Author: Justin Shelton

Harvest the fruits when they are still glossy and 6 to 8 in. (15-20 cm) long for traditional-sized eggplant, 2 to 3 in. (5-7 cm) long for mini-size eggplant. Use a knife or pruning shears rather than breaking or twisting the stems. How do you know when baby eggplant is ripe? If you squeeze the […]

In any event, your eggplants are edible regardless of color, though specimens that are yellow because they are overripe will not have the best taste as would an eggplant picked at the peak of ripeness. What do you do with yellow eggplant? Yellow eggplants are best suited for cooked applications such as sautéing, frying, and […]

They make a perfect appetizer or side dish. I kept the recipe super simple, just sliced the eggplants in half, filled with a few sliced of garlic, and then drizzled with olive oil, balsamic, salt and pepper. Enjoy! Mini eggplants roasted with garlic, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper. Can I eat small eggplants? […]

Quick Sowing Guide Method Sow direct or raise seedlings Sowing Depth 5mm Plant Height 50cm Position Full sun, moist well drained soil Days Until Maturity 80 days How quickly does eggplant grow? Eggplants are ready to harvest as soon as 70 days after sowing the seeds. Harvest fruits with skin that is glossy and thin. […]

There are many eggplant varieties that are oddly shaped, vary in flavor and offer different colors, from purple to green, to white or striped. Miniature eggplants develop as the same meaty fruits, at a reasonable size to fit any growing space. What are mini eggplants called? Indian Eggplant5. Indian Eggplant. Also called baby eggplants, these […]

Description/Taste Turkish eggplants are sweet and tender when harvested immature and will take on an increasingly bitter flavor as they mature. What is the best tasting eggplant? Sweet, tender, flavorful and creamy, Fairy Tale are simply the best eggplants we’ve ever tasted,” says Taylor. This quick-cooking variety is so delicious that it doesn’t even need […]

Eggplant or Aubergine The British have borrowed quite a few foods terms from their French neighbors and none is more well-known than aubergine,known as eggplant in the U.S.. The word aubergine comes from the Catalan word alberginia, which came from the Arabic al-badhinjan and the Persian word badingan before that. What countries call eggplant? Eggplant […]

Eggplants comes in all different colors, shapes and sizes. Although most commonly associated with the color purple, various eggplants varieties are all white! Let’s explore the whole wide world of these less common white eggplant cultivators. What is the difference between white eggplant and purple eggplant? When comparing the size, the white eggplant is smaller […]

Yellow eggplants are best suited for cooked applications such as sautéing, frying, and roasting. Known for their bitter taste, the seeds are first removed, and the flesh is then soaked in water to reduce the sour flavor. Yellow eggplants are popularly sliced and sautéed in coconut milk-based curries. Are yellow eggplants good to eat? In […]

But eggplant also can be long and skinny, round, pear shaped, or the size of a large grape, with colors ranging from white to dark purple and striped variations inserted throughout the mix. They’re not usually called eggplant outside the United States. What is the shape of eggplant leaves? Foliar Foliage Retention Evergreen Foliar Attachment […]

30" tall. Black Beauty eggplants are a popular heirloom variety of eggplant with big yields! The bushy spreading plants grow up to 30″ tall and hold their purplish-black oval fruit well off the ground. This top-notch fruit averages 2 pounds, holds well, and retains good color. How do you know when Black Beauty eggplants are […]

Use pathogen-free transplants. Minimize periods of high relative humidity and free moisture on leaves through the use of drip, rather than overhead irrigation, controlling weeds, increasing plant spacing, and avoiding overirrigation. Bury infected crop debris or remove and destroy infected leaves. What is the best fungicide for eggplant? Listed below are symptoms of the most […]

Phytophthora blight (caused by Phytophthora capsici or P. nicotianae) is a water mold that may attack eggplant roots, leaves, stems, or fruit. Symptoms include dark streaking on the upper branches of the plant, followed by the rapid collapse of the plant and death. How do you treat eggplant with leaf spots? Eggplant (Solanum melongena)-Cercospora Leaf […]

After you transplant your seedlings, they take from 50 to 60 days to mature, depending on the Chinese eggplant variety. They should be about 18-inches long with firm skin when they’re ripe. Use garden shears to clip the eggplants off, close to the stem. Is Chinese eggplant easy to grow? Chinese eggplant varieties are probably […]

qie zi 茄子. Sweet, buttery smooth, and earthy, Chinese eggplant (qie zi 茄子) is the central ingredient in many Chinese dishes. What is Chinese eggplant called? Oriental CharmAlso known as Oriental Charm and Pingtung Long, Chinese eggplant inherently has fewer seeds than Western eggplant varieties making them less bitter and meatier. Chinese eggplants are popularly […]