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How to grow eggplants

Solanum melongena · solanaceae family · annual crop

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Growing basics

Eggplant is a warm-season crop, usually started indoors and transplanted.

Seeds germinate once soil reaches about 70°F.

Fruit set stalls once days top 90°F or nights stay above 70°F.

Varieties in the library run 50 to 85 days to maturity.

Grows best in full sun.

Frost-tender: plants go out after the last frost.

Space plants 18 to 30 inches apart.

Sources

5 eggplants in the library

Black Beauty · Ichiban · Rosa Bianca · Fairy Tale · Listada de Gandia

Each has a full cited page in the library.

Pests and diseases we cover

Identification and treatment for each, with photos, in the library.

Row & Bed covers 5 eggplant varieties, each with a cited care timeline and fertilization schedule, identification and treatment for the pest and disease that reach them, and planting windows worked out for your ZIP.

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