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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jan 11, 2012 17:50:58 GMT -5
Starting seeds on both tonight(see rareseeds.com) Arumugam's is an Indian eggplant that can be green, lavender, white or striped. Aswad is a big, round, purple Iraqi eggplant.
I wanted a change this year and I figure these could handle a hot and humit zone 8B/9. Reviews are appreciated.
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Post by coppice on Jan 11, 2012 23:17:44 GMT -5
Arumugam is an (East Indian) family or district name, I would encourage your trial.
I have a tomato with the same name...
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Feb 26, 2012 12:41:52 GMT -5
Arumgum seedlings are much healthier and more vigorous than the Aswad so far.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Mar 29, 2012 16:14:26 GMT -5
All eggplants have been in the ground for nearly 3 weeks. It'll be a while before I can pick a winner. Both are doing very well at the moment.
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Post by organicbaby on Mar 29, 2012 16:58:37 GMT -5
All eggplants have been in the ground for nearly 3 weeks. It'll be a while before I can pick a winner. Both are doing very well at the moment. You're so far ahead of me it ain't even funny! I seem to have lost some of my gardening groove this spring. Distraction, lack of a proper winter...who knows? All I know it I'm not sweating it too much
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Mar 29, 2012 20:08:23 GMT -5
Well Obabe I'm due a good year after the last 3 or so. To bad I ran out of time due to business trips or I'd have found a way to drop you off a couple.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Apr 23, 2012 16:31:55 GMT -5
Arumugum's are blooing already. That shouldn't be a surprise since the fruit is only supposed to be the size of my fist.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 23, 2012 17:21:14 GMT -5
Great news. It sounds like a fascinating variety, I'll be watching for updates
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 24, 2012 9:51:57 GMT -5
I'll be waiting to hear how those do in your heat, too. It seems that when it gets in the high 90's in my area, the EPs stop producing. I tried varieties from Malaysia and Thailand, to no avail (but how could it be hotter in NJ???). This year I have two Indian varieties - Hari and Andaz - to see how they cope with it. I'll post updates.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Apr 24, 2012 22:37:48 GMT -5
It may be the first and last time I plant them. I'm unlikely to be buying from Baker's Creek again.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on May 7, 2012 17:41:53 GMT -5
Well the Arumugum's has the first eggplant putting on now. It looks like it is mostly green with purple streaks that that is subject to change.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on May 14, 2012 12:49:58 GMT -5
One Arumugum is white with purple strips and the other is solid green.
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Post by izzy on May 14, 2012 19:52:08 GMT -5
I'm confused. Are they on different plants, or different eggplants on one plant? Hope you'll post a pic when you can.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on May 14, 2012 20:24:20 GMT -5
Different plants, same variety. The package said the color varies.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on May 24, 2012 19:52:15 GMT -5
Arumugum produces fist sized, oval shaped fruit approximately 65 days from transplanting. One plant has 2 on it that will be harvested tomorrow or saturday and two more that will be harvested in a week. The 4 fruit are one green colored one and three that are green with white and lavender mottling. A handy little eggplant that will probably make a return depending on taste and productive lifespan. nice to have an early producing eggplant rather than one that doesn't produce till after the tomatos have died of heat stroke.
Aswad has no fruit on yet.
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Post by izzy on May 25, 2012 13:49:29 GMT -5
Those sound promising, gcg. I'm watching for your reviews - I need to add some new varieties. I've gotten lazy getting eggplant started early since discovering they can be perennial - they can come back after dying back from a freeze. The globes I'm picking now are from plants that are 3 yr old. A Thai Green that was started last year still hasn't produced. I'm ready for something new.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on May 25, 2012 14:34:50 GMT -5
Thai Long Green takes forever to start producing in zone 8B (think it's now zone 9) then it produces to Christmas. At least that has been my experience with them. They didn't start producing till my maters were allready dead.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 27, 2013 22:19:55 GMT -5
GCG, how did these turn out for you? Did you ever get any huge fruit from the Aswad? How were taste and production on those and the Arumugam's?
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jan 27, 2013 23:20:29 GMT -5
I didn't have good luck with Aswad, I was rushed and didn't have time to properly tend them. Armugun as I mentioned produced much earlier at a more frequent rate but also only fist sized fruit. It was also another horrible drought year.
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