Pastage eggplant - one of the main secrets of obtaining a decent harvest. How to carry out this procedure in a timely and correct manner, to avoid the most frequently repeated mistakes, read our article.

The desire to get beautiful, big fruits is so natural for every gardener! But its implementation directly depends on the correctness of agricultural technology. One of its aspects is to pinch or clean unnecessary side shoots, as well as parts of leaflets. The procedure allows you to properly form a bush, strengthen it, as well as increase the size and significantly improve the quality characteristics of the emerging fruit.

Eggplant - the culture is quite picky. As well as, it is considered to be perennial, but in our area cultivation in a similar way is impossible. Grazing on eggplant is an important stage in the cultivation of this solanaceous crop. And its accuracy and timeliness are often the key to obtaining high-quality fruits.

Do I need to eggplant pasynkovat

This question is asked by many vegetable growers, especially if they are taken to grow the “blue ones” for the first time. In most cases, the breeding of undersized, dwarf eggplants is not subject to staining: their lateral growth is not so strong and often does not form fruit. Tall, as well as medium-sized bushes, almost always need to be formed.

in the greenhouse

This is especially true for crops cultivated in high temperature and high humidity conditions. Such a microclimate perfectly contributes to the growth of green mass. A lot of side shoots are formed, which pull most nutrients to themselves. The process of fruit development is suspended, because the bush simply does not have any forces left on it.

In order for our eggplants not to become dense thickets with low yields, competent regulation of the ground part is necessary. It allows you to slow down the overgrowth of this solanaceous culture and stimulate fruiting. The maximum benefit from the procedure is obtained in cases of its implementation prior to the formation of buds.

The sooner you remove your stepchildren, the better - they will not have time to pull off a lot of nutrients.

in the open ground

In the conditions of open ground, eggplant stading is rarely carried out. First of all, this is due to the fact that tall varieties are rarely planted here. Such a microclimate sometimes complicates the process of obtaining fruits with proper quality characteristics.

In the case of medium-grown, low or hybrid varieties of eggplants, such a need often simply disappears. Shrubs of these plants, most often, do not have at all or have only a small number of stepsons, which protect the ground from drying out. And thanks to the constant airing, excessive moisture from the green mass evaporates easily.

  Masking pros and cons

Any intervention of the gardener in the development of the plant, of course, carries a positive. But it is important to remember about the share falling on the disadvantages. And the egg dressing procedure is not an exception.

So, among the unconditional positive sides, gardeners say:

  • improved eggplant growth;
  • increase the amount of the crop;
  • a significant improvement in the quality characteristics of fruits (weight, color, taste);
  • simplification of care for solanaceae culture.

But you can not discount the flip side of the coin: the possibility of incorrect operation. And it, in turn, can weaken the plant, provoke a decrease in the quality and quantity of fruits, and even provoke premature wilting and death of the plant as a whole.

Removal of excess plant parts can cause deterioration of its development and even death.

The formation of eggplant bush in the greenhouse

They begin to stitch away the nightshade with the beginning of the third week of their “residence” in a permanent place. By this time, the cultures are already settling in, getting stronger enough and starting to grow. It is desirable to carry out the operation itself in the morning, so that before the evening temperature drops the plants can recuperate and acclimatize.

Important!
  It is extremely undesirable to combine the pasynkovka procedure with irrigation: the leaves become more fragile, which increases the possibility of breaking the excess.

Features of the procedure

The formation of a bush in solanaceous crops should be carried out taking into account the fact that the flowers, and then the ovaries and fruits, are well lit. After all, if the sunny color does not fall on the flower stalks, they can not further develop and fall. Therefore, it is very important to choose the right stacking pattern. We will talk about them in more detail below.

Removing extra stepchildren can be done with your hands. If tools are used for this, they must be disinfected. Tearing shoots in time, we do not allow them to outgrow and pull off a critical mass of nutrients. Otherwise, it is fraught with chopping fruits, their underdevelopment, deterioration of taste, shape distortion.

the instrument must be disinfected

First of all, remove the stepchildren before the first fork. You can do the same with leaves. But if they look good, they can still feed the plant. Therefore, it is better to postpone the operation to remove sheets until they turn yellow and lose this ability. After that, they go to the first flower and then carry out the beefing according to the chosen scheme.

