Why eggplants bloom, but no ovary - what to do?

Reasons for the absence of ovaries

Eggplants are whimsical plants. Wherever they grow, in a greenhouse or in a garden bed, everywhere they need to create optimal conditions for the development and growth of fruits. If the rules of agricultural technology are neglected, there will be few flowers and ovaries, and it may even happen that the ovary will fall off while still a flower.

The reasons why the plant blooms, but the fruit does not set, may be as follows:

Temperature violation

Eggplant is very picky about air temperature. On average, for normal growth, it should be 25-27 ° C. If this indicator drops to a level of 15-18 ° C, the plant will simply freeze (stop developing). And if this happens during the flowering period, then the ovary most likely will not form, and the barren flower will dry out and disappear. The same situation happens when the temperature is too high - at a mark of 32 ° C and above, the flowers are not pollinated, and the eggplants are not tied.

Unsuitable soil

Eggplants grow well in fertile and well-drained soil with neutral acidity. If the soil in a greenhouse or garden is too dense, acidic and does not warm up well - this happens with clay and podzolic soils, the formation of fruits may not occur at all. Conduct a soil analysis - it may simply not be suitable for growing eggplant.

Insufficient or improper watering

Eggplants are known to prefer moist soil. Their flowering, the formation of ovaries, and, accordingly, fruiting depend to a large extent on abundant and regular watering. It is important to constantly maintain optimal (moderate) humidity, especially in the greenhouse, since insufficient moisture disrupts plant nutrition, which results in a delay in the formation of buds and fruits. If the humidity is too high (stagnant water), the access of oxygen to the root system decreases, due to which the development of the plant is also impaired.

Fertilizers

Sometimes vegetable growers, in an effort to get an earlier and plentiful harvest, apply a lot of fertilizers, both mineral and organic, to the soil. In response to this, the eggplants begin to actively increase the green mass, but at the same time the entire force of the plant is directed towards the formation of a bush - there are practically no or very few peduncles, and those that have formed dry up and crumble.

Excess nitrogen

In general, eggplant is very responsive to any fertilization, but nitrogen is one of those elements that are applied at a strictly defined time, usually in early spring. If nitrogen fertilization is applied already during the vegetative process, it will be very stressful for the plant, which will affect the flowering and the amount of the ovary.

Excess pollen

Fruiting of most types of eggplant comes from self-pollination.This is very convenient when growing vegetables in a greenhouse, but there is also some negative point in this.

Blooming eggplants regularly produce a large amount of pollen, which, as it accumulates, becomes heavy, and sometimes even sticks together. In this case, it cannot be transferred to other plants, which is why self-pollination does not occur.

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How to fix problems

Sometimes vegetable growers, faced with problems in growing eggplant, resort to various drugs and means, trying to deceive the plant and force it to grow fruit in an unnatural way.

Such preparations for spraying as "Bud", "Ovary" and their analogs contain gibberellin - a phytohormone that regulates and stimulates plant growth. Under ideal conditions, this substance in eggplants is produced independently, but if these conditions are violated, its formation is disrupted.

Spraying with stimulants is quite effective, but not the most correct way to solve the problem. It is much more important to create suitable conditions for growing vegetables, and eliminate the factors that led to the fact that the ovaries are not formed:

• if the reason is an excess of nitrogen, it is necessary to add a potassium-phosphorus mixture or ash to the soil - these substances will slightly soften the activity of nitrogen;
• peduncles on self-pollinating eggplants in the greenhouse must be regularly, but very carefully shaken - this will save the pollen from drying out and increase pollination;
• if the eggplants are not self-pollinating, then the reason why the barren flowers are formed may be the lack of pollination - in this case, you need to pollinate the flowers on the eggplants manually with a brush;
• it is necessary to control and regulate the air temperature - modern greenhouses maintain a constant temperature at night, but during the day, due to the large amount of daylight, the degree in the greenhouse can increase significantly;
• special attention should be paid to watering the eggplant, especially if the vegetables grow in a greenhouse - watering is carried out at the root in an area of ​​30-40 cm around the bush, you need to water abundantly, but not too often and as needed (frequent watering contributes to the stagnation of moisture), water for watering should be slightly warm;

Good fruiting eggplant is impossible without regular feeding. Vegetables are fed several times during the season. The first feeding is carried out 2 weeks after planting the seedlings in the ground - both mineral mixtures and organic matter (mullein solution) are appropriate here. Next, the eggplants need to be fed during the period of bud formation and flowering. The next feeding is carried out during the beginning of fruiting - phosphorus and potassium fertilizers are used (potassium is necessary for a good taste of eggplant).

Reasons for falling buds

Falling buds on eggplants even before flowering is the most unpleasant and fairly common problem. The reasons why this happens are the most classic:

• a sharp temperature drop - if the temperature conditions in the greenhouse are not self-regulating, you need to control the temperature yourself: when it gets hot to open so that the eggplants do not suffocate and do not bake, the greenhouse must be carefully closed at night;

• drying out of the soil or even a slight lack of moisture can also provoke buds to fall off on eggplants;

• a lack of trace elements (most often boron) is the most common reason why the buds or barren flowers on eggplants fall off - the problem can be solved by adding a solution of boric acid in a proportion of 10 g / bucket of water (the solution is sprayed with eggplants).

The falling off of already faded peduncles indicates that they simply have not become dusty. It should be clarified that of all the flowers blooming on eggplants, only 60% are pollinated and bear fruit, the rest can bloom for a long time and beautifully, but they will not dry out without pollination.

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