Black Long Eggplant Seeds

Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the family Solanaceae. It reaches a height of 0.5 to 1m. Your plant has erect, branched stems. The back side of the leaves is covered by a layer of hairs, sometimes provided with ribs of thorns and the flowers are large and purple star-shaped.
It is a very demanding plant in luminosity, requires 10 to 12 hours of light. Withstands high temperatures provided that there is adequate moisture and is very sensitive to cold, low biological temperature (10 to 12 ° C) and high (40 to 45 ° C), the optimum relative humidity of between 50% and 65%. It is a summer crop

GENERAL TIPS FOR GROWING EGGPLANT

- It is more demanding in temperatures pepper and tomato, with its optimum between 20 and 30, does not grow below 12 ° C and withstands higher temperatures quite well 40.
- It is grown from seed, seedlings, usually in trays for plants ready for transplanting when they have 4-5 leaves.
- It is a demanding crop light and pleasant temperatures.
- It is a demanding soil, deep and well drained ground, but hold strong grounds.
- It tolerates excess moisture.
- Culturing under 0.8-1 m. between rows and 0.5-0.8 m. spacing.
- You do not have excessive phytosanitary problems being the most important yellow spider, potato beetle and disease alternaria.
- Variety of very hardy and productive high bearing, produces long narrow fruits, 20 to 30 cms. and length 3 to 4 cm. in diameter.

Method of cultivation: hot bed should be planted from January to April, with convenient moisten the seed before sowing. Transplanted to a framework of 60 x 80 cms. preferring warm climates or places exposed to the sun, with good potting soil loose.

Harvest: A 5-6 months after planting.