At the same time remove no more than three sheets.

first peduncle

The first flower in eggplant, most often, appears at a fork. It is always the most powerful, because it takes up a maximum of energy aimed at the development of culture. This peduncle is left on a bush only when the plant is quite tall, powerful and can afford to grow it.

first flower spike on fork

But if the sprout is short, thin and weak, it simply does not have enough strength to develop. Then the peduncle certainly must be removed to allow the bush to grow and grow strong. As a result, the harvest obtained from the flowers formed in the upper part of the plant will be greater.

Important!
  It is desirable to leave the first peduncle when it is planned to independently grow seeds. The fruit obtained from this flower will provide the best planting material.

general rules

When forming the eggplant bush, it is very important to consider the following recommendations:

  • The stronger the plant, the easier it is for it to provide the necessary nutrition for its fruits and vice versa. the weaker the eggplant bush, the fewer stalks it leaves.
  • The higher the humidity, the more sprouts are removed when forming an eggplant bush.
  • The trunk of an eggplant growing in a greenhouse must always remain clean.
  • The growing fruits of eggplant can not be shaded in any case.
  • Removal of excess green mass is a reusable procedure. From time to time
  • Before the end of the growing season, the tops of the eggplants are pinched. In the case of the appearance after this new flower stalks, they are also removed.
  • As the bush grows, the procedure for removing unnecessary green mass is repeated.

Skipped stepchildren, overgrown with a length of 5 cm, preferably not to be removed from the bush.

Grazing eggplant in the greenhouse scheme

Getting to the formation of the bush eggplant, it is important to choose the right pasykovaniya scheme: one, two or three stalks. Sometimes, under conditions optimal for successful vegetation, up to five shoots are allowed. But for this you need to correctly determine the potential of the plant itself and the microclimate in which it grows.

Eggplant Bush Formation Schemes

In one stem   form solanaceae tall varieties that are planning to grow in cramped circumstances. During the procedure, leaving only one, the most powerful branch, on which the ovary will develop. Forming a culture in this way contributes to obtaining the largest fruits.

In addition, this scheme is chosen for weakened plants that have not yet had time to develop in full force. At the same time regularly inspect the ovary and leave only the largest of them. The method allows to achieve the best quality characteristics of the fruit: large size, intense staining, rich taste.

The scheme of the formation of eggplant in two stalks   It is considered the most optimal, as it often allows to find a balance between high yields and potential capabilities of plants. It is most popular with gardeners.

When a bush is formed with its use, after pinching a growth point, only two skeletal branches are left on it, which comes from branching. The remaining shoots are removed. To the best of the formation of ovaries, get rid of the inferior. Leaves, to the best of their yellowing or uselessness, are torn off.

3-5 stalk pattern   it is formed similarly to the previous one, but in addition, several more powerful stepchildren are left on the bushes. In greenhouses, it is practically not used, since such an application provides for the presence of large areas for growing crops. The technique is suitable for extremely powerful plants that have developed well in a new place.

The scheme of formation of the bush eggplant is selected for each plant individually.

Video shotgun eggplant in the greenhouse

Pasvy grazing eggplant in open ground

The need to remove green mass from the bush eggplant in the open field is determined by several criteria:

  • climatic zone features;
  • steady weather conditions;
  • planting density;
  • specificity of the variety.

So, pasynkovanie is a prerequisite for obtaining the harvest of eggplant in a short summer. It allows you to collect not only a better quality, but also an earlier harvest. But it is imperative to refrain from the procedure in case of too dry weather, as well as in conditions of excessive humidity.

About undersized eggplant, in which the formation of the bush is solely under the influence of external factors, it was said earlier. In this case, gardeners can only thin out the plant, as well as monitor the quality of the ovaries and remove excess.

It is necessary to take care of tall crops, which necessarily need to be staked. Thus, the high thickness of plantings requires constant thinning of the bushes and vice versa: the abundant amount of free space allows the formation of a larger number of stems on the plant. You can also leave more stepsons in the conditions of dry and hot summer.

The formation of a bush in one stem here is applied exclusively to weak plants that have not had time to get stronger. In other cases, leave more branched shrub.

