Potting Up

Grafting Eggplant on Tomato Roots: Forum Results & Photos

🍅 Quick take: Battling cold northern soil and verticillium wilt, a crew of backyard growers documented a 4-month collaborative trial grafting eggplants onto tomato rootstocks. Key takeaways: eggplants must be sown 7 to 14 days before tomato rootstocks to match stem calipers; younger seedlings (1-2 true leaves) take faster than woodier stems; and toothpick hole-insertion … Read more

Why Are My Eggplant Seedlings Not Growing? – Stunted Roots Fix

📌 Quick Summary: Troubleshooting Stalled Eggplants 🍆 The Root of the Problem: If your eggplant or pepper seedlings stall and stop growing, it is almost always an issue below the soil line (poor root development). 🪴 Potting Up: Don’t leave seedlings in tiny 6-cell plug trays for too long. They need to be moved into … Read more