Eggplant seeds
The packet
- Variety
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not specified
- Batch number
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not specified
- Quantity
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50 seeds
- When to sow
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not specified
- How to sow
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not specified
- Germination
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unknown days
- Days until maturity
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72–85 days
- Row spacing
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not specified cm
- Plant before
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2017
- Heirloom or hybrid
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Heirloom
- Organic
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Certified organic
- GMO
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Non-certified GMO-free
- Year saved
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Unknown
- Will trade
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nowhere (from Perth, Western Australia)
Notes
Eggplant, Black Beauty (Solanum melongena) Old standard, purplish-black smooth oval fruit to 160mm, fine flavour, bushy spreading plant to 80cm., does well in southern areas. From India, developed in Spain in 16th century. Growing conditions as for tomato, though Eggplant needs a longer growing season, treat as perennial in warmer climates, annual in cooler areas. Can sow indoors up to 8 weeks before transplanting, harden for one week by taking off heat and put in full sun. Picking regularly encourages production. Sow early spring.
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Crop
Eggplant
Solanum melongena
- 52 plantings
- 10 harvests
- An annual, living about 119 days
- First harvest about 76 days after planting
- Last harvest about 139 days after planting
- Usually grown in sun
