6/ eggplant. I will not grow these again. I started these indoors in early and planted out of doors in late spring. This year I grew the Kami eggplants. The plant themselves grew fine, but the raccoons destroyed the fencing that was protecting them, and I’d find half-eaten eggplants all over the yard. It’s not worth the space and effort if you’re only going to harvest one or two fruits off of multiple plants.