How to prune thai aubergine

Tip-pinch at establishment; light maintenance pruning throughout the season. Pinch the central tip once to encourage a bushy habit with multiple fruiting branches. Thereafter, remove only dead, damaged, or badly crossing stems. Fruit thinning is not required unless you want especially large individual fruits.

Once for tip-pinch; light tidy-up every 3–4 weeks. Thai aubergine grows as a bushy plant and produces many small fruits — it needs less aggressive thinning than large-fruited types. Pinch the growing tip at 30–40 cm to encourage branching. Remove crossing, damaged, or yellowing stems to maintain airflow. Thinning fruits is optional; the plant handles heavy cropping well.

Pinch the central tip once to encourage a bushy habit with multiple fruiting branches. Thereafter, remove only dead, damaged, or badly crossing stems. Fruit thinning is not required unless you want especially large individual fruits.