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title: "I’m growing eggplants for the first time and I just sprouted my first…"
description: "I’m growing eggplants for the first time and I just sprouted my first 2, and now that they’re bigger I’ve noticed they’ve got some white hairs on them. Is this…"
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community: "Edible Gardening"
author: "Snowstorm"
published: "2024-08-27T22:16:37.127573Z"
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# I’m growing eggplants for the first time and I just sprouted my first…

_Posted by Snowstorm on 2024-08-27_

I’m growing eggplants for the first time and I just sprouted my first 2, and now that they’re bigger I’ve noticed they’ve got some white hairs on them. Is this normal? I can’t seems to find anything on google and dr. Planta is just suggesting a repot.

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## 5 comments

### Ji11 commented on 2024-08-27

Can’t say I’ve ever seen that either. My only hypothesis is the seeds are growing from the inside. Has it gotten a lot of water recently? I’ve seen tomatoes do that from overwatering.

#### Snowstorm replied on 2024-08-27

It did rain a tonne last week. I let them dry out and only watered today after they started to get droopy and wilty.

Should I pick them maybe? And would they still be edible?

#### Ji11 replied on 2024-08-27

I’d be tempted to pick one and cut it in half just to see what’s going on lol

#### Ji11 replied on 2024-08-27

It also depends on what variety of eggplant some are full grown at that shape\&size

#### Snowstorm replied on 2024-08-27

These are black beauty eggplants and the bigger one is about the size of a tangerine and the smaller about a golf ball.

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