Eggplant 'Golden Egg'
Eggplant 'Golden Egg' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
'Golden Egg' is an open-pollinated, highly ornamental eggplant that is also delicious. The fruit are egg-shaped and ripen from pearl-coloured to golden yellow. Best flavour is before fruit turns yellow. It is faster to bear fruit and much more productive than larger eggplant. Suitable for container growing, even as a house plant in strong light or in a flower border.
Product: Eggplant 'Golden Egg'
Product type: SEED (50)
Botanical name: Solanum melongena
Golden Egg' is an open-pollinated, highly ornamental eggplant that is also delicious. The fruit are egg-shaped and ripen from pearl-coloured to golden yellow. Best flavour is before fruit turns yellow. It is faster to bear fruit and much more productive than larger eggplant. Suitable for container growing, even as a house plant in strong light or in a flower border.
Plant type: Warm season annual
Plant height: 50 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 23 - 28°C soil temp.
Temperate: Early spring - inside with extra heat; outside after frost danger has passed
Subtropical: Spring
Tropical: All year, perennial in the tropics
Germination: 10 - 14 days
Depth: 5 - 8 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Into seedling pots, transplant when soil is warm
Soil type: Fertile well-drained soil pH 5.5 - 6.5
Rows: 60 cm apart
Details: Keep moisture constant to avoid bitterness
Harvest: 60 days: pick fruit when young with shiny skins, as if left they will become tough and bitter