How to shape eggplants?

As everyone already knows, it is imperative to pinpoint peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers. But does a plant like eggplant need to be staked? Let's try to figure it out.

Usually, the formation of eggplant bushes is performed for those bushes that grow in closed conditions, that is, in a greenhouse. There are several reasons for this phenomenon:

• in the greenhouse there are better conditions for the growth and development of plantings than in the open field, and that is why the bushes grow larger and higher;
• if you follow all the rules, shape the bushes in time and look at them, you can get a richer harvest.

Masking involves cleaning the entire bush from unwanted shoots and leaves. Pass the bushes need to start from 20 days after planting.

In this process, you need to follow a few basic rules:

• Unnecessary shoots must be removed manually, but if their stem has become stronger, you can use the shears.
• It is necessary to remove all the leaves and stems that are below the main branch.
• If watering will be rare or the summer promises to be very hot, you should leave the lower stepsons so that they block the root from direct sunlight.
• It should pinch and the upper shoots of the main stems. This procedure will help direct all the beneficial substances to the fruit.
• It is necessary to graze this plant no more than once every two weeks, as its stems do not grow as fast as tomatoes, for example.

Eggplant bushes that grow in open areas, you need to start to form on the 15th day after the seedlings were planted. All excess (stepchildren, extra leaves, unnecessary ovary) must be removed manually so as not to damage the plant. If a variety is selected tall, its tops should be pinned when the plant has reached a height of about 40 centimeters.

If the plant grows in an open area, it is not recommended to form its bush in cloudy weather or on a hot day. This is best done either in the early morning or late in the evening. This is due to the fact that in this weather the plant can catch the disease or get burned.

Those eggplants that grow in the open field, you need to seedling and remove from them unnecessary leaves and shoots once every 3-4 days. It is not necessary to remove the lower leaves, if the weather is very hot outside. These leaves will help protect the eggplant root from drying out. If the summer was rainy, you need to make sure that not a single leaf or fruit touches the ground, it will save the bush from the risk of catching any disease.

In order to accelerate the growth of fruits on the bushes, 30-35 days before fruiting, you need to pinch the tops of the shoots. This procedure stops the further development of the bush itself, and at the same time allows the fruit to grow faster. It is worth noting that if the formation scheme of an eggplant bush was chosen correctly, then it is possible to get up to twenty fruits from it in one season.

The formation of an eggplant bush in a greenhouse needs to be started only when the bush reaches a height of about 30 centimeters. It is worth noting that in a closed greenhouse the plant usually grows taller, therefore, in the greenhouse, eggplant bushes need to be formed necessarily. It helps to collect the maximum number of fruits from one plant.

As a rule, in a greenhouse, a single-stem molding scheme is used for taller plant varieties.

As already mentioned, forming one stem is used for plants that grow taller. In order to form a bush, it is necessary after the main stem gives new shoots, choose the strongest among them and leave only it, and remove the rest.

This method of forming a bush is used in several cases:

• If the plant is weakened or it has some kind of disease.In this situation, the formation in one stem is the most correct solution, since all the nutrients that will come from the soil with water will be directed only to the development of fruits that will grow on it.
• If there is no necessary space and seedlings are very densely planted. Especially true for small greenhouses.
• If there is a shortage of natural light. If the plants are formed in one stem, they will not block each other’s sun. This will help generate a richer crop.

When forming a bush in one stem, the following rules apply:

• in the root zone, all leaves and ovaries are removed;
• at a height of 6-9 leaves, you need to pinch the stepchildren, remove weak ovaries;
• at a height of 10-11 leaves, you must pinch the shoots after the first leaf under the ovary;
• above 12 leaves, you need to keep all the shoots with the ovary on two leaves on the main stem, a little higher it is permissible to leave the ovary with three leaves.

Formation in one stem usually begins on the 14-15 day after the planting of seedlings on the beds in open ground or in the greenhouse.

More often eggplants form either in two, or in three stalks. In rare cases, this number may be greater. Begin work also on the 14-15 day after transplanting in open ground. The top of the bush pinches only when it reaches a height of about 35-40 centimeters. This allows the lateral stems to start growing and getting stronger. After that, two or three of the strongest and strongest stems are selected, the remaining weaker ones must be removed.

If possible, even tall eggplants can be formed into three stalks. But we must remember that if it is planned to form such a plant, from the very beginning it is necessary to plant eggplants at a distance of about 1 meter from each other.

If the stems that have been formed, will branch out strongly, it is necessary to leave only one of the strongest shoots, and the rest to remove. The weak process must be removed as follows: pinch it after the second leaf under the ovary, be sure to leave one fruit on it. Thus, you can grow on each bush about 7-12 fruits, which will be located on the main shoots. You should also remember that if the plant is tall, its stems should be tied up.

In order to understand how to form eggplant bushes, it is worth watching the following video.

There are some rules and guidelines given by experienced gardeners in order so that the harvest turned out to be rich and they could enjoy more than one month

• It is necessary to pass the lower leaves and stems when the weather is hot and humid. This is done to ensure that plants do not become infected with infectious diseases.
• If the weather is hot and dry, it is not necessary to remove the lower processes. They help maintain a moist environment at the root and do not allow the plant to dry out.
• If the formation of the bush is done with a tool, such as a pruner, it must be sterile so as not to infect the plant with any disease.

• If the work is carried out in a greenhouse, it is necessary to exclude the possibility that infection will get into it artificially. It is important to ventilate the greenhouse and water the plants only with warm and settled water.
• Pasynki must be cleaned on time. They can not leave the opportunity to outgrow. This is necessary so that the plant grows correctly and does not waste nutrients on unnecessary shoots.
• If sore leaves or weak ovaries were seen on the bushes, they should be removed in time, because they may indicate that eggplant is sick with a disease.
• There is no need to treat organic fertilizers with fanaticism and use them too much, because they contribute to the growth of the green part of the plant, leaves and stems, and not fruits.

It should be noted that shaping eggplant bush - this is almost the most important condition in order to get a rich harvest of this crop. If you follow all the rules and recommendations, you can get a lot of tasty fruits and, if properly stored, enjoy them for a long time after the end of the vegetable season.