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Well, they grew to be sturdy, multiple leaved plants, over 12" tall and with
a big spread. They're now in maximum size pots on the greenhouse staging and
I've staked the tallest - need some more canes note to self: ask Spouse to
make something.

So far so good, now I need more advice please.

There are some white flowers on some of the peppers and buds on the
aubergines. Do I need to do any hand pollinating?

Mary

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"Mary Fisher" wrote ...
Well, they grew to be sturdy, multiple leaved plants, over 12" tall and
with a big spread. They're now in maximum size pots on the greenhouse
staging and I've staked the tallest - need some more canes note to self:
ask Spouse to make something.

So far so good, now I need more advice please.

There are some white flowers on some of the peppers and buds on the
aubergines. Do I need to do any hand pollinating?


I've never bothered but then I've always grown them outside.

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"Mary Fisher" wrote ...
Well, they grew to be sturdy, multiple leaved plants, over 12" tall and
with a big spread. They're now in maximum size pots on the greenhouse
staging and I've staked the tallest - need some more canes note to self:
ask Spouse to make something.

So far so good, now I need more advice please.

There are some white flowers on some of the peppers and buds on the
aubergines. Do I need to do any hand pollinating?


I've never bothered but then I've always grown them outside.

Forgotten where you are but I don't think it's Yorkshire ... :-)

Mary

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"Mary Fisher" writes:
| Well, they grew to be sturdy, multiple leaved plants, over 12" tall and with
| a big spread. They're now in maximum size pots on the greenhouse staging and
| I've staked the tallest - need some more canes note to self: ask Spouse to
| make something.
|
| So far so good, now I need more advice please.
|
| There are some white flowers on some of the peppers and buds on the
| aubergines. Do I need to do any hand pollinating?

You shouldn't, but it wouldn't do any harm.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Mary Fisher wrote:
Well, they grew to be sturdy, multiple leaved plants, over 12" tall and with
a big spread. They're now in maximum size pots on the greenhouse staging and
I've staked the tallest - need some more canes note to self: ask Spouse to
make something.

So far so good, now I need more advice please.

There are some white flowers on some of the peppers and buds on the
aubergines. Do I need to do any hand pollinating?

Mary



My peppers and aubergines sound to be at the same stage as yours Mary.

I find that leaving the greenhouse door half open will attract bees and
other pollinators inside so I'm hoping that they will do the job for me
and produce lots of lovely fruit!

I do have a few pots of flowers in there too, as well as tomatoes, so
maybe this is what attracts them.

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Well, they grew to be sturdy, multiple leaved plants, over 12" tall and
with a big spread. They're now in maximum size pots on the greenhouse
staging and I've staked the tallest - need some more canes note to self:
ask Spouse to make something.

So far so good, now I need more advice please.

There are some white flowers on some of the peppers and buds on the
aubergines. Do I need to do any hand pollinating?

Mary

No, well I don't and they set fruit well.


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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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Well, they grew to be sturdy, multiple leaved plants, over 12" tall and
with a big spread. They're now in maximum size pots on the greenhouse
staging and I've staked the tallest - need some more canes note to self:
ask Spouse to make something.

So far so good, now I need more advice please.

There are some white flowers on some of the peppers and buds on the
aubergines. Do I need to do any hand pollinating?

Mary

No, well I don't and they set fruit well.

Thanks. I'm looking forward to the fruit.

Mary

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Well, they grew to be sturdy, multiple leaved plants, over 12" tall and
with a big spread. They're now in maximum size pots on the greenhouse
staging and I've staked the tallest - need some more canes note to
self:
ask Spouse to make something.

So far so good, now I need more advice please.

There are some white flowers on some of the peppers and buds on the
aubergines. Do I need to do any hand pollinating?

Mary

No, well I don't and they set fruit well.

Thanks. I'm looking forward to the fruit.

I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why anyone eats
aubergines!

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"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote
I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why anyone eats
aubergines!


Then you have never tasted a properly made Mousaka.

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Bob Hobden

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On 2/7/08 23:11, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote:


"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote
I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why anyone eats
aubergines!


Then you have never tasted a properly made Mousaka.

Or Imam baldi or Melanzana alla parmigiana. ;-)

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I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why anyone eats
aubergines!

You've never cooked them properly :-)

Mary

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| "Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
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| I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why anyone eats
| aubergines!
|
| You've never cooked them properly :-)

To be fair, some people don't like them even cooked properly.

I used not to, when I was younger and hypersensitive to bitterness.
And their actual taste is distinctive enough to be something that at
least some people will dislike.


Regards,
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| I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why anyone eats
| aubergines!
|
| You've never cooked them properly :-)

To be fair, some people don't like them even cooked properly.

I used not to, when I was younger and hypersensitive to bitterness.
And their actual taste is distinctive enough to be something that at
least some people will dislike.

It's the very lack of flavour which makes them uninteresting to me. I
don't dislike them, but I'd just as soon eat cotton wool.

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| | I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why anyone eats
| | aubergines!
| |
| | You've never cooked them properly :-)
|
| To be fair, some people don't like them even cooked properly.
|
| I used not to, when I was younger and hypersensitive to bitterness.
| And their actual taste is distinctive enough to be something that at
| least some people will dislike.
|
| It's the very lack of flavour which makes them uninteresting to me. I
| don't dislike them, but I'd just as soon eat cotton wool.

I know what you mean. I like them, quite a lot, but sometimes they
seem to taste of nothing. It seems to be a combination of the actual
aubergine and way of cooking them.


Regards,
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| "Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
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| I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why anyone
eats
| aubergines!
|
| You've never cooked them properly :-)

To be fair, some people don't like them even cooked properly.

