Removing blossoms from eggplant

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jeffeljefe Philadelphia, PA(Zone 6b) Sep 17, 2009

It's starting to get cold here in Philadelphia. I've heard that for tomatoes toward the end of the season its best to trim new blooms so the plant focuses on producing the fruit has a chance of developing before the frost kills it. Does this tactic work for eggplants as well? I have many small eggplants going but the plants have many flowers as well. I see nighttime temps in the 40's beginning so the frost can't be too far off.

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cyclops101 Wakefield, RI Sep 20, 2009

When temps go below 60 at night tomatoes,peppers and eggplant slow down considerably. Removing the flowers from eggplant will have little effect on the rate they grow. I have picked eggplant when 3-6 inches long and used them. They are very good at this stage as they have fewer seeds and the skin is more tender. As for tomatoes I tried with good success a method I read about where late in the season you take a flat spade and push it straight into the soil around the entire circumference of the tomato plant about 6 inches from the stem. this severs the roots and shocks the plant thus hastening the ripening process

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