Marie,

I am an organic farmer from Wimberley, just outside of Austin.

In certain climates I have been able to get a second year's crop from eggplants, though I've never tried it here.

DO NOT bury the stems. Unlike tomatoes the eggplant stem will not grow roots, just rot. Whatever fruit you get will probably be small. But, hey, it's fruit you never expected anyway, right?

I'd just add a bunch of compost to the pot (unless you think the pot is too small, then re-pot to a larger container), then a little fish emulsion or something to get it growing. If you add a liquid fertilizer try this trick of mine. Add a few tablespoons of sugar to the mix. Just like with us humans, sugar gets digested by the plant quickly and makes the plant hungry! Then the "real" food that you've given it will be taken up more readily.

Good luck.

Joe

Hi Joe -
I will try fertilizing with a bit of sugar in the mix, and see what happens.
Thanks for the advice!

Marie,
I did on 1 occasion get a second year out of my eggplants (at least 2 of them) I got lazy towards the end of the year and just left them there, then when the leaves dropped from my trees, i blew them into the garden where the eggplants were. T my surprise when i got around to cleaning the garden the next year i found 2 plants with plenty of new growth. I pruned all the lowere dead stuff and the plants took off like gangbusters, and i got a decent crop.

Good luck
Mark