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06 May 12, Mick Houareau (Australia - temperate climate)

what causes some of my fruit to turn a light brown colour. about half the crop is affected.

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30 Mar 12, Scott (Australia - temperate climate)

Our Lebanese eggplants fruited prolifically this year. However many of them, instead of turning purple have gone a yellowish brown. The fruits feel firm, so they're not rotting. Are they safe for eating? Thank you. Scotty

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02 Mar 12, Amboise (Australia - temperate climate)

Have plenty of fruit on my lebanese eggplant bush but after the first deep purple fruit, all are now a dirty yellow colour. Is this because of too much rain or is there another reason ?

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27 Apr 13, Janelle (Australia - temperate climate)

I have had the same thing happen, I can only think it is some inconsistancy with temp or rains. It affected some and not others and I think for memory it wasnt all the fruit on the plant, only some.

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28 Feb 12, Erin (Australia - temperate climate)

How do i know when my eggplant is ripe? - i have a couple of bushes that are producing fruit however when they start they are glossy black then seem to lose thier colour, i have harvested a couple and theya re still a little green on the inside - this seems oppocite from what i have seen in the supermarket.

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23 Feb 12, Savithri (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi, After so many attempts, I managed to grow eggplant(Lebanese) this year and was rewarded with quite a good crop. My problem is, the skins get eaten by some kind of pest and they look awful. Would anyone know what it could be? Thanks in advance - Savithri

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19 Mar 12, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Look for snails

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25 Mar 12, Savithri (Australia - temperate climate)

thanks for the reply.....I didn't find any snails around but recently I noticed brown insect(Garden Weevils???) eating everything in my garden. They are attacking the leaves/stems and the young shoots of all the plants. How do you get rid of Garden Weevils? Thank you.

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22 Feb 12, Terry (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

My eggplant has many fruit of varying size but I need to know when they are ripe as all are the same dark colour

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21 Feb 12, Andrew (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

My eggplant growing well but not turning fully black and are a yellow brown colour at base of eggplant is there something that can be done about this

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