[Arid_gardener] Re: Where to Find Eggplant

[Dick Gross]

Your seeds should have been in six-packs or 4 inch pots a month ago so that 
a hardy root system will have been established and growing like gang busters 
by the time you transplant the seedlings into warm soil in your garden. 
Eggplants make an interesting grow in 5 gallon ornamental pots, by the way, 
in full sun, of course. There is a wider variety to be found on line and 
that intrigues me.

Yoy can buy a full assortment of vegetable plants in most of the local 
nurseries who tend to put them on the shelf when it is time to plant in the 
ground and you can purchase potted veggie seedlings on line from at least a 
dozen wholesale nurseries that you can find with an ordinary search. I have 
purchased on line for years and can't remember a single time that I was 
disappointed by their condition upon arrival.

Our local nurseries should have our support, however. I reist buying on line 
anything I can get off the shelf in my own community. If you are close 
enough, Bakers for one has had a great inventory but there are others as 
good. Visit them all.

Dick Gross, Master Gardener Volunteer
Maricopa County Cooperative


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "olin miller" <dergartenarzt at att.net>
To: <arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu>; <stacy at makeadifference.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:11 PM
Subject: [Arid_gardener] Re: Where to Find Eggplant


> It's still too early to set out eggplant.  Wait until March when the soil 
> is warm enough for eggplant to grow.  You can either grow the transplants 
> from seed by starting the seeds indoors right now or wait until about 
> March 1 when transplants will be available at most garden centers - Baker 
> Nursery, Harpers, Summer Winds, for example.
>
> You may want to view the vegetable calendar at
> http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1005.pdf
> as a guide for best time to plant your vegetables.
>
> Olin
> ===================================================.
> -
> ---- Original Message ----- From: <stacy at makeadifference.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:00 PM, Stacy,  85012
>> I wanted to buy young eggplants to grow in my veg. garden, do you know 
>> where I can buy young veggies to transplant?
>
>
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