Eggplant Tree? 🤯😲
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Use the Devils Fig plant to graft eggplants ant tomatoes onto.
Do not eat the natural fruit from this tree, only eat the fruit from the grafted branches you have added to the tree.
I am a novice at this technique so err on the side of caution and happy gardening to you 😀
Thank you
Look at your garden, it look so gorgeous.
Thank you Sang La 😀
Interesting that they are closely enough related to be compatible for grafting so a great idea 👍
Yes mate and apparently these weeds are very hardy.
I remember them growing as a weed in my grandmas yard 35 years ago but we just pulled them out
Hi Paul, I've heard about this plant before, will be interesting to see how it goes. You can also do this with the native Kangaroo Apple (also in the solanaceae family). This video will be good for George to see how easy and time efficient grafting is, haha.
Haha, I have only grafted an aussie gold dragonfruit prior to these eggplants and I am just going by feel but it looks like they will take.
Thank you for the tip about the other plant, I will check it out as I hadn't heard of it before and I'd much rather a native than an invasive
What a great idea. Will be really interesting to see the result as grafts start producing. Cool. A brilliant space initiative.
Cheers mate, I'll do another vid if it starts to produce 👍
it was really fun and we were very entertained by the beautiful green plants which were very calming for all of us
Thank you my friend, I appreciate it 😀
No one is going to steal those eggplants without feeling some pain!
I’m in the process of doing this myself. Timely video. My devil plant seeds have just popped up! 👍🏼
Good luck Marisa 👍 😀
@@UrbanBounty thanks 😊
I’ve heard of this, will watch with interest how it progresses.
Gday Ben, I'll post updates, good or bad.😀
s nice tree!!
Thank you my friend 😀
Amazing, congrats. I call that plant the giant devil's plant and it's a great rootstock to use as it really does like to take on grafts. After several years of grafting onto my devil's plant I've given up. The weather in Melbourne has been too cool and the eggplants start to get going and it's cold again. I did manage to overwinter an eggplant variety called " Iraqi aswad " , it produced huge eggplants, but then I found out it was very heat tolerant but not cool tolerant. I've cut the devil's plant down now as it was just getting way out of control in the ground.
Hi there, thank you very much for your tips and sharing your experiences here. I will do update videos whether the results are good or bad.
Thanks again 😀
@@UrbanBounty however I should have said I have seen eggplants overwinter on the devil's plant and I think some of those smaller varieties are able to overwinter better. I'm sure you will do well
@@100lucch thank you for the update.
I'm a novice at this and will keep you updated 😀
I grew some of these Devils Fig (from seed) this year too! I grafted eggplant shoots on a few days ago, but not sure how they will turn out. I hear you can overwinter them that way. I did not know tomatoes can also be grafted to them. I was hoping I could add peppers on too. I just want the veggie patch to be perennial!
G'day and good luck with your eggplants!
For chillies you can grow a rocoto chilli and graft onto that or just grow a rocoto chilli by itself. They live for a decade, very productive. I'll do a video of my one soon
Eggplant tree mate Urban Bounty... First time I see that mate.
Yes mate! If I grow some of the devil plant from seed you can have some
@@UrbanBounty thank you so much mate
Awesome Paul
It’s cool huge and looks violent 😂
Should be a beaut rootstock
Yes Neil, violent is a good description of this beast 😂
I trim the thorna off trunk for safety - they can hurt. Akso reall hard ti get tbick scion early enough - ive got a skinny bit on over a month just kicking now too late - Devil must be over 10yo now - another good plant is Pea Eggplant or wild tobacco works too
Thanks for the tips. Good to know.
Do you have yours in a pot and do you manage to get any scions holding on til next season?
@@UrbanBounty Yes my DF is in a pot but have never had any scions survive winter - Lebanese most cold hardy but have seen tben growing in front yard of a Greeks terrace in Richmond yeara ago - warmer there with large fruit during summer sparking my interest to fry.
@@melbournesubtropicfruits9474 thanks, yes the guy I bought mine off had quite a lot of fruit on his too. I'll keep experimenting with it 👍
Awesome, where’d you find the rootstock? Been looking for one for awhile
Facebook marketplace for the rootstock and seeds on ebay 👍
@@UrbanBounty cheers mate