EGGPLANT LONG PURPLE IS A PROLIFIC PROVIDER WITH UP TO 3.5KG OF FRUIT PER PLANT! SHINY AND BEAUTIFUL, A RICH PURPLE COLOUR. IN MEDIEVAL TIMES EATING EGGPLANTS USED TO BE LINKED TO INSANITY! IT MIGHT BE TRUE – I AM CRAZY ABOUT THESE!

Purple oval fruit to 20cm long. This heirloom fruits almost 3 weeks before the industry standard hybrid. Just 10 weeks to harvest and yields 3.5kg per plant.

If you’ve never tied to grow these elongated, purple-black aubergines, now’s the time to start. A heritage variety from Italy, it has firm, mild-flavoured flesh and bears heavily.

An early fruiting variety, it usually produces up to 4 weeks earlier than other eggplants planted at the same time! A very old superstition linked eggplants to insanity, but this plant will just make you crazy about aubergines!

Fingerling eggplants are smaller and thinner versions of traditional eggplant varieties. They have a sweet taste similar to regular eggplants and are just as easy to grow.

Grow Notes
Plant in full sun in moist, well-draining soils.

Sow
Sow direct or raise seedlings in Spring, planting at 5mm depth and 70cm spacing with rows 80cm apart.

Keep soil moist but never wet.

Germination
7-14 days @ 24-32°C

Maturity
60- 80 days, Perennial.