In article ,
Dan Charette wrote:

Hi All...

This year, I've taken it upon myself to try an experiment with growing
some veggies indoors along with my steady herb garden. I'm in Omaha
Nebraska which is roughly a zone 5. I've got some good southern
windows as well as supplemental lighting and have had excellent
results with some herbs, lettuce and some varieties of chiles. In the
fall, I tried some other things including some heirloom tomatoes and
some Kemer eggplant which is a slender variety from Turkey. Anyway,
the plants themselves are extremely healthy. Huge green leaves and
each eggplant stands about 2 feet tall. They have been sprouting
blooms for about the past 6 weeks. But, what happens is that the
bloom stays for a few days and then shrivels up and falls off the
plant. Does anyone know why this is occurring? Do these blooms need
some type of special treatment? Do I need to pollinate them by hand
somehow? If anyone has any clues as to why this is happening, I'd be
greatly appreciative.

Thanks!

Dan

Unless you have indoor insects, yes, you will need to hand pollinate.
That's the only way I'm getting tomato sets on my tomatoes in the
greenhouse since no bees can get in there!

--
K.

Sprout the Mung Bean to reply...

There is no need to change the world. All we have to do is toilet train the world and we'll never have to change it again. -- Swami Beyondanada

,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,,

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra