Eggplant Golden Eggs

An unusual beautiful ornamental pot plant and/or annual. This easy-to-grow plant as usually reaches 12-20 inches tall and produces purple flowers and white egg-shaped fruits. Golden Egg is an eggplant that is best suited for dicing into chunks for use in stir-fries and curries. Their golden, egg-sized fruits should be picked young before they turn fully yellow for best flavour. Golden Egg Plant uses include pots and containers on the patio or porch, house plants, and even as an ornamental hedge. The Ornamental Eggplant can be pruned and shaped depending on how it is being grown. ************************************************************************************************************************************** INSTRUCTIONS. Usually, in the spring, it’s the season when eggplant seedlings are transplanted on the ground when all the dangers of frost are passed. BUT container-grown eggplants can be planted in summer and even in early fall if you’re ready to move the pots here and there to control the temperature, especially during the night time when the temperature dips down. If you’re growing eggplants in a hot and warm frost-free climate, planting in winter is also possible. Ensure you plant up to two seeds in each cell of a seedling tray or directly sow two seeds in each container. Remember, the eggplants require a lot of warmth for germination, more than tomatoes and peppers. Therefore, if you think the outdoors is not warm enough (temperature above 68 F (20 C) is good enough for eggplant seeds to germinate), you can place them indoors to kick start their growth, that’s the best of container gardening. Once they have sprouted and had up to four leaves, they can be transplanted into the desired containers. Place the pots in a spot that has good air circulation and gets direct sunlight and some wind. This is because eggplant requires a lot of warmth and sun exposure when growing. West or south-facing direction is appropriate. The eggplants require a lot of nutrients for growth and a neutral or slightly acidic soil in pH. Use soil that is rich in nutrients, most preferably loamy soilless potting mix. Eggplants thrive in the soil, which has adequate and sufficient moisture, so think about the moisture-retaining capability of soil too. Therefore, you should also add a lot of compost or aged manure to the soil to enhance its capacity to retain water. Eggplants love to grow in evenly moist soil; ensure you provide adequate moisture for them. Make sure the drainage is good to avoid root rot. Also, take care not to saturate the soil with too much water making it soggy. To provide ample nutrients for more productivity, you should apply fertilizer following the recommendations on the fertilizer bag. As eggplants are heavy feeders and need the fertilizer high in phosphorous, use the 5-10-5 fertilizer or other in a similar ratio, you can apply the balanced fertilizer, too. If required, spray on the leaves of your plants with liquid plant food, typically known as foliar feeding. Once the plants are germinated and transplanted into the pots, provide them heat and try to keep them at a temperature above 50-54 F (10-12 C). If you’re growing eggplants in a warm climate, you don’t need to worry about temperature requirements much.