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Eggplant, Black Beauty Seeds
Solanum melongena
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Grow your own delicious and nutritious eggplants with Black Beauty seeds.
Produces large 0.5-1.4 kg (1-3 lbs), glossy, dark purple fruit. Compact plants grow 53-75 cm (20-30") tall and can produce 12 fruit per plant. The thin-skinned, creamy textured fruit with a mild flavor is a favorite for Mediterranean-style cooking.
- SKU: 143732
- Common Name: Eggplant
- Botanical Name: Solanum melongena
Growing Information
Safe
for Bees
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun
Days to
Germination:
7 - 14 days
Water
Needs:
Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
Days to
Maturity:
80 days (after transplanting outdoors)
Key Features
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual (plant every year)
- Fill Weight (grams): 200 mg
- Approximate Seed Count: 40-45
- Characteristics: Attracts bees | Frost sensitive
- Planting Method: Start Indoors
- Water Needs: Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Growth Habit: Bush
- Resistance: Deer
- Tolerance: Heat
- Flavour: Tender, rich, and full eggplant flavor
- Preparation Ideas: Popular in mediterranean dishes.
Instructions
Start eggplant seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost in your area. Follow the seed depth and spacing guidelines indicated below. Once all danger of frost has passed, seedlings should be hardened off before planting in their growing location. Seedlings should be transplanted according to the plant and row spacing directions below. Regularly monitor your plants and ensure that the soil remains moist, but not soggy while they establish themselves in their new environment. Use a low nitrogen fertilizer as nitrogen promotes leaf growth at the expense of producing fruit.
- Planting Depth: 6 mm (1/4in.)
- Seed Spacing: Sow eggplant seeds roughly 5 cm (2 in.) apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 60 cm (24 in.) apart.
- Plant Spacing: 45 cm (18 in.)
- Instructions for Nutrient Care: Apply SUPERThrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Suggestions
Growing Suggestions:
- Eggplants dislike cold weather and it is recommended to wait until the outside temperature is 15˚C (60˚F) before transplanting seedlings outdoors.
- Remove any fruit or flowers that have developed before transplanting so the plant can put its energy into root and stem development and acclimate to the outdoor environment.
- Always water under the foliage, right at ground level. Overhead watering leaves the fruit and foliage wet, which invites disease.
- Plants can be supported with a stake or a tomato cage, installed at the time of transplanting. If placed later you run the risk of damaging plant roots.
- Eggplants are self-pollinating, and do not require pollination to produce fruit.
- The number one pest to eggplants is the flea beetle. As soon as you transplant seedlings in the ground cover them with a row cover for protection.
- Harvest often to encourage more fruit production. Look for shiny, glossy skin and gently squeeze the eggplant, if the skin bounces back after being released it is ready to harvest. If indentations remain, the fruit is not quite ripe. Cut the stem approximatley 2.5 cm (1 in) above the ftcap ft - do not pull the fruit off the stem as this cause damage and impact fruit production.
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Overall rating: 4.3 / 5 from 10 reviews.
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Packaged well, shipped fast
"Packaged well, shipped fast"
eggplant
"will use next year but i know these are great"
Eggplant
"Love it"
Not much success this year
"Planted them on the same place as last year. Only 5 out of 20 bushes had crop."
good plant
"good plant"
1/2 of them sprouted
"1/2 of them sprouted"
Now I need to figure out how to cook them
"Seeds are up. Just waiting to transplant outside. I’ll let you know in the fall how they."
Well packaged
"Haven't use it yet, will plant it in spring. Package looks good."
Harder to Grow than I Thought but Worth it
"I thought these would be easier to grow and take care of than they were, I germinated in seed trays and they came up okay but I lost a bunch from lack of enough heat and water. Nice to have homegrown eggplant though, needs a warm climate for sure."
