#38: Grow Brinjal From Seed

The first to germinate is on Baba Seedling mix.

Another sprout from Baba Vegimix soil.

Baba Seedling Mix: first to sprout, 2 seedlings.
Baba Vegimix: second to sprout, 1 seedling.
Gafri Gardener 8 in 1 Organic Potting Mix: last to sprout, 1 seedling.

The growth on Baba Seedling mix (coco peat) is the best.

These two in Baba Seedling Mix is growing very well.

Added coffee grounds to the remaining pots which are still small.

The biggest plant got a shock and dehydrated due to the strong morning sun. Watering it helps the plant become lively again within 60 minutes.

Seedlings in Baba Vegimix and Gafri Gardener is much smaller than the seedlings planted with Baba Seedling Mix. Will repot the small seedlings to see if they would grow bigger.

Interesting to note Baba Seedling Mix is doing so much better compared to other non seedling mix soil.

Still too early to tell if the repoting done 4 days ago helps the other smaller seedlings grow better.

This seedlings need to be watered twice a day, probably time to repot them.

The repoted seedling using seedling mix is doing well.

Hopefully they grow well in the new pot.

The smaller seedlings are doing well on seedling mix.

Fertilize every two weeks: organic fertilizer, larvie frass / vermicast, egg shell.

The transplanted plant's leaves are turning light green, with some bottom leaves fallen off.

It probably suffer some shock when separating the roots during transplant, with most of the original soil removed.

Hopefully they will recover.

Transplant to bigger pot. Using Superior soil mix with compost, mix some perlite and coco peat, then add some larvie frass and egg shell.

The transplanted plant is doing well.

The brinjal plants has grown pretty leafy.

It has been 13 weeks, while harvest is possible at week 16. Hopefully there shall be some success.

Transplant the biggest brinjal plant to a bigger pot.

Healthy leaves, some started to flower.

Transplant to bigger port, as they are going to flower soon.

The flower will closed up in the evening.

More flowers, some fall off.

Plenty of flowers, healthy leaves, but no fruits.

The flowers finally turned into fruits.

First I noticed a lot of ants going up the plant, then I saw some white spots on the plant. I believe these are mealybug, where it left a sweet liquid to attract the ants, which in turn the ants protect the mealy bugs from predator.

I use a toothpick to remove the white spot from the plants, and spray it with home made pesticide (need oil + organic dish water).

Fruits and flowers.

More fruits.

Some fruit turn yellowish while still very small. Not sure why and if I should harvest it.

Serious mealybugs attack on one of the plant, probably exposed to too much rain lately. Remove them by hand and spray a lot of homemade insecticide.

The brinjal fruit turn from purple to white to yellowish, and the fruit is still pretty small. I am not sure what is the problem