The lack of ovary on the eggplant is a problem that many summer residents and gardeners face.

Indeed, it is very unpleasant when so much labor and time has been spent to grow plants and wait for their flowering, and there is no ovary on them.

Who associates this with a lack of heat, who with the length of the day (eggplant is a short-day plant), who with an excess of nitrogen in the soil.

Eggplants are really very whimsical plants and it can be difficult to obtain fruits from them. Why eggplants are not tied and what to do if this happened at your summer cottage or in a greenhouse?

The most common causes of ovary failure are:

How to fix the problem

In order to eliminate the problem of lack of ovary, it is necessary to optimize all the factors leading to the violation of their education.

A sufficiently good effect is provided by the use of boric acid for spraying plants. Boron, in addition to increasing the number of ovaries in eggplant, promotes better plant growth and improves the quality of vegetables.

To prepare the solution, one to two grams of boric acid per ten liters of water is used.

Only hot water is used to dissolve boric acid. When preparing a solution for spraying, the powder is diluted in a liter of very hot water, after which water at room temperature is added to it.

If there is an excess of nitrogen in the soil, you can weaken its effect by adding wood ash - 1 cup per 1 m2 of area, the ash is used previously diluted with water.

Wood ash will also help deoxidize the soil. It should be remembered that fertilizers are applied to well-watered soil, and watered after application to prevent burns to the root system of the plant.

It is necessary to organize sufficient watering. It should be watered only with warm water.

Watering plants should be carried out in a radius of 35 centimeters near the bush, abundantly, but rarely - as needed. Watering is carried out early in the morning or in the evening.

Eggplant is a self-pollinated plant. And if the eggplant is blooming but not tied, you can help them with artificial methods.

• It is recommended that the peduncles be gently shaken sometimes - this technique will help increase pollination and save pollen on plants from drying out.
• You can apply the treatment with drugs that contribute to the formation of the ovary - "Bud" or "Epin." Gibberellin contained in these preparations stimulates their formation.
• If the eggplants are not tied in the greenhouse, the pollination process can be taken under control using a brush or just apply a gentle tapping on the plant.

In hot and sunny weather (30 ° C and above), when grown in soil, branches can shade eggplant plants for a short time, saving them from overheating, and organize ventilation in greenhouses.

With constant shading, the ovaries will also not appear, so it is recommended to pick leaves shading the flowers.

How to prevent

The problem of lack of ovaries on the eggplant lies in the violation of agricultural cultivation techniques.

To prevent empty flowers on eggplant, one must have a good knowledge of the biology of this crop. Eggplant - a plant photophilous, thermophilic and hygrophilous - you need to consider this.

Eggplant can not withstand sudden changes in temperature. The optimum temperature regime for them is 25 - 28 ° C. At temperatures below 13 ° C they begin to turn yellow and die.

Therefore, to prevent temperature differences, experienced gardeners prefer to grow this vegetable in a greenhouse.

To prevent problems with the formation of the ovary caused by soil unsuitable for the culture, one should immediately take care of its physicochemical properties.

In the fall, phosphorus-potassium fertilizers must be added. Culture prefers light, well-fertilized soils, so they must be made as suitable as possible for the cultivation of eggplant.

If the soils on the site are clay or loamy, you can improve the structure by adding sand, manure, peat and sawdust. At 1 m - sand 1 bucket, manure 1 bucket, peat - 2 buckets, sawdust - half a bucket.

First of all, it is necessary to observe the agricultural technology of the culture, which includes the appropriate soil, fertilizers, planting by the seedling method, temperature, watering, and care necessary for this particular crop.

In addition, you must use necessarily zoned varieties.

• Variety "Almaz" is zoned in many regions of Russia, and even in Siberia. The variety is mid-season, yield reaches 6 kg / m2. Beginners in eggplant cultivation are recommended to start with this particular variety.
• For cultivation in the areas of Central Russia, the Urals and Siberia, Banana is also intended - ultra-mature, yield up to 4 kg / m2.
• Zoning for cultivation in open ground in the southern regions has a variety of "Epic (F 1)", early ripening.
• With a warm, southern climate, the Black Beauty variety grows well in open ground, and in areas with a cold climate, these varieties are grown mainly in greenhouse conditions.

