My own attempts at growing eggplant, whose unusual flavour I’ve grown to love, have been a disaster in my veggie plot northwest of Toronto. “We’re the only place in the world that has managed to grow eggplant in greenhouses successfully,” exults a triumphant Viliam Zvalo, the research scientist who spearheaded this three-year trial. Their tendrils grow so long — often at least 10 metres — that greenhouse staff must climb tall ladders to keep twisting the stems around strings suspended from the greenhouse roof. They put my own humble attempts at growing eggplant to shame. “There’ll always be traditional farmers, because some crops — root vegetables, for instance — can only be grown outside, in the ground.” How reassuring.

Source: thestar November 17, 2017 12:56 UTC