In general, it looks like this:

  • Remove all stepchildren located before branching. The exception is when it is necessary to prevent the soil from drying out.
  • Leave 2-5 most powerful escape. The rest are removed.
  • Pasyonning is performed on each of the skeletal branches.
  • Yellow and interfering leaves are regularly removed.
  • Before the end of the growing season, in order to allow the fruits to ripen normally, each of the previously formed branches on the plant is pinched.

Do I need to tie up eggplants

The expediency of this procedure, as in the case of stading, depends primarily on the height of the plant. Low cultures cannot be tied up to anything, but the above-average varieties simply cannot do without it.

The branches fall to the ground, are taken into account, and this leads to the fact that the plant weakens, flower stalks form poorly, the ovaries often fall down. In addition, they are easily broken or trampled during agricultural work.

Therefore, before proceeding to the pinching, each bush must be tied up. The need for such a procedure applies to both greenhouse plants and eggplants growing in open ground. By the way, in the second case, the presence of wind also shows in favor of tying.

How to tie an eggplant

You can tie up plants in several ways:

  1. Above the rows of eggplants stretch the wire, to which with the help of twine tied the branches of plants;
  2. Set the trellis, on which lay the stems;
  3. They drive in long stakes to which the plant is tied.

The plant is tied to supports in several places.

Greenhouse cultures are most suitable first and second ways. The third one is a bit unsafe due to the threat of excessive shading, but is well suited for plants formed in one stem, as well as bushes growing in open ground.

Installation of such facilities, in order not to harm crops, should be carried out very carefully. To understand how this happens in practice, this video will help:

All that is needed for the development of the plant is to properly stew the eggplant. This topic will also help determine the cultivation and care of the solanaceous crop, with its best varieties.

Pasponing eggplant - the subtleties of growing

What do eggplants need for good growth and healthy fruits? First, a lot of light. Next, watering, feeding. But, alas, this is not enough for high yields. Here will help us pinching. We, as it were, cultivate the bushes, which allows us not to fall off the ovaries, but to be large and undeformed fruits.

Eggplant bushes are formed on certain varieties - medium and tall. It is best to perform such a procedure in the morning. Then until the evening all the places of damage will be restored.

How to eggplant pasynkovat

When the bush grows to the mark of 30 cm, we remove (pinch) the top flower at the top of the stem. The plant actively begins to grow in breadth, i.e. give side shoots. Begin eggplant pasynkovanie. Pysynki remove thin and weak, and leave only strong.

The necessary information about that.

There are several ways to form an eggplant bush. The difference between them in the number of shoots that come from the stem.

When form a bush in one stem:

  • if the variety is tall eggplants;
  • if there is little room for vegetables;
  • if the seedlings are weak (so, it can develop well and give decent yields).

It is important to regularly inspect the ovary and leave the largest. After molding, shoots tie up to the supports.


How to carry out the formation of a bush of eggplants in two stalks:

  • we pinch the tip on the main stem - the bush will begin to branch;
  • we remove the side shoots, and leave the two strongest ones - now, all processes that will begin to appear are to be removed.

Form an eggplant bush in three stalks (when there is a lot of space and little seedling):

  • leave two of the strongest escape;
  • all others are deleted;
  • on one of the stems we leave one strong stepchild.

What you should pay attention to.

  1. Bushes should not overshadow each other.
  2. Make sure that the branches are not intertwined. Otherwise, the plants will not be able to grow well.
  3. As soon as the bushes have coven, we begin to form skeletal branches.
  4. Choose from branches 1 strong stalk - it will be the main, and the other pinch - after the second leaf above the ovary. Thus, we leave only 1 fruit.
  5. We go through all the ramifications and do this with each so that later on, at least 5–12 fruits will form on the eggplant bushes.
  6. In the process of growth inspect the plants and remove the resulting fruitless shoots that do not have ovaries.
  7. It also removes ovaries and shoots that grow on the main stem below the branching.

The soil in hot weather will not dry under the bushes,.


  It remains only to tie the formed skeletal branches to the support. We do the procedure carefully. They are fragile because they are damaged and break easily.

Tall varieties of eggplants especially need support in the period of fruit ripening. The load on the bushes will increase, which will make the plant unstable and as a result brittle.

For 4 weeks (a month), as the growing season ends, we pinch all the tips on the shoots. So, we stop their growth. The saved forces of the plant will give the fruit to their ripening.