If the conditions of the eggplant cultivation zone are cold, with a short summer, then you need to choose early ripening varieties and it is better to grow them in a greenhouse.

Under favorable weather conditions, the choice of varieties is expanding significantly.

The assortment of eggplant varieties is very large. Their colors are also diverse, they are represented as purple, blue, black, white eggplant, and unusual red, striped, orange colors of the fruit.

Given the above recommendations, the cultivation of this crop in all its diversity should be successful.

Eggplant is an overseas guest from India. It is recognized as one of the most difficult to grow crops. Since the vegetable is capricious, demanding on the level of moisture of a neutral and organic rich earth, it grows with humidified air, the presence of sufficient nitrogen, sunlight and heat. Today you will learn why eggplants are not tied in the greenhouse, about the main causes and ways to eliminate them.

Temperature violation

In order for cultures to grow normally and fully develop, they need to create a temperature regime at the level of 25 - 27 degrees Celsius. If the greenhouse is below + 15 - 18 degrees, then the plant will not only stop its development, but will freeze.

During flowering, this is fraught with drying and falling of the barren flower. Since in this case, the ovary will not be able to form. If, on the contrary, the thermometer column rises to + 32, then you should not expect pollination or the formation of ovaries.

Video “Reasons for the lack of ovary”

From the video you will learn why eggplant ovary may not occur.

Unsuitable soil

In addition to a certain temperature, plants are able to fully develop only in the earth, which has an optimal composition. It should be fertile with good drainage and a neutral level of acidity. In the presence of clay or podzolic soil, which is not only acidic and dense, but also cannot warm up normally, you run the risk of not seeing emerging fruits on the crops. Therefore, to check whether the soil composition is suitable for growing eggplant is the main concern of every gardener. The land must be well fertilized.

The lack of such an important element as nitrogen can lead to a lack of ovary. For planting eggplant, you can use a mixture consisting of turf land with humus in a ratio of 1: 2. A mixture of humus and peat in the same proportion is also suitable. Experienced gardeners for normal warming up of the earth in the fall lay in the trenches compost or rotted humus. They are excellent biofuels.

Good predecessors of nightshade are cucumbers, cabbage, onions. It is better not to plant them after other nightshade or pepper. Replanting eggplants in the old place is advised to carry out after 3 years. The soil should be moist and well loosened at the time of planting.

Inadequate or improper watering

Incorrect watering can also become the reason that the ovaries cannot be tied. In the greenhouse, moderate humidity should be maintained. Good flowering, the formation of ovaries and, accordingly, the opportunity to collect a rich harvest of your favorite vegetables in the future depend on sufficient watering.

If the plant is tied, but receives little water, then he will respond with a delay in terms of the formation of buds and fruits. Because their natural diet will be disrupted. The same thing happens with excessive fluid stagnation. Since the roots cannot receive enough oxygen. Normally, eggplant needs a rare but plentiful watering. The soil should be moistened no more than 40 - 50 cm in depth.

Fertilizers

Why is it that eggplants are not tied? You can specify in a number of reasons and the introduction of a large number of dressings. This is the result of the desire to get an early and rich harvest of vegetables.

Do not overdo it with organic and mineral fertilizers. This is fraught with the buildup of green mass crops. In this case, there will be too few peduncles; they will dry out and fall off.

Excess nitrogen

Specialists call nitrogen the element that is part of the fertilizer that needs to be added to the soil at a certain time of the year. It is recommended to do this in early spring. Since in the case of feeding with a nitrogen-containing agent during the growing season, the culture will inevitably get a lot of stress.

In response, she will instantly react with a lack of ovaries and flowering. And then one should not hope for a harvest of healthy and tasty vegetables. Determining the excess nitrogen in the soil is not so difficult even for a novice gardener. The signal will be falling and drying eggplant flowers, which have just begun to appear on plants. To correct the situation, the introduction of a small amount of such elements as potassium and phosphorus into the soil will help. Fertilizing the beds with ash will also be effective. She is known for her ability to combat high nitrogen concentrations in the soil.

Excess pollen

This beautiful representative of the nightshade family is fruitful from self-pollination of the culture. Pollen is quite heavy. Therefore, it cannot be transported to a distance exceeding 1 meter. So that the ovaries can form in a normal amount, you need to shake them a little in the morning. It is necessary to act carefully so as not to harm the plants. Even when pollinating manually, one cannot exclude the possibility of eggplant losing a certain amount of ovaries. This can happen due to the presence of low or too high ambient temperature.

