just planning ahead - LOL. Thanks for the helpful videos.

[samyish]

Hey Gary, Have you tried neem powder for flea beetles? It is sold in indian stores as an anti-dandruff (very inexpensive). It keeps the deer away as well for me.