Though I don’t think you need to tickle F1 plants. This pretty purple flower belongs to black prince aubergine and had most likely bloomed today; it was certainly closed shut yesterday. Just in case you are meant to tickle them, I did just that with a paint brush.
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Reblogged this on Linda's wildlife garden and commented:
awesome up date thank you for sharing
We’re growing Aubergines for the first time this year – maybe I need to get the tickle stick ready then ? 🙂
Possibly yes. Especially if undercover, and if not F1 hybrids. Think it’s naturally done by the breeze or bees.