Growing aubergines (How to stake eggplant：double stakes) – Growing japanese eggplant
How to grow eggplant (aubergine or brinjal) in organic farming. (Eggplant growing tips.) This time, we’ll explain how to set up stakes for eggplant. We’ll replace the thin stake placed next to the eggplant with thicker stakes. (Growing eggplant vertically.)
The linked article explains planting summer vegetables such as green peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes.
https://www.vege-try.net/en/plant-the-vegetables-and-green-s...We will use two thick stakes with a diameter of 1.6cm (0.63 inches) and a length of 150cm (5 feet) each, placed next to the eggplants. When eggplants are planted in the field, they grow to a height of nearly 160cm (5 feet 3 inches), so stakes of this length are needed.
We’ll grow eggplants using the two-stem method. The two-stem method involves growing eggplants by keeping the main stem and one thick side shoot (one thick sucker). (There are various ways to grow eggplants, such as single-stem and triple-stem methods.)
We remove the current fruit (eggplant’s first fruit) and lower suckers when transitioning eggplants to a two-stem arrangement.
Removing the 1st fruit helps the eggplant plant grow. If you leave the first eggplant, all the nutrients go into the fruit, and the eggplant plant doesn’t grow big. If the eggplant plant doesn’t grow enough, it won’t flower or produce fruit, so we remove the first fruit early.
After removing the eggplant suckers and the 1st fruit, we pull out the thin stake. Now we’re ready to set up thick stakes next to the eggplant.
The first thick stake is placed along the main stem of the eggplant.
To set up the stake, first, push the stake into the ground by hands. It’s okay if the stake goes into the ground about 25cm (10 inches) deep. If the soil is too compact and the stake doesn’t go in easily, just push it in as far as it will go for now.
Then, use a hammer to drive the stake in an additional 10cm (4 inches). A point to note is not to drive the stake in too deeply. If you drive it in too deeply, it might become difficult to remove when cleaning up.
The second stake is placed along the eggplant sucker, crossing over the first stake.
Finally, we’ll train the eggplant stems onto the stakes. With this, the eggplant stake installation is complete.
The linked article explains fertilization for eggplants, tomatoes, and green peppers.
Following is the video for how-to. English subtitles are available.