Easter Egg plant seeds

HELP HELP HELP

The yellow eggs I put into the brown bag started to rot. Now what? I took them out of the bag and put them on a cookie sheet to dry out. I am open to any suggestions other than the paper bag obviously. LOL Hugs. JB

Someplace with good air circulation (I know, obvious, right?) If you were closer I'd lend you my dehydrator..... do you have a small fan or perhaps a heat vent? It may help to cut them in half, too.

They all started to crack and some got mushy, so they are on my dining room table where they get plenty of air and the house is 71 for the birds. I think they will dry out just fine, but I was so worried until I saw it was only two that looked mushy. They were also small ones. There are still another dozen or more white ones on the bush and they are calling for frost and we are going to have a nor'easter starting tomorrow morning. I will just have to keep my fingers crossed. No snow in the forcast, just cold rain, strong wind and some frost in some areas. Grumble Grumble!!!!!!! Three days of this crap is forcast. I think I will dig a hole and crawl into it.

Will send your seeds today if you D-Mail me your address.

Jberger, did I have any seedson my list you would like in exchange for the easter egg plant? If so, just let me know and I will send them right out.
Thanks, Linda

Linda, I am embarrassed to say, I misplaced your list of seeds. Where do you have the list posted. I will look at it again. I do very few seeds, and just now I am so full I need to move some plants before I grow more.But, I can always use some annuals so I would like to see what you have. Thanks.

Here I am again, still waiting for all the egg plant eggs to turn yellow. It is very cold here now and tonight could go below freezing. I am wondering if it would hurt to cut the eggs off the plants if they are still white. Will they just rot or will they eventually turn. The ones I have inside are still smelly and not comopletely dried. I am about to cut them in half as someone suggested weeks ago. Any comments will be appreciated regarding removing these eggs from othe plants before they turn color. Thanks JB

JB, do you have a basement? Seeing as they are a Solanum, I'd treat them just like tomato plants. Pull 'em up, shake the dirt off of them and hang them upside down in a cool place.

Not that I've ever actually *done* that to tomatoes, but I've heard it as a way to ripen the 'maters if frost threatens.

The frost came last night big time. I will pull them today and hang them in a cold dry place. Thanks. JB Keep your fingers crossed.

This is interesting, they have those egg trees all over the place at easter. O buy one almost every year. I alwasy thought they were a tomato. How funny I never thought the egg plant was an eggplant.

Well, I dug them up and hung them in my feed/GH barn. They look so funny hanging there with those eggs on it. I also cut the otherones I have inside in half and I am wondering if maybe I should take them out also. I wander if it is not too warm in here for them. 71 deg. is the house temp. most of the time. The barn gets very cold but it is dark and dry. Oh God, I am going to write everything down as it works so I remember what to do next year.

71* . . that's too cold for me!! *LOL* we keep our house around 74-76 year round.

That is why I do not move to Florida. I like it 74 in the very cold winter, but my head and sinus like it cooler.I also think it has to do with how active you are in the house. I seldom sit unless I am working at the computer. I feel better when the temp is between 69 and 71 inside. My AC goes on in March and April if it gets too warm too soon. I guess I am just a warm blooded old lady. LOL

Fried Egg Plant?!

**HEE HEE HEE**

I just want to share a quick story, I had the egg plant last year and left it outside, of course the frost and cold weather got it but the eggs stayed intact . I pulled them off and set them in a crock bowl on my back porch, on a shelf, out in the cold all winter, This spring I found the eggs, they were shriveled up with loads of healthy seeds waiting for me to gather!!! Lol, It was amazing, considering I thought they were dead and gone. Maybe you shouldnt worry too much about them, just wait til spring and see what youve got!!

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You are right sisdj, I should just let them alone, which is what I have done. They are hanging in the feed barn and one egg already shriveled up. I am just going to ignore them. At least that is how I feel today. LOL

Hey dirtygirl, I read about that plant . The flowers are so like a fried egg. A riot to have in the yard. According to DG and some others, the common name is Gordonia 'fried egg plant'. If I remember when I was researching it, I found it was actually a tree and the flowers fall on the ground and make a mess. Also, it is a slow grower and it is suggested you do not start it from seed. Grows great in Australia. That sure as heck doesn't help us much does it. JB

YES, YOU CERTAINLY CAN COOK WHITE EGGPLANT!!!

http://tinyurl.com/4s6vco

Eggplant is eggplant. Delicious.

