How to Successfully Plant and Grow Eggplant

To successfully plant and grow eggplant, you need to know when to start the seeds, how to space them, the climate they grow best in, how long until you can harvest the eggplant, as well as many other aspects of growing eggplant in a vegetable garden.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Indoor Seed Starting
   Start seeds indoors 7 weeks before the last frost.

2. Outdoor Planting
   The earliest you should plant eggplant outdoors is 2 weeks after the last spring frost.

3. Growing Season
   Summer.

4. Seed Storage
   To successfully grow eggplants from seed, seeds should be used within 5 to 6 years.

5. Seed Planting Depth
   To successfully grow eggplants, you should plant eggplant seeds at a depth of ½ inch.

6. Plant Spacing
   Eggplant plants should be 24 inches apart, and rows should be 36 inches apart.

7. Location
   Plant eggplant plants in full sun.

8. Maintenance
   To successfully grow eggplant, water the plants frequently, so the soil stays moist.

9. Seed to Harvest/Flower
   Eggplant is ready to harvest approximately 19 weeks after you plant the seeds.

Resources

• Eggplant Little Prince Container Seeds 30 Seeds

[canemah]

on 6/14/2009 My question is identical to that of weezmania. The flowers on my eggplant look perfectly healthy, even though they are lying on the ground. they just look really nice and healthy, yet fall off the plant and no produce.