How To Grow An Eggplant From Seed
Sow seed in individual pots containers or flats.
How to grow an eggplant from seed. Start growing eggplants on the. The staking will provide support for the plants when they grow. If playback doesnt begin shortly try.
Start plants six to eight weeks prior to planting outdoors. As seen in the previous section it is extremely easy to grow eggplant from seed. Sprinkle 10-15 Eggplant seeds in a wet paper towel.
Next strain the seeds pat them dry and spread them out on a tray to dry no more than two seeds thick. Eggplant seeds germinate in 5 to 6 days. If theres one thing you need to know about growing eggplant its that a lengthy period of warmth is essential to success.
Start growing eggplants on the growing season by starting them indoors. Place the stake one or two inches from each plant. An overripe eggplant is typically hard and shriveled.
Slice open the overripe eggplant and separate the flesh from the seeds putting the seeds in a bowl of water and rinsing away the pulp. Moving on to our how to grow eggplant guide now it is time to plant the eggplant. As a semi-tropical native it needs consistent temperatures of 20C or higher to thrive and trying to grow it in cooler conditions is pretty much doomed to failure.
Moist it with drinking water. Eggplants love of warmth continues into its mature phases of life. Growing eggplant from seed requires some care but it is worth the effort because there is a huge variety you can buy in seed form while nurseries often carry only a few types.