Eggplant Swan: description, photo, reviews

Content

1 Description
2 Advantages of the variety
3 Growing and care
4 Testimonials

In modern summer cottages and backyard plots, eggplant has long been not a young guest, but a real long-lived owner. Increasingly, gardeners prefer the cultivation of this particular vegetable rich in useful properties. In this article, we will focus on the representative of the white variety of eggplant "Swan".

Description

Eggplant "Swan" in terms of fruit ripening is a mid-season variety. The period of full fruit ripening from the moment the first shoots appear is 105-116 days. The bushes are compact, of medium size, reaching a height of 50-70 cm. The variety is suitable for growing both in a greenhouse and in the open field.

The fruits are cylindrical, slightly elongated. In the period of technical maturity, they are colored white. The size of one vegetable is 18-20 cm long and 5-7 cm in diameter. The weight of one single mature fruit ranges from 200 to 250 grams.

The flesh of the Swan eggplant is snow-white, tender, completely without bitterness. It is this property that makes the variety popular among a large number of gardeners.

The yield of this type of eggplant is high. Up to 18 kg of vegetables can be harvested from one square meter of the garden.

Important! To get the maximum yield from one bush, it is necessary to leave no more than 5-6 large inflorescences on it.

In cooking, the variety is very popular as a raw material for the preparation of caviar, pickles and main dishes.

Advantages of the variety

Among the key benefits of Swan eggplant are:

high productivity;
excellent tolerance to temperature changes and the main "whims of nature";
good resistance to a wide range of diseases typical for eggplant;
excellent taste and marketability;
widespread use in cooking.

Attention! In addition to the main advantages, white eggplant varieties are especially appreciated for their useful and medicinal properties.

Regular consumption of such eggplant in food helps prevent headaches, improves digestion and saturates the body with vitamins and minerals.

Growing and care

The process of growing and caring for a plant is no different from reproducing the traditional purple variety. The basic procedures are as follows:

Sowing seeds for seedlings.
Picking up grown plants.
Planting seedlings in a garden or greenhouse.
Watering, weeding, loosening, feeding and pinching the bush.
Harvesting.

Sowing seeds for seedlings is carried out in mid-March.

Important! The pick is carried out only after 2-3 leaves appear on the plant.

Under favorable climatic conditions, eggplant seedlings can be planted in the ground from mid-May to the end of the first decade of June.

When and how to properly harvest the first eggplant harvest, you will learn from the video:

Testimonials

Diana Igorevna, 35 years old, Volgograd

This year I decided to sow unusual eggplants in my area. Why unusual? Because they are white, which is a novelty for our dacha cooperative. I planted the Swan variety. Since the climate in my region is quite warm, I planted the "curiosity" directly on the garden bed. After the appearance of the first fruits, which ripened quite quickly, I began to notice more and more the surprised looks of the neighbors, who were perplexed by the color of my snow-white beauties. The variety, indeed, turned out to be very productive. I prepared a large amount of caviar and salads for the winter, and also treated my neighbors with an unusual vegetable.

Olga Petrovna, 41 years old, Volgograd

On my site, I constantly conduct experiments and plant various varieties that are atypical for many gardeners.This year I decided to put an experiment on eggplant. I bought the most unusual and exotic varieties in the seed store. They all differed in shape, color and taste. All species were planted by seedlings in open ground. She looked after the new products as usual, all of us familiar purple eggplants. In July, my beauties delighted me with the first harvest. All varieties really differed in taste. Some tasted like mushrooms, others eggplant, and others, in general, were indistinguishable from a spicy chicken. The main thing is that bitterness was completely absent in all vegetables. The yield of the varieties is also pleasing. The experiment was a success!