EGGPLANT Early Long Purple 3

Species: Eggplant
Latin name: Solanum Melongena L.
Inscription in the European catalog under: Violetta Lunga 3 - Early Long Purple 3 - Lunga Nero di Chioggia 3 - Violetta de Rimini 3 - Violetta Lunga a Clava 3 - Violetta Lunga di Napoli 3 - Violetta Lunga di Romagna 3 - Viserba 3
Other usual name: Eggplants - Brinjal - Melanzani - Eierfrucht
Variety: Early Long Purple 3
Family: Solanaceous
Origin: India, Africa

Eggplant Early Long Purple 3: Early variety very productive, with long fruits, very thick smoothes skin of dark purple color, which recovers a firm and tasty flesh. A robust fruit which resists handling and is easy to peel, harvest before too ripe. It's used cooked: in ratatouille, stuffed, backed, gratiné, on pizza pies or in tarts etc .....

Seed sowing: January to March under greenhouse - March to April in open ground
Harvest Eggplants: May to August
Height: The Eggplant reaches on average 80 cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Sowing 1cm in depth under greenhouse from January to March or in open ground from March to April, germination can be capricious so sow 2 times more seeds than wanted plants, transplant in pots as soon as the plants have 2 true leave and preserve safely under shelter, airing regularly to acclimatize the plants, transplant as from mid-May. Avoid harvesting too large they will not taste better.

Sowing distance: 50  x 90 cm
Minimal temperature of sowing: 20 °C to 24 °C
Seed germination: 10 to 14 days
Nutritional value: 18 Kcal for 100 gr

Net weight of seeds: 1 gr = +/-  400 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.