The best varieties of eggplant

Some may say that forming an eggplant bush is too troublesome. Then plant low-growing varieties, on which only stepchildren are removed to thin a bush and ovary: “Royal Dwarf”, “Robin Hood”, “Almaz”, “Alekseevsky”.

Also, undersized varieties of eggplant for yield require pinching the tips of the shoots. It is necessary to ensure that the bushes do not grow and do not overshadow each other.


  Now, you have learned that the pinching of eggplant will properly help the bushes bring a good harvest. Pro100 city helps to understand. Successes!

Passing eggplants is a procedure during which the largest part of the leaves and young fruitful shoots are removed. The stepon is a process of a plant located at an acute angle to the stem on which it grows. In the future, it will form a new stem, on which young ovaries will grow (embryos of vegetables).

If you do not prune and care for eggplants grown in the greenhouse, they will form a lot of stepsons. As a result, the young shoots on the plant will develop worse and fall off to aging, as they are allocated less nutrient juice. In the end, grow small vegetables unsuitable for food.

The grazing of eggplants in the greenhouse can be avoided if a low-grade variety of eggplants is used. Such bushes are able to independently form well under the action of gravity and grow large fruits without outside help. They need only periodically thin out the foliage.
  A greenhouse eggplant with a high stem necessarily requires periodic stitchling and garters to form a regular bush and get a good harvest.

When grown on open ground or in a greenhouse with low humidity, it is necessary to leave the lower foliage, because the bush protects itself from the sun rays and leaves moisture inside.

Preparatory work

Before commencing, eggplants in a greenhouse or in an open field should be tied to a support. This is necessary because as the fruit ripens, the stems grow heavy and bend, and additional support will give the bush an upright position.

Initially, you need to tie up all the ramifications, since they are most loaded during horizontal formation. If it is impossible to create a hinged support in the form of wires, then you can tie up the stem of a plant to a peg from the ground.

How and when to shoot

After you have dealt with the question of whether eggplants need to be staked, you can begin to consider the pruning technique and the time it takes. The first eggplant must be planted for the first time 2-3 weeks after planting.

Until the last date, the procedure is delayed if the seedlings do not take root well in the new soil. The main thing is to trim before the appearance of the first ovaries.

Masking is done with hands every week, not letting young stepchildren grow more than 5 cm. Initially, all young leaves and shoots on the stem, located below the main branch, should be removed.

To stop the growth of the main stem up, you need to pinch, that is, cut, its upper process. Also, this procedure allows you to redirect the nutrient juice of plants on the development of ovaries.

Pinching is done 30 days before the end of the growing season of the plant, because after pruning, the green ward needs some time to recover. If you do this later, then at the time of fruit ripening, some of the energy will be spent on wound healing, and this will worsen the growth of eggplants.

The vegetation period for eggplants lasts from 80 (for early varieties) to 150 days (for late varieties). The term may vary depending on external growing conditions.

There is a variety of pinching: in one or more stems. They differ only in the number of shoots that are left during the forming procedure. If the place for growing vegetables is limited, it is recommended to use the scheme in one stem, since it takes up less space.

Masking in one stem

How to seed eggplants in a single-stem scheme? To do this, you must first wait until the plant grows to 30 cm in height and will give the first shoots. They need to be completely removed and leave only the bare stem. On it in the future and will grow eggplant. This method saves greenhouse space, but has a lower yield.

Gathering of several stems

Also, novice gardeners are interested in how to properly seed eggplants according to the scheme of several stems. In fact, this method is no different from the past, except that during pruning, apart from the main stem, an additional 3-5 of the largest stepson are left. All processes below them are removed. The scheme in several stems brings more yield and can be used for cultivation, both in the garden and in the greenhouse.

Care after trimming

After pinching and pinching, care for eggplants is to increase plant nutrition with nutrients to accelerate the healing of wounds that have appeared and positively affect the maturation of the ovaries. The soil should be watered during the week more, it is desirable to further enrich with various minerals.

The optimum temperature for growing eggplants is 26-28 degrees.

If it is downgraded, the plant will stop growing. With an increase in the growth of greenery. You also need to ensure good ventilation of the greenhouse and a relatively high humidity of 60-75%.

