Opinion poll -Will my Aubergines pull through?

Hi all,

Forgive the blurry shaky photo - below is an example of my best Aubergine plant so far. Pretty leggy, and curly leaved - unfortunately I don't have any grow lights so my seedlings often end up below-par on crowded windowsills.

But this is my first time ever trying Aubergines and I'm wondering if other forum dwellers feel they are going to be worth carrying on with, or whether I make better use of precious indoor space and just get some new Aubergine plants from a nursery or garden centre?

 

Looks OK to me.
Do you intend moving them somewhere else to grow on?

 

That's good news.

I will plant them up into a bigger pot if you think they need it now? Otherwise I was thinking I would wait and plant them straight into their final larger pots outdoors later in the season.

Having never grown Aubergines before, I wasn't sure how these were doing. Google image search shows so many different varieties. These are Bonica's. The pack was marked as 'ideal for patio pots' so assumed they would be a bit bushier which is why I was worried about them. Inexperience I guess!

 

Look good to me too, you can get away with them outdoors in a hot summer, but, I hate to say it, this isn't going to be one.

 

Keep the faith Zigs!... surely please a summer this year!! What makes you think otherwise - gardener's wisdom or pure British scepticism?

Our garden's small, and our window sill's even smaller so don't really have much choice but to go outdoors with them. I will maybe keep one or two indoors as to compare results. We have a small town centre concrete yard, that is fairly sheltered. It's a bit of heat-trap provided the sun ever shows so hopefully they'll be ok!

 

You dont know that, you're just guessing.

I've never grow Aubergines either
But similar to tomatoes in growing conditions as I understand.
You could pot on to pots slightly larger if you have space and they are potbound, its too early to plant out I would say, at the moment.

You could alternatively keep them in those pots and give a balanced liquid feed a couple of times a week.

 

I didn't think to look at the underside of the pot, but I expect they are pot bound. Some of my toms are in clear yogurt pots and now look all root! Need potting up too, but I usually bury them a bit deeper due to my lighting situation. I don't think you can do this with Aubergines though can you, they're not side-shooting?

Feeding them is a good idea though.

 

As I said not grown them myself, but same family as Toms, so you could try potting deeper.

But personally I dont think they look that leggy.

 

Awesome. I'm only guessing on the potting deeper - as the stems don't look as hairy as toms. So figured they're maybe not side-shooting. But I'll try a couple of each so we'll know for future!