<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://gardenerstips.co.uk/blog/flowers/growing-aubergines-in-a-cool-greenhouse/">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4850146712_75b272f8e5.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Aubergines need more warmth than can be provided by the normal English summer so I recommend a greenhouse for raising your Egg-plants, Solanum melongena or Aubergines as we know them.</p> <h3><strong>Growing from Seed</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Sow seeds in a cold greenhouse in april or in a heated greenhouse in March.</li> <li>Pot on seedlings into 3 inch pots after 4-6 weeks</li> <li>In May transfer seedlings that have reached the four leaf stage into their permanent 9 inch pot</li> <li>Pinch out the growing tip when 18″ high and the side shoots when 3/4 fruit are set</li> <li>Feed, using a high potash feed, when the fruit has set .</li> <li>Aubergines can suffer from blossom end rot, so ensure that plants do not dry out.</li> </ul> <h3>Aubergine and some Varieties</h3> <ul> <li>Egg-plants or Aubergines are related to potato, tomato and deadly-nightshade.</li> <li>Aubergines may survive outside in mild areas but they like warmth.</li> <li>Old varieties had bitter flesh that needed salting but modern varieties are now much more palatable.</li> <li>Outdoor fruits will be smaller.</li> <li>For the small fruited cultivars it might be six inside and three out of doors</li> <li>Aubergine Baby Rosanna F1 produces an abundance of golf ball sized, bitter free baby fruits throughout the summer on dwarf plants.</li> <li>Spineless plants of Aubergine Calliope produce a heavy crop of oval, baby fruits that mature to a cream streaked purple colour.</li> <li>Traditionally coloured black varieties include Florida High Bush and Moneymaker F1.</li> </ul> <p>Seed varieties from<a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2283&awinaffid=81944&clickref=&p=http://www.thompson-morgan.com/plants1/search.html?section=all&search=<b>aubergines</b>"> Thompson Morgan</a><br /> <span id="more-8333"></span><br /> <strong>Cooking Aubergines</strong><br /> Aubergines are in season from August until October<br /> Aubergine can be purple or white, or any shade in between. Traditional fat banana shape, as well as balls and even think stick-like aubergines all taste similar<br /> There are cooking details on <a href="http://vegbox-recipes.co.uk/ingredients/aubergine.php">Vegbox </a> the <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/glossary/aubergine/">BBC</a> and other <a href="http://www.cookitsimply.com/category-0020-0196t.html">cooking sites</a></p>
