Growing Eggplant, also Aubergine

19 Aug 20 Verna Arts (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): For the last 2 seasons I have planted Eggplant plants in raised beds in my garden north of Auckland. Both years The plants have immediately flowered and produced small fruit but neither the plant or the fruit have grown from then on What am I doing wrong? The raised beds are filled with garden mix and I use a fairly generous amount of fertilizer.
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20 Aug 20 Anonymous (Australia - cool/mountain climate): The guide here says plant Sept Oct. They are a warm weather crop. You probably need 5-600mm deep soil and the same in width. Good rich soil, deep water 2-3 times a week and give a hit of fert after your first 2-3 weeks of picking. Don't go over board on the fertiliser though.
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19 Aug 20 Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Eggplants need plenty of water. Perhaps yours are drying out too quickly in your raised beds.
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02 Sep 20 em (Australia - temperate climate): I found that my eggplants needed a lot of water and they really appreciated a good mulch (I mostly just mulched with grass clippings) and they grew until the end of autumn.
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