Garden Plant Surprises

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Has anyone ever tried multiple times to grow plants that totally fail every time and then they surprise you by appearing in your seedling salvage box bearing fruit? ?

I had a storage container that I would sometimes replant seedlings that I thinned out of the main garden. This morning I was pleasantly surprised to see a Rosa Bianca Eggplant fruit growing from one of the matured salvaged seedling plants.  I was never successful with  Rosa Bianca eggplant in the main purposed garden.  
 

I am trying not to waste seeds and seedlings. I even made a delicious meal with the baby leaves of thinned out broccoli and cauliflower seedlings sautéed in olive oil and garnished over rice and vegetables.  I will plant fewer seeds next time because the germination rate is high most of the time and Garden space is so valuable.

 

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update 1

It turned out to be another Fairy Tale eggplant, but I do have a Rosa Bianca plant which is correctly labeled that seems to have a fertilized flower so I am praying that it will go full term.  I wrapped the Rosa Bianca plant in a frost blanket to keep it warm because we will have a few cold nights in the 40's F (pic below).

I found two more unlabeled eggplants, both with white fruit.  One has long white fruit which looks like a Casper, and the other has more round white fruit.  I picked several bell peppers too, so that the plants wouldn't struggle tonight in the cold. 

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