Eggplant Seeds

🍆 Versatile Garden Staples

Eggplants are nutrient-dense, high-fibre, and low-calorie additions to any garden. A member of the potato and tomato family, they are celebrated for their ability to absorb flavours and oils, making them a delicious choice for countless recipes.

  • Starting Indoors: Begin seeds indoors 10 weeks before your last frost date. Soak seeds in water overnight, then germinate at 27°C. After sprouting, grow seedlings under lights at 23°C.

  • Transplanting & Care: Harden off seedlings and move to a full-sun location once danger of frost has passed. Plant in fertile, organic soil, spacing them 60 cm apart in rows 90 cm apart. They respond well to staking or trellising and require regular, even watering and a low-nitrogen fertilizer.

  • Encouraging Maturity: About 3–4 weeks before your first fall frost, pinch off any new blossoms to help the plant focus energy on maturing existing fruit.

  • Harvesting: Fruits are ready when the skin is dark and shiny; test for maturity by pressing the surface—it should not spring back.

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