EGGPLANT GROWTH(BRINJAL)

Brinjal is usually known as eggplant.This plant is a perennial plant which grows round the year,however brinjal produces purplish flowers to become full fruit during summer season.
Branjal seed sowing can be started at end of winter season.
I finished seed sowing of brinjal at end week of march.
After 2 weeks,i had 10 successful seedlings of which 3 survived.
The reason for survival of only 3 plants was fungal attack to plant from compost.

After another 4 weeks,my eggplants were growing faster and they all had secondary leaves.primary leaves were shredded.
i transferred them in relatively large sized container.
i placed them in partially sheltered area.At this stage,it is very necessary to take care of water,light and nutrient balance.Your plants can thrive by heat if you place them directly under sunlight without much care.
Another important factor is the nutrient balance for plants growth.If much nutrients are applied,it can cause rust or fungal attack and excess chemicals may damage existing structure.

Picture illustrates the brinjal plants fast growth.Roots spreading was faster during the course of 8th week.
now it was the time to shift these plants one by one in large containers. I choose 18 inch pots as their final destination.
   

For placement of baby brinjals to big sized container i used well nourished soil with compost.I used bio-fertilizers in my soil.A hole also generated at the bottom of container for drainage purpose.

After 10 weeks eggplant  started gaining success in developing flowers.Now it was the time to place them in full sunny area.
I had seed sowing of round eggplants,so flowers were purplish.
They were so beautiful as they were getting attraction as an ornamental plant.
Some of my plants flowers get full bloom,but on very next day they were dropped off.
out of 5 flowers only one was getting enough energy  to become a brinjal.