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Eggplant
Sowing periods
The classic black/dark purple egg shaped fruits, with firm tasty flesh. Large fruits (16-18 cm x 8 cm) hang from a tall, strong plant. Can handle a range of climates and sets fruit under cooler conditions enabling an earlier crop in most areas. Provide a sunny sheltered spot for best results. 20 seeds.
Beautiful oval shaped purple fruit with gorgeous white streaks. The fruit can be harvest as ‘baby’ eggplants when 5-6 cm long and 3 cm wide or left on the plant to mature at 8-10 cm long by 6 cm wide. A high yielding variety even in the cooler southern states if planted in a sheltered sunny position. The plants & calyxes are spineless. 20 seeds.
A good looking and tasting eggplant. Lavender with white streaks and grows to 10 cm long. Great yield with a creamy sweet flavour (no bitterness). Great for grilling or in middle-eastern dishes. Good for areas with shorter summers, plant in a sheltered sunny position for best results. 15 seeds.
Your classic long deep purple oriental eggplant. A robust variety that can set fruit in cooler weather and handle heat stress. Fruit is 18-25 cm in length, tender and quick cooking. An early variety that allows those with short summers have a eggplant crop. 15 seeds.
Make your Thai curries authentic with these small, round fruit averaging 5 cm across. A deep green eggplant with white stripes, with firm flesh that holds up well in curries. A compact bush with a high yield (warmer climate = more fruit). An early variety suitable for areas with a short summer. 15 seeds.