Eggplant 'Turkish Orange'
Eggplant 'Turkish Orange' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Turkish Orange' is a beautiful heirloom eggplant from Turkey. Fruit is very ornamental, round in shape to 7.5 cm, with a brilliant orange colour and green striping. It is best eaten when just turning orange. Flavour is rich and sweet, excellent for stuffing. Hardy, vigorous plants produce 15 to 25 fruit each. Days to harvest: 65 - 85.
Product: Eggplant 'Turkish Orange'
Product type: SEED (35)
Botanical name: Solanum melongena
Syn. aubergine, brinjal; beautiful heirloom from Turkey. Fruit is very ornamental, round in shape to 7.5cm, with a brilliant orange colour and green striping. It is best eaten when just turning orange. Flavour is rich and sweet, excellent for stuffing. Hardy, vigorous plants produce 15 to 25 fruit each. Eggplants are attractive plants with grey-green leaves and pretty lilac flowers.
Plant type: Warm season annual
Plant height: 45 – 55 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 plants upright so fruit develops straight
Harvest: 65 - 85 days: pick fruit before the seeds turn brown and while the skin is still shiny and firm