Eggplant- Early Long Purple
Solanum melongena
Rated 4/5 based on 3 reviews.Standard seed packet, 45 seeds
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Eggplant- Early Long Purple
Solanum melongena
- Purple fruit to 25cm
- Very tender
- Excellent flavour
Perennial grown as an annual in cool climates. Large purple fruit growing to 25cm by 8cm. Very tender. Excellent flavour. Also known as "Aubergine". Commonly used in stews, sauces, baked, fried, stuffed and grilled.
How to sow and grow:
| Method: | Sow direct or raise seedlings |
| Sowing Depth: | 5mm |
| When: | Spring or after frost |
| Row Spacing: | 80cm |
| Position: | Full sun, moist well drained soil |
| Plant Spacing: | 70cm |
| Hardiness: | Frost tender |
| Days to Maturity/flowering: | 70-80 days |
| Care: | Plants may need staking. Picking regularly encourages more fruit. Can be grown as a perennial in warm climates. |
(Product number: D3-06)
Seeds per gram: 225 seeds
| SKU | D3-06 |
| Botanical name: | Solanum melongena |
| Packet type: | Standard seed packet |
| Packet quantity: | 45 seeds |
| Seeds per gram: | 225 |
| Photo credits: | photo By Minh T |
Certainly long!
6 January 2018Highly productive and easy to grow. As someone also said however, they are quite small - roughly the diameter of my thumb and 5-6cm long.
(4)
Super high yields
By: customer review from 17/02/2013 on 22 March 2016I have these early long purples in my garden at the moment I cant believe how many fruits we are getting. Its hard to keep up. They are quite small though, I mean we eat 2 each per meal.
(5)
Grow well
By: customer review from 6/04/2014 on 22 March 2016These tend to be very small eggplants, maybe only 10-15cm maximum before they start to go yellow and overripe, so you have to get them off early. Otherwise the yield is high and the fruit is delicious!
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