Johanna -a cajun who loves eggplant

http://tinyurl.com/yz3699u

This is a very nice eggplant site. Lots of info. The pumpkin on a stick is eaten in Asia but too bitter for us in the states.

Oh that recipe looks good....

I can not open that link for some reason. WAAAAAAAAA!

Here JB, try it this way: http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/09/recipe-for-pan-fried-white-eggplant.html

Oh my God! That looks great. Thanks. Sounds tasty too.

There goes all the seeds.... sniff....(smile)

NOOOOOOO Sheryl, I promised seeds and seeds we will have. Hugs. Don't cry.

>smile< ... you're a sweetie! Don't take my pouting to seriously!

Hi guys and gals, I have come across a question and would like to know if anyone can help me figure out the answer.
When I first look up the Easter Eggplant I found the one withthe species melongena. It matched my plant perfectly; I went in to just recheck before I start to sell the seeds and I noticed an Easter Egg Plant with the species Ovigerum. I clicked on the info beside the species name and the later said egg bearing, the other said something about a latin name. How about helping me out here. I do not want to misrepresent anything I sell or give the wrong species. But I am really confused. HELP THIS OLD LADY PLEASE.
Some are edible and some are not, maybe that is the difference. On Crap. nothing is easy. JB

I just did some more research and according to the Michigan State University the Solanum melongena variety ovigerum is sometimes listedxc as ovigerum and called Ornimental White Eggplant, even though it is edible. So, I guess I will stick to the just plain melongena because I have heard some people say it is not edible and I sure would not want to tell people to eat it if it was the wrong variety. LOL What do you all think I looked up MSUplants.com - Easter Egg Plant and this is what I found.

if you have a few seeds left when you start sending I am interested in some. Just around 5-10 seeds. I do not know if I have anything you would be interested in though.

tishrh, send me a mailing address please and I will ber happy to send you some seeds.

JB, I'm not sure if you got my d-mail - if not, thank you so very much!

Got it, you are very welcome.

I just found this thread....How did your seeds turn out?

I had the ovigerum Easter Eggs a couple years back and part ways into winter I found some of the rotten fruits in my cold greenhouse. They always say to ferment tomato seeds and seeds inside a rotting fruit is kind of like fermenting them( my reasoning, because the eggs and tomatos are related ;) ) so I squished the seeds out of the mushy easter egg and washed them off and when I tried to sprout them they germinated very well!

Really good. I finally harvested them and sent some samples to friends. I did a plant test and 50% germinated in coco core and less than that in regular seed starter soil. I am not sure why except I did not do it in the greenhouse and the humidity and heat were definitely a factor doing it in the house. But we had so much snow when I did it I just did not want to keep running to the greenhouse daily to check, so I did it in the house. I feel sure they are o.k. I intend to try more tests in the greenhouse. I still have a difficult time telling the ovigerum from the melongena. I think I have the melongena, but the problem is, people do not tell you when you get them from individuals which you have so, I am telling people I give/sell them to NOT to eat them because I am not 100% sure.

I looked up the melongena and they seem to look pretty much the same....so it would be hard to tell.....but I like how the fruits have so many seeds in them! I remember when I started the ones I saved only a couple came up but once the weather started warming and the sun was stronger I think almost every seed came up, so maybe that will happen for you? I found this picture of the first one I grew, it was in a pot.

Steve, If you send me your mailing address I will send you some of my seed for you to try if you would like. I would like to have your opinion if they grow as to what the heck they are. LOL I do not like selling something I am not sure of. In fact since I have done the research and found the two are so much alike, I am going to take down the ones I have for sale on the MarketPlace and just give them to friends until we can decide which species they are. If you do not want to help I understand, but you are invited. LOL

Sure, it'll be fun to compare the 2 of them! I think they make good plants to put in the middle of a pot instead of grasses or those green spikes.
I found this in the plantfiles on differences between the easter eggs:

Those pictures have me all excited about growing these! Thanks 'gain, JB!

The melongena fruit turns yellow before it turns black and is ready to harvest. So that doesn't really help to know they both turn yellow.
Go to http://www.edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mv061 and read what they have to say. Google Easter Egg Plant too and see what you get. The more I read the harder it seems to be to tell them apart unless you grow both side by side and see the bush. I have nothing to compare it with........Later.

Hmm....I can send you some of my seeds if you like so we can both compare?

Thank you again for the seeds. Just wanted to say that I had awesome germination to them and right now getting eggs. I am hoping to be able to save the eggs for seeds.
Thanks again.I will have to post a pic.