Our Greenhouse - First Update of The Year

We are coming into our second year of using our little homemade greenhouse. We built it last year out of a disused stock trailer frame, greenhouse plastic, and wiggle wire. Last year I grew tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and squash. This year I'm really going to use my space, plus there are plans on using a soaker hose system for watering, so I expect to have a very successful harvest come summer and fall.

According to the Farmer's Almanac, my zone should be planting eggplant indoors right now. Our greenhouse has no electricity running to it and all my plants will be in above-ground planters so trying to start anything this early out there has little chance of success.

This year I'm planting Malaysian Dark Red Eggplant from Baker Creek Seeds. I only have room for two of these plants in my little greenhouse. So I started three little soil pods with three seeds each. Depending on how many make it, I will thin the weakest and leave the strongest seedlings. If all three pods are successful, I will probably find a friend who could use an extra eggplant and give it away. I've grown too many peppers in the past and had to share them with @jasonrussell and @melodyrussell because I couldn't stand to let them go to waste. They will probably be the recipients of whatever I over-grow this year as well. Haha!

Little eggplant seeds

I plan on companion transplanting these eggplants into my half-barrel planters with some little lettuces. They are said to be good to grow together, one not draining too many nutrients for the other to survive.

Thanks for checking this post out! Please share any tips you have or your experiences in growing eggplant! I've only grown it from seed once before. It was successful, but I really didn't know what I was doing so I'm not entirely confident. Stay tuned!