Eggplant Patio Baby

Eggplant Patio Baby

  • Features: This compact variety provides incomparable early and sustained yields of egg-shaped fruit on compact plants. The almost-black fruit are deliciously mild and rich tasting with less bitterness than comparable varieties, helping to garner All America Selections honours.
  • Maturity: 45 days / eggplants are 5-8cm (2-3") in diameter.
  • Light: Plant in full sun.
  • Soil and water: It is recommended that the soil is enriched with composted manure and time released nutrients, well drained and a pH of 6.3 to 6.8.
  • Spacing: Space 30-45cm (12"-18") apart.
  • Height: Plants are 30-60cm (12-24") in height.
  • Garden use: Ideal in containers. Also in vegetable garden or raised beds.
  • Growing tips: Plants will not require staking.
  • Culinary use: Excellent for grilling, roasted or for stirfry.
By providing mulch like barrier underneath the plant with hay or shredded leaves it keeps the soil cool, holds in moisture and prevent weeds. If the fruit is picked when under ripe, it can have a bitter taste. A perfect eggplant will stop growing bigger, with a glossy skin and a dust of seeds. An under ripe eggplant will not have seeds and overripe fruits will have dark seeds.

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