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I grafted this eggplant on S.torvam rootstock. During the last four months, it produced over a 100 fruits after I sprayed it with GA3, 25 ppm to 40 ppm. Where usually there are only 1 or 2 fruits in each bunch, after GA3 treatment, there are 4 or 5 fruits.My housekeeper harvested all the fruits by the time I came back from the US.
This is from two bunches.

Photo of the graft union.

Dear Prachya, Received the seeds in excellent condition, and all of them had germinated!!! Thanks.

Curcuma amada, is usually called 'Mango ginger'.

Pm sent.

Hello GF, Pm sent.

The first one looks like G. intermedia. Second, no Idea.

Hello Tf, I really fail to understand what you are trying to say.

Looks like some citrus. Can you provide a photo of the fruit?

Please keep a few seeds for me.

Gac grows well in the sun, it does not like too much of shade. I water the plants about twice a week. The fruits in the photo were set with hand pollination. Regarding taste, a friend of mine told me that the tender fruits can be used in stir fry like M.charantia but without the bitterness.. Since I am at the moment in US, when I return to India on the 17th of May, I will be able to give a personal opinion about taste.

I do not know whether this is the right place to post these. Photos of two of my Musa plants.
Musa ornata.


Musa coccinia.

This is one eggplant I grow. It is very pretty, but has thorns. It does not shrivel when cooked and is very tasty. I cut it into thin slices and fry it till lightly brown. Sprinkle with salt and chili powder when cool. Makes excellent chips.