I used not to, when I was younger and hypersensitive to bitterness.
And their actual taste is distinctive enough to be something that at
least some people will dislike.

It's the very lack of flavour which makes them uninteresting to me. I
don't dislike them, but I'd just as soon eat cotton wool.

Their flavour isn't overpowering but it's distinctive and we like it.

Any particular type of cotton wool?

Mary

I moved house in April, the new abode has a lovely garden and a greenhouse. A friend from Brighton gave me aubergine and tomato plants as a moving in present :) The two aubergines are a little behind yours but not far off! Unfortunately, one of them got a bit shredded by dastardly crawlies, but it's still doing alright. I have three or four marble-sized tomatoes on the first truss, and another two or three trusses just setting. I've grown a whole host of other plants from seed. This is the first time I've ever grown my own crops and I don't think I'm doing too badly!

If I leave the greenhouse door open I mostly end up with flies. Whilst Seymour (my Fly Trap) quite likes this, I think the flies lay eggs on other leaves which the larvae then munch their way through?

Bees sometimes get in, but they seem to have difficulty finding their way back out - so mostly I try to just keep the door shut!

Pete

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"Mary Fisher" writes:
| "Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
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|
| I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why anyone eats
| aubergines!
|
| You've never cooked them properly :-)

To be fair, some people don't like them even cooked properly.

I used not to, when I was younger and hypersensitive to bitterness.
And their actual taste is distinctive enough to be something that at
least some people will dislike.

It's the very lack of flavour which makes them uninteresting to me. I
don't dislike them, but I'd just as soon eat cotton wool.

I think different people have different sensitivities to different
tastes. Although I like onions, I find onion flavoured bread hard to
tolerate and have come to the conclusion that I can taste the onion more
than the rest of my family can. You appear to have a lack of sensitivity
to the taste of aubergines.
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| | I approve of the peppers, but I have never understood why
anyone eats
| | aubergines!
| |
| | You've never cooked them properly :-)
|
| To be fair, some people don't like them even cooked properly.
|
| I used not to, when I was younger and hypersensitive to bitterness.
| And their actual taste is distinctive enough to be something that at
| least some people will dislike.
|
| It's the very lack of flavour which makes them uninteresting to me. I
| don't dislike them, but I'd just as soon eat cotton wool.

I know what you mean. I like them, quite a lot, but sometimes they
seem to taste of nothing. It seems to be a combination of the actual
aubergine and way of cooking them.

Well, cooked in a sauce of tomato purée, garlic, black pepper, marjoram,
ground celery seed, olive oil, a shake of Lea and Perrins, some dark soy
sauce, I'm sure aubergine would taste delicious - but that would apply
to balsa wood innit.

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Any particular type of cotton wool?

Egyptian, of course.

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I think different people have different sensitivities to different
tastes. Although I like onions, I find onion flavoured bread hard to
tolerate and have come to the conclusion that I can taste the onion more
than the rest of my family can. You appear to have a lack of sensitivity
to the taste of aubergines.

Now I ask, should this worry me?

Are my beerbuds being degraded?

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Any particular type of cotton wool?

Egyptian, of course.

And organic I hope ...

Mary

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Well, cooked in a sauce of tomato purée, garlic, black pepper, marjoram,
ground celery seed, olive oil, a shake of Lea and Perrins, some dark soy
sauce, I'm sure aubergine would taste delicious - but that would apply
to balsa wood innit.

Sliced, dribbled with olive oil and grilled till soft they are
excellent. Doubt whether that applies to balsa wood.
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Rusty Hinge 2 writes
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I think different people have different sensitivities to different
tastes. Although I like onions, I find onion flavoured bread hard to
tolerate and have come to the conclusion that I can taste the onion more
than the rest of my family can. You appear to have a lack of sensitivity
to the taste of aubergines.

Now I ask, should this worry me?

No, not unless you are harbouring a secret desire to enjoy aubergines

Are my beerbuds being degraded?

Doubt it. You presumably have a better palate for beer than me - I'd
prefer aubergine to beer any day.


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Any particular type of cotton wool?

Egyptian, of course.

And organic I hope ...

Oh, of course! And non-GM too, also as well and in addition also innit.

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Well, cooked in a sauce of tomato purée, garlic, black pepper, marjoram,
ground celery seed, olive oil, a shake of Lea and Perrins, some dark soy
sauce, I'm sure aubergine would taste delicious - but that would apply
to balsa wood innit.

Sliced, dribbled with olive oil and grilled till soft they are
excellent. Doubt whether that applies to balsa wood.

Grillarde de Kon Tiki...

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I think different people have different sensitivities to different
tastes. Although I like onions, I find onion flavoured bread hard to
tolerate and have come to the conclusion that I can taste the onion more
than the rest of my family can. You appear to have a lack of sensitivity
to the taste of aubergines.

Now I ask, should this worry me?

No, not unless you are harbouring a secret desire to enjoy aubergines

Are my beerbuds being degraded?

Doubt it. You presumably have a better palate for beer than me - I'd
prefer aubergine to beer any day.

Phew! I was worritsed fair 'orrid for a bit, then I had a couple of
pints of Abbey and a pint of mild, and yes, the hopses in the Abbey (the
beer, that is) stirred-up me tasty-budses nicely.

Pleasantly, TAAAW.

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Any particular type of cotton wool?

Egyptian, of course.

And organic I hope ...

Oh, of course! And non-GM too,

That's part of organic ...

also as well and in addition also innit.

Besides what?

Mary

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Any particular type of cotton wool?

Egyptian, of course.

And organic I hope ...

Oh, of course! And non-GM too,

That's part of organic ...

also as well and in addition also innit.

Besides what?

The seaside?

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