La Semence Bio - Long white eggplant

LONG WHITE EGGPLANT

Description: the long white eggplant produces elongated fruits of 16 to 18 cm, ivory white. Its flesh has a sweet and woody taste.

Family: Solanaceae

Latin name: Solanum melongena L

Exposure: very sunny

Weight: 0.1 g

Growing instructions

Soil maintenance: loosen soil over 20 cm, rich in humus and fresh.

Sowing: 1 cm deep in a bucket. Transplant at 50 cm distance between plants and 60 cm between rows then stake.

Transplant deeply as soon as the plant has 8 cm.

Emergence: in 6 to 8 days at 20°C.

Watering: water frequently but not too much.

Harvest: as soon as the fruit is well developed and soft to the touch.

Storage: one week in a cool place in the vegetable bin.

Origin: it comes from Asia where the Arabs brought it back in the 7th century. In the south of Europe, it became common during the Renaissance.

Advice from La Semence Bio ® : according to your habits, eggplants can be pruned. Clean all the shoots starting from the main stem (shoots starting from the foot, commonly called gourmands...) on 30 cm height, and then keep all the rest. Thus its foliage will be an ideal shelter for the auxiliaries of your organic cultures.

In the kitchen

Cook eggplant with its skin to limit the absorption of fat that the flesh quickly fills. It can be combined with other summer vegetables such as tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and spices to enhance its sweetness.

Low in calories, rich in antioxidants (especially in the skin), copper, vitamin B1 and B6.

The advice and suggestions are given for information purposes only and therefore do not include a harvest guarantee.