In today's video, we will see How to grow the Green Eggplant The Green Eggplant is a crunchier and creamier
version of the regular eggplant And is known by different names as shown here So we've planted some of these Green Eggplants
on the ground on the raised beds With some supports And we also have some growing in a container Now there are two types of containers we used This one is a 16 inch wide 16 inch high container With some regular potting mix This is a whisky barrel container which can
hold at least2 plants, maybe 3 So for this whiskey barrel container we created
our own potting mix Using the proportions as shown on the screen And this creates a low cost potting mix that
is really good and very effective for your plants And you can do it for a very low price So these seedlings had been growing in the
greenhouse For about 4 weeks Before I transplanted them Now tomatoes and eggplants are very easy to
transplant Unlike other plants like beans which hate
transplanting And must be sown directly Tomatoes and Eggplants can be started indoors
much ahead of their growing season And as you can see here we've added this soaker
hose drip irrigation line That should keep the plant evenly watered
throughout the growing season So within a few days you can see the plants
have really taken off and growing really well And this one is the one that is growing on
the ground Now about a month after transplanting the
plant, it should have grown pretty tall At least about a foot or so And it now looks pretty healthy The one in the container has taken off even
better Growing much better, creating very healthy
leaves And I did support these eggplants using this
trellis And if you want to know more about the trellis,
you can watch the video on your screen Now once the flowers appear, you can hand-pollinate
these manually With your own hands...Just like that But I've seen that this eggplant variety is
very good in pollinating...itself! And as we see this eggplant has grown pretty
well Pretty big for harvest So let's go ahead and harvest this eggplant So that eggplant looks pretty good, as you
can see It has a lot of thorns - the whole plant itself
has a lot of thorns But if you look at this eggplant, its pretty
nice No signs of any insects or diseases The thorns also do a great job of keeping
the loopers away, the soft bodied insects away And you can see one more eggplant right here The green eggplant is really good looking With the green and white distinctive look So let's go ahead and harvest this other eggplant And another one Just look at the number of thorns on that
eggplant Its quite a lot So I now have a couple of eggplants here that
we harvested And what I wanted to show you was how they
look like from the inside I know a lot of you have asked this question
about "How do these vegetables look like from the inside?" So let's go ahead and cut it open And this is also a good time to give you a
tip about when to harvest eggplants First let's cut this eggplant open and let
me show you how the seeds in the eggplant look like So if you can see these are white seeds - they
haven't turned black yet Now when the eggplant seeds turn black, that
means you've waited too long to harvest the eggplant You have to harvest it before that This is a perfect eggplant The flesh of the eggplant looks pretty good The seeds are white, its perfect! And this eggplant will keep producing eggplants Its now end of October here in California
and my green Eggplants are still producing a lot of eggplants So out of all the other varieties of eggplants
that are growing, the green eggplant is producing the biggest eggplants Although the temperatures are quite low here
in Southern California So I hope you liked this video If you did not know about growing green eggplants I'm hoping this video helped you I'm sure this will be a great addition to
the varieties of eggplants you're growing The green eggplant has a nice crunchy skin And also a very creamy flavor So I'm sure you'll enjoy growing and eating
it I'll see you again soon Happy Gardening!