Why have aubergine turned brown?

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beey

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Why have aubergine turned brown?
« on: November 30, 2009, 02:08 »
Hi all , I wanted to take advantage of the climate to grow some Mediterranean vegetables . So far I've only done Italian plum tomatoes bell peppers and aubergine's.

When they first began growing they were Black as they are supposed to be, now they have turned brown. Anbody know why and are they still good to eat?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Why have aubergine turned brown?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 07:28 »
They are over ripe.  I don't think they will be edible.

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Re: Why have aubergine turned brown?
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2009, 07:58 »
Hi all , I wanted to take advantage of the climate to grow some Mediterranean ......

Where are you?   ??? I wish my climate would let me grow aubergines ....   :(  But I agree with Gillie - brown aubergines are over-ripe/rotting.  Sorry.
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Re: Why have aubergine turned brown?
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2009, 23:34 »
Need to know where "the climate" is but fruits going brown is probably because the plants have been too cold. Aubergines like the heat and prefer to be pretty damp.
A stray fruit I missed of my outdoor aubergines - which I was slow to clear up - was chillled and rotted a plae brown and this was in a warm (for Sussex) early October! I hope you're warmer than that but you need to be a long way nearer the Tropics for the end of the Summer to have no effect.

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Re: Why have aubergine turned brown?
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2009, 07:51 »
Sounds like they've rotted inside  :ohmy:



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