High productivity: Yields abundant eggplants for home gardens
Drought tolerance: Thrives in arid and semi-arid regions with minimal watering
Tender, skinless fruits: Easy to cook and eat without peeling
Mild flavor: Delivers a pleasant taste without bitterness
Organically grown: Sustainably cultivated for healthier harvests
Summarized by Shop
Solanum melongena. A very productive Asian style eggplant that produces beautiful bright purple narrow fruits. These plants love the heat and are quite drought tolerant. Fruits have a mild flavor with no bitterness, and there's no need to peel the skin before cooking, as it is very tender. Not from our seed bank collection, but your purc
Plant species
Solanum melongena
Fruit length
12–18 inches (approximate)
Fruit weight
0.25 g each
Seeds per packet
60
Sunlight requirement
Full sun
Suitable space
Outdoors
Summarized by Shop
2.0
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Overall good
Seeds seem tough to get going but once planted and established, very productive
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Patty · March 13, 2023
Although the seeds germinated
The seeds were started inside in a tray. They all germinated, but (despite following a slow transition to outdoors and providing protection) all of the plants died. I really wanted eggplant, so I tried direct sow and again they germinated but none of the plants survived.