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This thread is about plants that I tried this year and won’t try again next year as well as ones that did really well.
East coast North America, zone 8/9, rainfall 120cm.
*Updated with pics
6/ eggplant. I will not grow these again.
I started these indoors in early and planted out of doors in late spring. This year I grew the Kami eggplants. The plant themselves grew fine, but the raccoons destroyed the fencing that was protecting them, and I’d find half-eaten eggplants all over the yard. It’s not worth the space and effort if you’re only going to harvest one or two fruits off of multiple plants.
@jblue who knew the darned raccoons ate eggplants.
@Rasta I understand raccoons eating peaches. They're sweet. Eggplant doesn't have much flavor, and not a great source of calories, either. My husband won't touch the stuff.
@deepmud they usually eat fish in these parts
@Rasta waaaay more food value