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Solanum melongena 'Pintung Long' |
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| Common name |
oriental eggplant |
| Family |
solanaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual vegetable |
| Flowers |
purple (summer) |
| Size |
24" |
| Light |
sun |
From seed  |
start indoors about 8 weeks before last frost; germinate with bottom heat
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This is one of the vegetables we've almost every year since we started gardening. We like it for its long, tender, shiny purple fruits, grown on sturdy plants. The first few years, it did well in our vegetable garden. For some reason my luck turned after those teaser years: I'd start nice plants indoors, but they'd just peter out in the garden, attacked by flea beetles and never putting on much growth. Last year I decided it was time for a change, and planted them in two of the four positions in our Earthbox planter, which we keep on our patio. A brilliant move! The plants have grown strong and stocky both years, with plentiful fruit by late July.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: patio area One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Last modified:
July 22, 2008
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