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EGGPLANT Ping Tung Long - Solanum melongena

NZ Prohibited

Stock: Available

SKU Code: V114


$4.25

Family: Solanaceae
Characteristics: Annual or perennial shrub

Seed per packet: Approx. 60
Seed per gram: Approx. 250

An early heirloom variety from Taiwan that produces shiny, dark lavender fruits up to 30 cm long with an excellent flavour and tender skin. 

Grow notes:

Adaptable to most good garden soils that are well composted and free draining. Requires full sun and a long growing season. Perennial in the tropics but generally grown as an annual in temperate zones.

Tropical: Year-Round 
Temperate: Sring to Early Summer
Cold: Spring

Sow: 6mm deep.
Sow direct or grow in trays of a good seed raising mix and transplant when 6-7cm tall.
Germination: 10-14 days.
Plant space: 60-75cm
Row space: 60-75cm
Maturity: 6-10 weeks

Feed with a soluble fertiliser every two weeks for stronger plants.

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