If greenhouse eggplants are in conditions of high humidity, they grow several times more intense. To stop their growth up except for plucking, it will also be necessary to periodically cut the leaves and side shoots. If this is not done, the stem will be weak and will not be able to hold eggplants.

Growing eggplants in a polycarbonate greenhouse necessarily requires pasyling. Thanks to this simple procedure, the plant will produce a large and bountiful harvest. The main thing is to carry out plucking and cutting at the moment before the end of active growth and development of the plant.

Before planting culture, you need to familiarize yourself with information about caring for it. There are many tips for growing eggplants, but often gardeners are interested in the answer to the question: “Should eggplants be slaves?”.

"Blue" - wayward vegetables, they prefer a lot of sun and heat. To grow a wonderful harvest of eggplants, it is preferable to plant them in a greenhouse. However, there are species resistant to frost, so you can grow eggplants in the open field (grade Black opal, Diamond).

Experienced gardeners are advised to start planting directly from the greenhouse, alternating blue seedlings with tomatoes or cucumbers.

What every gardener needs to know:

  1. If the days are dry and sultry, then the staving operation is not performed.
  2. Pay attention to the bushes: when the leaves are resistant, and the stems are thick, there are healthy stepchildren, then you do not need to stick.
  3. When about five fruits appear, you need to pinch the top of the plant.
  4. The stem below is free, young leaves, sprouts must be removed.
  5. Yellow leaves are also removed.
  6. When fruit ripening occurs, observe that they are not in the shade: the leaves that cover the fruit must be removed.

The need to perform garters and pasynkovaniya

During the growing season, eggplant bushes can grow from thirty-five to one hundred and fifty centimeters in height. Depending on the species, they are small, medium and tall. Eggplants form faster in greenhouses than in open soil.

With excellent care in the open field, the plants grow densely covered with leaves, with a huge number of lateral processes and stepsons. Often eggplants darken each other, so the plant needs to remove unnecessary processes.

As long as there is an increase in green mass, the development and increase of the fruit is delayed. They begin to mature at the latest time.

If you remove the stepsons and leaves, it does not hurt the plant - it continues to form. At the same time, the ventilation of the root area and the bush itself will improve, therefore, the threat of plant damage by various diseases will decrease.

Small types of eggplants, in which the growth of stepsons and leaflets last for a long time, do not need mandatory thinning.

Srednerosly and tall plants necessarily tied up, so that they can successfully withstand a lot of pouring and eggplant. As supports used stakes or grow plants as a trellis culture.

Especially in the garter need eggplant, which increase in the greenhouse. Here they have the most saturated and fragile stems, as a result of which they break more often.

Passing is the elimination of part of the leaves or lateral processes of the eggplant. This process makes it possible to create an eggplant bush, fasten it and get the greatest fruits.

Needle staining is determined by the fact that in a warm and moist environment eggplants will create a very dense green mass with a huge number of lateral processes.

As a result, the plant "throws" all the forces on the formation of foliage, but there are no resources left for the normal formation of fruits.

As a result, vegetables grow small, often deformed and with a mediocre taste. Moreover, in some variants, the ovary simply does not have time to mature and fall off.

Pastage eggplants scheme

An important circumstance in the courtship of the "blue" is considered to be staving. This simple process involves the elimination of unnecessary processes. It is especially advisable when the plant increases in a climate with excessive air humidity, in circumstances of heat.

Many experienced gardeners declare that it is possible to grow gorgeous eggplants without staking. Is it so?

It is quite possible when eggplants grow in a dry, hot climate. Then the leaf mass perfectly protects the soil under the plant from drying out and stores water. In other embodiments, pinching is a must.

The procedure itself is performed in the interval of 14-20 days from the date of planting the seedlings into the soil. Up to 20 days can wait, if the plants are weak and poorly take root, however, for a strong, well-established seedlings will be suitable 14-15 days from planting, as it is necessary to meet the deadline, pass through the straw until the buds appear.

Formation in one stem

This method of formation is more suitable for use in greenhouses, if there is a lack of space, and in addition to extract large fruits. Experienced gardeners are following the scheme:

  1. When the plant is increased to 30 cm, all the leaves and stepchildren are removed before the fork, one leaf is retained to feed 1 ovary.
  2. Among 2 or 3 stems in branching, a strong one is elected, others are removed.
  3. Masking and eliminating unnecessary leaflets is carried out every 7 days.
  4. The leaf near 1 ovary is removed after the beginning of its intensive increase (after 5-7 days).
  5. A month before the arrival of frost, the top and flowers are removed, and besides small ovaries, they do not ripen to ripen and prevent the ripening of large fruits.