Since the optimal temperature conditions for the culture are indicators in the range of 25 - 35 degrees heat. Eggplant cultivation is advised to be carried out in greenhouse conditions. Since in open ground the weather with prolonged rains is dangerous for them. If it was not possible to avoid the negative consequences of a temperature violation, use the Immunodeficiency and Novosil preparations.

With falling ovaries and the absence of fruits, such tools as Bud, Ovary, Gibbersib, with which they spray plants, have proven themselves in practice. All preparations contain a special substance called gibberellin.

It is necessary for the culture during its flowering. Eggplant is able to independently produce this component. But in the absence of the necessary conditions, gibberellin is not secreted in sufficient quantities. Therefore, the ovaries eventually fall off. After spraying, ovaries are often stimulated. For this, the plant needs to be dipped. Cauterization of pestle with a strong solution of potassium permanganate is also popular.

Video “Growing eggplant”

From the video you will learn how to properly grow eggplant.

Pustacea on eggplant is quite common, despite the fact that the vegetable is self-pollinated. It is very disappointing when so much time and money has been spent on plants, and they do not live up to expectations.

First of all, you need to deal with the reasons that provoked the barren flower. And then proceed to solve the problem.

There are plenty of reasons for the emergence of a barren flower. Eggplant is an unpretentious plant, but changes in weather conditions and inadequate care affect its development and fruiting.

The ovary falls or does not appear for the following reasons:

1. The air temperature in open or closed ground warmed higher than + 28 ° C. The fact is that high temperature makes pollen of nightshade plants sterile. From the stamens, it falls into the pestle, but fertilization does not occur. Eggplant blooms as usual, no external changes occur with it, but the fruits do not appear in the end.
2. Untimely or excessive feeding. An excess of nitrogen or a lack of potassium, calcium, phosphorus and boron leads to the void.
3. Sudden changes in weather conditions. The reason for this is the prolonged rains, which lower the air temperature and excessively saturate the air and soil. If at night the temperature does not warm up to + 18 ° C., Then fruit sets do not occur, the plant accumulates all its energy to survive in unstable conditions.
4. Inadequate watering. Eggplant, like all nightshade, is thermophilic and hygrophilous. Moisture deficiency leads to the fact that the ovary does not form, since the plant does not have enough strength to form flowers and their further development.
5. Increased soil acidity. Vegetable culture will not develop normally, and even more so bear fruit in conditions of acidified and heavy soil.
6. Lack of sunlight leads to the falling of flower buds that have set in motion.
7. Poor self-pollination.

What to do?

Depending on the cause that led to the lack of ovary, use the following recommendations for normalizing the fruiting of eggplant:

• You cannot influence the air temperature in any way. But it can be softened a little. In the garden, it can be reduced by shading with awnings, which will absorb the sun's rays by 50-80%. If you grow vegetables in a greenhouse, then installed containers with water around the entire perimeter of the greenhouse, as well as shading and ventilation will contribute to the reduction.
• It is impossible to fertilize with nitrogen fertilizing during the setting period. As fertilizers, use boric acid, potassium, phosphorus.

Useful advice!

To process eggplant with boric acid, you will need to dissolve only a few drops of the substance in ten liters of warm water. To saturate the plant with potassium and phosphorus, use complex fertilizers (30 grams per 10 liters of water per 1 m²) or wood ash (1 glass per bush).

• If it rains for a long time and at night the temperature drops to + 15 ° C., Cover the eggplants with agrofiber for the night. This will protect the plants from cold air masses, and this will contribute to the formation of the ovary.
• Set a moderate watering regime for vegetables. It is recommended to irrigate eggplant with warm, well-maintained water. To avoid wasting electricity or gas on heating the liquid, fill the barrels and leave them in the sun. For the whole day, the water warms up, and in the evening it will be possible to water the plants. Irrigate the eggplant under the root so that the water is soaked at least 15 centimeters in depth.
• Reducing the acidity of the soil will allow the introduction of wood ash, slaked lime, dolomite flour, chalk. Consumption per square meter is 200-500 grams, depending on the degree of acidification of the soil.
• In no case should you plant eggplants under the trees. Pick up lighted or slightly shaded areas in the garden.
• Pollination can be helped artificially. Shake the flower buds periodically so that the pollen from the stamens accurately falls into the pistil.

