[Jed Eckert]

Here in east central Florida I'll be getting ready to plant some collards and other greens out in the garden today.

Last year I planted lots of stuff in containers as well as in the ground. Despite our 'freeze' (low of 29 F for a couple hours) last week, some of my plants refuse to give up.

My 'Ping Tung' eggplant is still going strong and has quite a few 'fingerlings' almost ready to pick.

Some of the fruit have a few 'scabs' on the skin. Not sure what that's all about since I've never run into that before.

Also was surprised to find a few Radicchio Red Chicory had sprouted up from where I cut off the heads last year. I'm wondering if these sprouts will actually make heads. We'll see.

[SisterK]

Jed, the better the eggplant, the thinner the skin.
I might be mistaken, but I always took the blemishes on eggplant to be a kind of a bruise - created from wind, sand, the fruit bumping together.
Kind of crazy to look at eggplant growing in January.

[trisham]

Gorgeous plants/pics. Thanks for sharing.

[greeneyes]

Thanks for sharing the pictures. We need to see those from the warmer areas. I haven’t ever grown eggplant, but someone else may have the answer to that issue. Could it be due to the low temperatures?