Growing eggplants

• Space individual plants 12 to 18 inches apart.

• Before planting, add some general purpose fertilizer to the soil.

• Eggplants love heat, so do well in raised beds and with dark mulch.

• Harvest when the skin is still smooth and shiny.

  PLEASE NOTE: The plants on my farm table have NOT been hardened off. They are straight from the greenhouse.
  You can do one of the following:
  1. Expose them gradually to outdoor conditions over a week
  -OR (as I do)-
  2. Plant them immediately and give them protection from excess sun, wind, and rain for a week or two.

Patio Baby

45 days. Ideal for containers but right at home in any garden, this spineless, compact variety provides incomparable early and sustained yields of 2–3 inch long, egg-shaped fruit on plants no taller than 24 inches. The almost-black fruit are deliciously mild with less bitterness than comparable varieties, helping to garner All-America Selections honors. (Territorial Seed)

Asian Trio

The three best varieties of hybrid Asian eggplants. Their glossy, tender skins enclose succulent, creamy-smooth flesh, that is never bitter and easy to quickly slice and cook. These beauties are borne in abundance with multiple clusters of slender, elongated fruits on well-branched, extra-early plants.
(Renee’s Garden)

Asian Bride = lavender & white eggplant
Charming = magenta eggplant
Farmer's Long = dark purple eggplant

Gretel

Solid white specialty mini eggplant.

Loads of tender, bitter-free 3–4" fruits on a compact 24–36" plant. You can begin to harvest when fruits are 3–4" long by 3/4–1 1/4" diameter.
(Johnny’s Selected Seed)