This method of formation is used even for plants with a weak, thin stem, it will not be able to bear the weight of fruits in a branched trunk.

In addition to unnecessary stepsons, leaves and flowers, do not forget to remove dried corollas from the growing ovary, which in the circumstances of large moisture in the greenhouse are made by the factor of decay.

How is the formation of the bush in 2 stalks?

Formation in 2, 3 or even 4 stalks - the gardener decides. It depends on planting density, height of the plant, quality data of the variety. Gardeners are advised to leave 2 stalks, this guarantees a high yield with full return from the plant of all forces.

Grooming in 2 stalks growers perform in the following order:

  1. When the plant reaches a height of 30 cm, the growing point is removed.
  2. Among the lateral processes that began to rapidly increase, 2–5 of the strongest remain, others are removed by shears.
  3. In parallel with these manipulations, all processes below 1 ovary are regularly eliminated, and in each left process, additional ovaries are removed and eliminated.
  4. To obtain the largest fruits, it is recommended to leave no more than 5-6 ovaries on the plant, with an ordinary formation up to 20 is saved;
  5. Regularly, as the fruit grows, unnecessary and unhealthy leaves are removed;
  6. If the seedlings are weak, it is recommended to postpone the greatest number of shoots.
  7. To protect against drying out of the earth in dry weather, it is recommended to leave the lower leaves and processes.

What does a gardener need to know?

Masking is not the most difficult procedure in gardening. However, in order to achieve excellent results, it is necessary to understand the following about how to put the eggplants in stepson:

  1. In work, do not use scissors, work exclusively with your own hands. When you still use a garden tool, in this case, be sure to disinfect it before staking, otherwise there is a threat to put the infection in the wound on the stalk.
  2. The consequence of the previous paragraph will be a mandatory procedure for disinfection of both hands and devices after an activity with each of the bushes. This is done so that in the case when one plant is shaken by the disease, do not carry this infection on to others.
  3. Did you see that the plant got sick or suddenly went limp? In this case, go around it by the process of pinning - it will further weaken from it. Switch to the formation of a bush only when the bush is fully resumed.
  4. If the greenhouse has a fairly dry climate, then the lower leaves do not need to be removed - they can help to keep water in the substrate.
  5. Deformed leaves and ovaries should be removed without regret - this can be an indicator of the formation of the disease in a plant.
  6. If you are an adherent of organic fertilizers, in this case try not to overdo it with eggplants - the bush responds to a similar top dressing with the lush growth of additional stems and leaves, and only then with the development of the ovaries.
  7. If you see that you have overdone the staining of the lower leaves, then the soil around the plant should be mulched, so that the mulch now protects it from drying out.

The main miscalculations when grazing eggplants in the greenhouse

When growing eggplants and staving an eggplant, inexperienced gardeners often allow certain errors:

  • the absence of tying up and removing additional leaves becomes a factor in shading each other by plants and reducing the quality of light;
  • tying up of plants is obliged to be realized directly near the branches where the most fragile stem part is located;
  • it is not recommended to create eggplant bushes in too dry weather or in the rain, as in this case the destruction of the plant by diseases through the damaged areas is often traced;
  • it is preferable to sell the eggplants in the early morning time, which will enable the plant to resume before the night comes;
  • after strawing in open ground, plants may need shading from hot sunshine.

Eggplants, along with other cultures, are capricious vegetables. To obtain a rich harvest, you must follow all the rules of care: to conduct regular abundant watering, weed weeds, make useful substances. Grazing eggplant is an important procedure that contributes to increasing yields. However, not all gardeners know how to carry out the procedure correctly.

Pastage eggplant - an important stage in the care of the culture. The procedure consists of the elimination of excess processes and is necessary in the case when the vegetables grow in conditions of high humidity hot summer. Some people think that stacking is not necessary, considering that the vegetable is perfectly formed without this procedure. However, this statement is only half true.