Prevention

To prevent the absence of an ovary, simple but effective agricultural techniques will help:

• so that eggplants do not suffer from sudden changes in weather conditions, grow them in a greenhouse. Under the covered ground it is easier to monitor the temperature and moisture, which is an influential factor in the formation of the ovary;
• in the autumn, after harvesting, dig the soil and apply phosphoric and potassium fertilizing;
• do not wait until there is no ovary, take care of regular watering of eggplant;
• during the setting of buds, spray with ash infusion or a solution based on boric acid.

Helpful information!

Wood ash infusion is an excellent nutritional supplement for eggplant. For cooking, you need 200 grams (glass) of crushed ash and water. Take a two-liter pan, pour a liter of water, bring to a boil and pour the ash, boil for 20 minutes. Leave to insist for a day. After that, dissolve the resulting ash mixture in a bucket of water.

Experienced gardeners recommend.

We revive solanaceous crops with improper care: why do eggplants bloom but do not set? Quick recovery of eggplant - we form the ovary.

Not always the normal formation of seedlings and development in the open ground guarantee a perfect result when bearing. Eggplant can bloom, but refuse to tie, so you need to find and eliminate the factors that influence it, encouraging them to develop further. Eggplant is one of those garden crops that needs an eye and an eye. There are no difficult moments in leaving, except for scrupulous work on cultivation, but this will allow get us 100% harvestso let's get started.

What you need to know about eggplant:

If you have planted eggplants correctly, using those types of soil mixture that fall under the preference of a nightshade vegetable, then pay attention to poor pollination. In this case, eggplant in the greenhouse is a disaster. Gardeners must manually pollinate:   remove pollen with a brush, transferring the adjacent pistil to the stigma. Attention: to pollinate only from open to open flowers.

How to feed eggplant for ovaries?

The system should be customized according to the preferences of each culture, but there are rules that have been tested over the years. For example, eggplant loves nitrogen, but we, as advanced gardeners, know that nitrogen slows down the development of the ovaries, increasing the leaf mass on the contrary.

Know the enemy in person   - nitrogen components:

• Nitrofoska;
• Azofoska;
• Chicken droppings;
• Manure;

Instead  organic, purchased or natural nitrogen fertilizer is better to add potassium and superphosphate.  100 grams of superphosphate per 1 bucket of organics is a better practice than pure nitrogen fertilizers.

How to feed eggplant for ovaries:

• 500 grams of superphosphate;
• 50 grams of potassium sulfate;
• 400 grams of urea;
• Or 400 grams of ammonium nitrate;

Fertilizers must be harmoniously combined  so that all parts of the plant develop in a direction specified by nature. Keep in mind that phosphorus fertilizers enhance the formation of fruits, and lack of ovaries may be due to lack of phosphorus. Potassium also increases resistance to disease and stimulates fruiting.

More lighting and heat.

Eggplant should have more lighting to form the ovaries during normal flowering. Increase volumes, especially in greenhouses, but without fanaticism - direct rays are also harmful. Daylight hours for eggplant for the formation of ovaries and further fruiting - 12 hours.  Note that for the distillation of inflorescences, we did 14 hours of lighting. Now we are reducing, but not by much, while preserving the status of a lighting lover for eggplants.

Air temperature for the normal development of eggplant +12° C and +25° Happy afternoon.An increase in temperature above the limit of 29 ° C leads to sterilization of the buds - the eggplants bloom, but do not set.

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If the plant drops flowers or there are no ovaries on it, there are several reasons for this. He lacks nutrients, an unfavorable microclimate is established, watering is carried out incorrectly.

What to do? Correctly care for the culture from the seedling stage, choosing the optimal living conditions for it.

The problem of lack of ovaries on the eggplant may be the improper cultivation of seedlings.How to fix this problem?

Fill the pots with soil mixture, moisten, compact.

Sprout the seeds and place one seed in each pot, put a 2 cm layer of soil on top.

Cover with foil, place in a warm place.

Eggplant will sprout after 10 days at a temperature of 24 degrees. It is important that the temperature is not too high or too low. If it is more than 40 or less than 18 degrees Celsius, the seeds will die.

