If you don't have a garden, ok grow eggplant at home with many fruits and high yield

 How to grow eggplant at home?

This summer veggie is perfect stuffed, grilled, baked, or stir-fried – all the more reason to grow and have a fresh supply on hand! They need a little bit of room to grow, but you can also grow smaller varieties to save on space.

How to grow eggplant in a garden

1- Start seeds in punnets or small pots filled with Yates Black Magic Seed Raising Mix. 
2-Choose a sunny spot in the garden and enrich the soil with Yates Thrive Natural Blood

    & Bone with Seaweed.
3- When seedlings are 7 to 10cm tall, transplant into the garden bed, mulch with organic

    mulch such as pea or lucerne straw, and water in the well. 
4- Feed weekly with Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate. 
5- Stake as the plants grow to help support the weight of the fruit.


 

How to grow eggplant in a pot

Eggplants are quite happy in containers but choose plants with smaller fruit, such as 

‘White Star’ or Lebanese eggplants.

1. Choose a pot at least 300mm wide and deep and position it in full sun.
2. Fill the pot with a quality potting mix, like Yates Premium Potting Mix. Sow seeds.
3. Feed weekly with Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate.
4. A regular harvest promotes new growth.

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Eggplant, also known as aubergine in the United Kingdom and brinjal in Asia and Africa,

 has large, richly colored fruit with smooth glossy skin. Eggplant is a versatile vegie that 

can be used in a wide range of culinary styles and dishes, including moussaka and baba

 ghanoush and delicious char-grilled or oven-roasted.

Yates^® Eggplant Blacknite is a vigorous, high-yielding variety with striking purple-black 

skin. It’s rich in vitamin C, thrives in hot weather, and is a fantastic eggplant to grow at 

home. 

Here’s your simple eggplant sowing and growing guide:

1. Sow Yates® Eggplant Blacknite seeds direct where they are to grow, in a sunny veggie 

          patch, into well-drained soil that’s been enriched first with some Yates Thrive Natural Blood

          & Bone with Seaweed. Or seedlings can be raised in punnets of Yates Black Magic Seed 

          Raising Mix and transplanted when they’re around 6-8 cm high. Only transplant seedlings once

           the risk of frost has passed.
     2- Seedlings should pop up in around 10 -14 days.
     3-To encourage a great harvest, as soon as the seedlings are established, start feeding each

        week with Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate, which is boosted 

        with extra potassium, promoting flowering and fruit development.

    4- Water plants regularly to keep the soil moist. Mulching around the root zone will help retain soil

        moisture. Consistent soil moisture will help reduce the chance of blossom  end rot.
    5- Eggplant fruit can be picked starting from 14 weeks after sowing.
    6-For best fruit quality, harvest when the skin is smooth and shiny. Cut the fruit from the

       plant using secateurs, leaving 2 cm of stem on the fruit to improve storage.
    7- Regular harvesting will promote further flowering and fruiting.
    8- Monitor plants for pests such as whitefly and spider mites and control with regular 

        sprays of Yates Natures Way Vegie Insect Spray Natrasoap Ready to Use.

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