How to Prune Eggplants PROPERLY | Tips for Growing Eggplant

If you're looking to get more fruit from your eggplant plants, then you need to learn how to prune them properly. In this video, we'll show you exactly how to prune eggplants for bigger, tastier harvests.

In this step-by-step guide, you'll learn how proper pruning results in not just more eggplants but better fruit too! Prune your eggplants the right way and you'll be able to get the most from them.

Here's what we'll cover:

Chapters:
00:00 Eggplant Pruning Intro
00:44 Pruning eggplant leaders for maximum yield
08:58 When to prune early eggplant flowers
10:43 Pruning eggplant leaves (and why)
13:49 Optional advanced eggplant pruning technique

Written article version of this video if you'd rather read than watch: https://nextdoorhomestead.com/blog/ho...

Resources
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Research Report: High Tunnel Eggplant Varieties, Pruning & Postharvest Storage - https://extension.unh.edu/sites/defau...

THE EFFECT OF PLANT PRUNING ON THE LIGHT CONDITIONS AND VEGETATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF EGGPLANT (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) IN GREENHOUSE CULTIVATION - https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/v1003...

EFFECT OF PRUNING TECHNIQUE ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF BRINJAL - https://deliverypdf.ssrn.com/delivery...

Effect of plant pruning and topping on yielding of eggplant in unheated foil tunnel - https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Gear Used in this Video
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Pruners: https://www.amazon.com/gonicc-Profess...

Twine: https://www.amazon.com/KINGLAKE-Natur...

Bamboo Stakes: https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Bamboo...

Eggplant Seeds: https://www.amazon.com/Davids-Garden-...

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