Eggplant starting to flower in our raised garden, June 2011

[fluidgrace]

are the English daisies edible?

[ArizonaAdventures]

@fluidgrace I wasn't sure so I did a google check and found this:

English Daisies are edible however are not tasty. They are said to have a bit of an acrid taste. On that account farmers say neither cows or insects will eat the English Daisy flower.

[wmkk808]

yeah, once that egg plant get it's groove on, don't blink because they can go crazy with growth on you. I love growing them because you virtually don't have to do anything with them once they get going...take care

[ArizonaAdventures]

@wmkk808 I was thinking the same thing, but I've yet to get anything but awesome leaf growth...too much Nitrogen? Not sure, but the flowers will show up one or two at a time, then just dry out and fall off. Maybe it's the heat? Could be the african painted bugs?

[wmkk808]

@ArizonaAdventures mine did the same thing in the beginning, I use the alaskan fish fert 0-10-10 every three weeks or so after the plant got a bit bigger, just for that little boost. but my egg plants love that fish fert either way though even the nitro boost 5-1-1 I use that once a month, just to keep the leaves healthy and green.

[ArizonaAdventures]

@wmkk808 Good to hear. Sounds like we use very similiar fertilizers, I made a video on what I use if your interested called something like "my organic fertilizer recipe" or something like that. I'll keep checking on it and let you know how things are progressing.

[herbprophet]

We have 3 growing, and I have no idea what campanion plants work well, but we have them near tomatoes and a row of corn.They seem to do really well in this heat.

[ArizonaAdventures]

@herbprophet oh thats cool. I have a couple books with companion plant/flower/herb suggestions, I'll letg you know what works for us. I'll look for your harvesting video when you make one hopefully.

[herbprophet]

Mine are almost ready for harvest.

[ArizonaAdventures]

@herbprophet that's awesome. how many do you have growing? Do you know of any companion plants and/or flowers for eggplant?

[4micaman]

great camera work getting that blossom close-up!

From what I've read and been told, Okra love the heat. Hopefully you'll still get some pods too.