How To Plant Eggplant From Seeds

Whichever it is our how to grow eggplant guide below should help you.

How to plant eggplant from seeds. Slice open the eggplant and separate the flesh from the seeds. An overripe eggplant is typically hard and shriveled. Hold a metal spoon with your thumb near the base of the handle and use it to scrape out the soft seedy core from each half of the eggplant.

An overripe eggplant is typically hard and shriveled. Transplant the eggplant seedlings after theyve fully sprouted and all are about 3 inches tall into pots or any other medium youre using. Start the seeds in small pots or cell packs filled with a bagged or homemade seed-starting mix.

Sow seed in individual pots containers or flats. Wrap it up or put another towel over it. Planting and germinating eggplant requires you to use the right type of soil and a container that is about an inch full.

Transplant the seedlings to the garden when soil temperatures reach 60 degrees. Make sure the soil has warmed to near 70 degrees before planting. Depending on the variety eggplant can take anywhere from 75 to 110 days to produce from seed.

These plants need heat to germinate after the plants are transplanted outdoors they prefer warm soil. The easiest way to see that the soil does not lose moisture is to. 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.

Next strain the seeds pat them dry and spread them out on a tray to dry no more than two seeds thick. Plant all the seedlings 3ft apart to give each plant more than enough space to thrive and grow healthily. Moist it with drinking water.