After emergence, the seedlings are placed in a cool and bright place for a week. Then they are transferred to a warm place.

Top dressing is carried out after the formation of a loop of seedlings.

Most likely causes of ovary failure

Why is there no ovary? Eggplants are capricious plants and may not form an ovary for several reasons:
♦ the land is too poor;
♦ cold weather;
♦ the bees did not pollinate;
♦ it is hot in the greenhouse - the temperature is above 40 degrees;
♦ watering is carried out incorrectly;
♦ there are not enough nutrients: in this case, supplements with Epin or Bud are necessary.

Important!  Water the crop with warm water, 2 times more often than peppers, 4 times more tomatoes. For each bush, 2 liters of liquid should be daily, while spraying is necessary.

In the northwestern and central regions of Russia, crop cultivation can only be carried out in a high greenhouse or other structure. In open ground, there is practically no chance of getting fruit.

It is better to cultivate eggplant in a greenhouse separately from other crops. Planting with a tomato is not the best option.

The average planting period is from May 15. Before planting in the greenhouse, you should prepare the soil - it should warm up to 16C. For this purpose, a pair of humus buckets, 100 grams of mineral fertilizers are introduced into the soil.

Between the plants there should be a gap of about 27 cm, between the rows it should reach 55 cm. It is forbidden to deepen the planting!

In a greenhouse, vegetables are sensitive to temperature changes. Therefore, the primary task should be to maintain the optimum temperature in the structure - about 25 ° C. An improperly set temperature is the main reason for the lack of ovary in eggplant.

Eggplant should be regularly watered under the root. This should be done 2 times a week.

Top dressing is done every couple of weeks. Loosening is carried out as necessary.

In the greenhouse should be the formation of plants. It is necessary to eliminate non-fruiting and lower branches, diseased leaves. It is also worth carrying out a garter plant. In order to make the tie higher, it is recommended to shake the stems daily.

Bush formation

Preventative measures

Eggplants will be actively tied if optimal conditions are created for them. However, the flowers may still fall. What preventative measures to take to help the plant?

Perform soil analysis. The plant does not develop well on marshy, compacted, cold soils. It is necessary to select a soil that is moisture permeable and rich in organic elements.

Plants can not be planted after nightshade - potatoes, tomatoes, physalis. Eggplant can be grown at the same place with an interval of 3 years.

Another reason for failure is seeds. They can be infected with viruses, so planted varieties should be planted.

Bad tying is the result of poor pollination. In view of this, you should pollinate the culture yourself. Take a brush, swipe it on the yellow anthers of the flower. Next, pollen should be applied to the stigma of the pistil of another flower. It is better to use the pollen of a bud that has just opened.

In a greenhouse, the discharge of buds by a plant can occur due to the drying of the soil.

The optimum humidity is considered to be about 60%.

With excessive soil moisture, the situation repeats - in this case, air access to the root system is difficult, as a result of which the flowers fall. Therefore, it is important to properly water!

It is carried out every week, spending 500 liters of water per 10 square meters. After irrigation, the greenhouse should be ventilated, the next day the soil is loosened and mulched.

After the beginning of the appearance of fruits, the infusion of weeds is added to the soil in a ratio of 1: 5. Before, organics should not be used - the flowers will fall off.

It is important to add 100 grams of superphosphate to each bucket of organic matter. You can not fertilize with fertilizers containing chlorine and its derivatives.

In addition to nitrogen, the culture requires potassium and phosphorus. Potash dressing can enhance the plant's resistance to disease. Phosphorus elements can increase the formation of generative organs, accelerate the appearance of fruits.

Mostly weak plants shed flowers. Therefore, it is worth strengthening their immune system by using the means "Novosil" or "Epin-extra."

To plant eggplant growing in a greenhouse is also very necessary. This is especially true for tall varieties. Under favorable conditions of the greenhouse, the bush can grow and will create a shadow for the neighboring plant. Also, the large growth of the green part of the culture affects the quantity and quality of the ovaries.

When forming an eggplant bush, all unwanted shoots, flowering and ovaries are removed from it. This is done to redistribute plant nutrients and prevent the growth of green mass. Low-growing varieties can be left to self-formation, they are arranged in a low sprawling bush that does not need a garter. But to ignore them is also not advisable, so that they do not grow into neighboring plantations.