Eggplant 'Casper'
Solanum melongena
S083
With a delightfully sweet, smokey, almost mushroom-like flavour, there is more to this eggplant than its ivory-white colour. Compact and suited to the home gourmet or city gardener. Yields 9 fruit per plant. Harvest in 9 weeks.
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Product information
The friendly ghost of eggplants, unusual white skin, delightfully sweet smokey flavour when grilled or roasted. Compact, just 40cm high, and high yielding - just perfect for small gardens. Yields roughly 9 fruit per plant. Harvest in 9 weeks from transplant.
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Product Information
The friendly ghost of eggplants, unusual white skin, delightfully sweet smokey flavour when grilled or roasted. Compact, just 40cm high, and high yielding - just perfect for small gardens. Yields roughly 9 fruit per plant. Harvest in 9 weeks from transplant.How to grow
Eggplants require more heat than tomatoes, but similar conditions, and being slow growing, require a long, hot growing season. In frost free areas, eggplants can be treated as perennials, producing a few fruit for a few seasons. Their stiff branches will need staking in order to support the weight of the fruit. For maximum yield, pick the fruit as soon as it is ripe, when the skin is easily indented when light pressure is applied.
Growing information
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Seed sowing
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Seed count:
30
Sow method:
Sow in punnets
Germination:
80
Sow distance:
70cm
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Seed sowing times
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Cool:
Sep-Nov
Warm:
Sep-Dec
Hot:
Jan,Aug-Dec
Sub-tropical:
Jan-Mar,Sep-Dec
Tropical:
Mar-Jul
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| Growing needs |
Light:
Full Sun
Water:
Regular watering
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Plant characteristics
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Type:
Tender Perennial
Height:
40cm
Width:
70cm
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