Planting eggplants on uninfected ground is the only practical means of control. Blossoms set fruit best between 70 and 90 degrees, when there is sufficient soil moisture and the bees are active. Pollen production is curtailed when the night temperatures fall below 55 degrees, resulting in poor fruit set. Varieties Eggplant fruit comes in a variety of shapes and colors that have little to do with the flavor or quality of the fruit. The traditional eggplant fruit is purple to black and bulb-shaped.
Colors range from black to pink to white, and shapes range from elongated sausages to eggs.
Peppers may be classified as sweet or hot, or by color. Most peppers either are green or yellow when immature. Because the Colorado growing season is short, peppers generally are harvested before they turn red, although small peppers generally produce a fair percentage of red fruit. All peppers, including ornamental peppers, are edible. However, be careful tasting peppers of unknown hotness.