Culture requires the removal of lateral processes when:

  • It is grown in unprotected soil. In this case, the "extra" green mass does not allow the ground to dry and the stem even in drought. In addition, if you leave the "naked" bush under the sun, it will grow very slowly.
  • Variety of vegetables is undersized. In this case, individuals of culture are able to form without any intervention.

In other cases, the plant stepson mandatory. This can be explained by the fact that almost all varieties of crops grow in the form of large bushes, densely covered with leaves.

Masking is the removal of a part of a plant's organs: leaves and lateral processes. This procedure contributes to the proper formation and development of the bush. In addition, with its help you can get powerful fruits and significantly strengthen them. To hold this event is necessary, because in the related conditions (warm and moisture) on the plants formed thick green with a lot of shoots. As a result, culture redirects all its forces to the formation of leaves. As a result, the culture does not have the energy necessary for the development of fruits. In this regard, the vegetables become small, lose their shape. Their taste qualities are also distorted. In some cases, the ovary does not have time to ripen and fall from the bush.

Video “Pasvy eggplants”

From the video you will learn how to stick eggplant.

When you need to pinch

As mentioned earlier, in some cases, it is quite possible to get along without stacking. In particular, growing a culture of stunted varieties, you can not be afraid of thickening, because the bush forms only the "necessary" greens. Also, the procedure can be avoided when cultivating "blue" in unprotected soil. In this case, the green part of the plant performs an additional function: it prevents the soil from drying out. In addition, the greens growing on such individuals are not so intense, therefore, eggplants do not spend forces on its formation.

Especially important procedure for vegetables that are grown in the greenhouse. Indoors it is usually very difficult to control the temperature of the air, therefore high levels of moisture and heat are often observed in protected soil. Because of this, a dense mass of leaves and lateral processes of the stem are actively formed on the bushes. In order to slow down the growth of sheets and promote the proper formation of each individual, it is necessary not only to remove unnecessary organs, but also to cut the apical point of growth of the bushes.

In order to carry out the procedure with the most positive result, it should be carried out before the formation of buds.

How to pinch

Hope for a positive result from the removal of the lateral processes of eggplant is possible only if:

  • choose the right time for the first procedure;
  • select individually for each plant the formation of bushes.

Often, the first removal of extra blue organs can be started when it takes 3 weeks after transplanting vegetables to a permanent place of residence. By this time, the culture manages to take root and take root in the new environmental conditions. However, it is not starting to grow actively yet. Pasynkovanie do not need a sedimentary or dry day, because it can provoke the development of a disease of an infectious nature at the wound site. The optimal time to eliminate the side shoots is morning. The wounds received by the plant at this time will successfully heal until the evening.

How to stick eggplants? This can be done according to two basic schemes. Usually form plants or in 1 stalk, or in a few.

Formation of a bush in one stem is best done for weakened individuals. In this case, after cutting the growth point, only 1 upper shoot is left. In this case, all the others are subject to liquidation. It is also worth to thin out the formed ovary, leaving only the largest.

The following scheme (in several stems) is suitable for healthy individuals that are well rooted and actively developed. After pinching the tops of the vegetable, it is worth leaving a few shoots for development, but no more than 5. At the same time, you can leave more ovaries on the bush.

Despite the fact that the procedure for removing unnecessary organs eggplant is quite simple, often make mistakes, especially inexperienced gardeners. Therefore, before you start to delete "all without analysis", it is worth studying the recommendations and advice of experienced gardeners. This is the only way to prevent the assumption of common mistakes and achieve the most positive result.

For example, it is only necessary to remove shoots manually. Secateurs and even more so it is better not to use scissors for these purposes. If, however, to avoid the use of garden tools, before use, they need careful treatment with disinfectants. Otherwise, through the wound formed on the plant, an infection can be introduced into the culture body.

After the procedure for each bush, it is necessary to process the hands and tools with special substances with disinfectant properties. Such actions prevent the spread of the disease from one individual to all others.

If in a greenhouse where eggplants grow excessively dry, the lower leaves should be left on the bush. After all, these bodies will hold water near the stem, preventing the soil from drying out. At the same time, it is worth removing dry or altered sheets and ovaries. After all, such organs can be signals of illness.

When greenhouse cultivation of vegetables should not be too often in the soil organics. After all, blue even with organic fertilizer in small quantities begin to actively form a green mass, which negatively affects the formation of fruits.