EGGPLANT - Long Purple

OP Open Pollinated

HL Heirloom

(100 seeds)

$3.95

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Easy-slicing, cucumber-shaped fruits

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If you’ve never tied to grow these elongated, purple-black aubergines, now’s the time to start. A heritage variety from Italy, it has firm, mild-flavoured flesh Read More

If you’ve never tied to grow these elongated, purple-black aubergines, now’s the time to start. A heritage variety from Italy, it has firm, mild-flavoured flesh and bears heavily. An early fruiting variety, it usually produces four or more fruits per plant, and the elongated shape makes it easy to slice. An archaic superstition linked eggplants to insanity, but this plant will just make you crazy about aubergines!

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Days to Harvest

70-90 days

Position/Sunlight

Full Sun

Watering

Medium

Plant Spacing

60cm

Plant Height

45-60cm

Additional Features

Easy Care Plants, Edible, Heirloom

Product Details

Common Name: EGGPLANT - Long Purple

Seeds Per Packet: Approx 100

Days to Harvest: 70-90 days

Watering: Medium

Plant Spacing: 60cm

Row Spacing: 120cm

Companion Plants: Beans, Okra

Additional Features: Easy Care Plants, Edible, Heirloom

Scientific Name: Solanum melongena

Germination Time: 10-21 days

Position/Sunlight: Full Sun

Plant Height: 45-60cm

Sow Depth: 5mm

Best Months to Plant – Eggplant
Climate Zone	Jan	Feb	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cool/Mountain							✓	✓	✓	✓
Temperate							✓	✓	✓	✓
Arid	✓				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Subtropical	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tropical			✓	✓	✓	✓

Cool/Mountain – Eggplant
Method	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Start in trays	✓	✓
Plant out transplants	✓	✓	✓	✓
Direct sow	✓	✓	✓

Temperate – Eggplant
Method	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Start in trays	✓	✓
Plant out transplants	✓	✓	✓	✓
Direct sow	✓	✓	✓

Arid – Eggplant
Method	Jan	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Start in trays		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Plant out transplants	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
Direct sow

Subtropical – Eggplant
Method	Jan	Feb	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Start in trays	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Plant out transplants	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Direct sow

Tropical – Eggplant
Method	May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Start in trays	✓	✓	✓	✓
Plant out transplants		✓	✓	✓
Direct sow

Growing Information

How to Sow

Sow your seeds in spring after the last frosts, or get a head start on your crop by sowing in containers about two months earlier. You will only cover them with about 5mm of medium, so keep them moist.

How to Harvest

Pick your eggplants when they are shiny and black. When they lose their shine, they are overripe. Use a pair of scissors or secateurs, and leave a short piece of stem attached to the fruit.

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How to Sow

Sow your seeds in spring after the last frosts, or get a head start on your crop by sowing in containers about two months earlier. You will only cover them with about 5mm of medium, so keep them moist.

How to Harvest

Pick your eggplants when they are shiny and black. When they lose their shine, they are overripe. Use a pair of scissors or secateurs, and leave a short piece of stem attached to the fruit.

🌱

Want the full growing guide?

See sowing times, planting tips, watering, harvesting and common problems for this crop.

View full grow guide →