50+ Organic Long Purple Eggplant Seeds- Solanum Melongena- Non GMO- Heirloom Variety-A122

Name: 50+ Organic Long Purple Eggplant Seeds- Solanum Melongena- Non GMO- Heirloom Variety-A122
Brand: AshoGardens
SKU: 990279533
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50+ Organic Long Purple Eggplant Seeds- Solanum Melongena- Non GMO- Heirloom Variety-A122

Long Purple Eggplant seeds Sometimes called as Fingerling or Long Purple Italian, produce stocky, productive plants that bear four or more fruits per plant. The fruits are dark purple and club shaped 20-25cm (8-10") long and around 6cm (2.5") in diameter. The flesh is firm and mild in flavour, and it's lovely when cooked, taking on the flavours it is cooked with. This old heirloom variety arrived in American gardens back in the 1850s. Try growing this eggplant in a three to five gallon pot on your patio. Eggplants thrive in hot weather, and this variety does particularly well in northern areas.
Long and slender fruits
Stocky plants with 4 or more fruits each
20-25cm (8-10") long, 6cm (2.5") in diameter
Open-pollinated seeds
Matures in 60 days
Season & Zone
Season: Warm season
Exposure: Full-sun
Zone: 4-10
Timing
Sow indoors April 1-15th using bottom heat, and keeping seedlings warm. Optimal soil temperature: 24-32°C (75-90°F). Seeds should sprout in 7-12 days.
Starting
Sow seeds 5mm-1cm (¼-½”) deep. Use individual peat or coir pots to reduce root disturbance when transplanting. Transplant with 45-60cm (18-24″) between plants. 3 to 5 gallon containers work well.
Growing
Ideal pH: 5.5-6.0. Soil should have abundant phosphorus and calcium, so add lime and compost to the soil three weeks prior to planting. Mix ¼-½ cup of complete organic fertilizer into the soil beneath each transplant. Using a clear plastic cloche or floating row cover helps growth by increasing heat. Cool temperatures increase leafy growth, but prevent fruit set.
Harvest
Pinch off blossoms 2 to 4 weeks before first expected frost so that plants channel energy into ripening existing fruit, not producing new ones. Harvest the fruit anytime after the fruit reaches half of their size. Harvesting early prevents fruit from becoming too seedy, and will encourage more production from the plants.
Do not pull the fruit off the plant, but cut it with scissors or secateurs, being careful to avoid any sharp spurs at the stem end.

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