Eggplant was brought to European countries and other continents from Asia, more precisely, from India. This vegetable grows there not one, but two, three years completely without care, as weed.
In temperate climates, it is recommended to grow eggplants in a greenhouse or using a covering material in the garden.
The shape and color of the fruit is varied. Most of the overseas vegetable is colored deep dark purple, but there are also light purple and even white eggplants.
This article will focus on a bright representative of light purple varieties - Piglet eggplant.
Description
Eggplant "Piglet" refers to mid-season varieties. The cultivated plant is intended for cultivation mainly indoors. In the open field, the culture can be cultivated only if the so-called warm beds are created or in a warmer southern-climatic region.
Fruits on medium-sized bushes ripen 110 days after sowing seeds into the soil.
Ripe vegetables, as you can see in the photo, are light purple in color and rounded. Fruit weight reaches 315 grams. The yield of the variety is high.
The pulp is white, dense, without a bitter aftertaste.
In cooking, the fruits of this variety are used to prepare caviar, various preparations for the winter.
Features of growing and care
The eggplant plant is not particularly whimsical, but nevertheless, observing some basic rules of growing will help you to get a good harvest of this vegetable.
Secrets of growing a heat-loving foreigner:
- the right place for planting seedlings is half the battle;
- the worst enemies of the vegetable are draft and pests;
- abundant watering and feeding is not a luxury, but a necessity;
- timely pruning of the plant to the first root fork, as well as the removal of stepchildren, is a prerequisite for good growth of the bush and obtaining maximum yield.
How to properly care for a vegetable crop in a warm garden, you will learn from this video:
