When I first tried growing eggplants (or aubergines) in my area under the mountains (zone 6B), they didn't do so well. They were growing outdoors, and during the heat of summer, they kept dropping their flowers. I thought they'd never set fruit. But come autumn, they started producing tender and tasty fruits that soon fueled my eggplant obsession. I was now on a mission to troubleshoot my eggplant growing process.