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Eggplant

Eggplants require more heat than tomatoes, but grow in very similar conditions. Being slow growing, they require a long, hot growing season.

EGGPLANT 'CASPER'

EGGPLANT 'CASPER'

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 ...

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EGGPLANT HEIRLOOM MIX

EGGPLANT HEIRLOOM MIX

A kaleidoscope of eggplants that you’ll never see in the supermarkets! Includes a colourful and delicious mix of ‘Rosa Bianca’, ‘Violetta di Firenze’, ‘Slim Jim’ and ‘Listada de Gandia’ varieties. Ready to harvest from 12 weeks.

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EGGPLANT 'LISTADA DE GANDIA'

EGGPLANT 'LISTADA DE GANDIA'

A stunning heirloom with showy lavender and white craquelure stripes, that's early to fruit, productive and exquisitely beautiful. Seed Savers list it as an 1850's French heirloom, others insist on it's Italian background, and some say it's Spanish - but there's no debating it's popularity world-wide. There is no need to peel the 15-20cm, almost...

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EGGPLANT 'LONG PURPLE'

EGGPLANT 'LONG PURPLE'

Purple oval fruit to 20cm long. This heirloom fruits almost 3 weeks before the industry standard hybrid. Just 10 weeks to harvest and yields 3.5kg per plant.

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EGGPLANT 'ROSA BIANCA'

EGGPLANT 'ROSA BIANCA'

One of our most beautiful eggplants, this Italian heirloom is popular with chefs and heirloom vegetable connoisseurs alike! Plump round white fruit blushed with rosy pink. Rotund and sumptuous!

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EGGPLANT 'SLIM JIM'

EGGPLANT 'SLIM JIM'

Ornamental purple leaves and deep purple, cocktail-sized fruits that are ready to pick 13 weeks from transplant. Slice and grill on the BBQ, or dice up for a delicious ratatouille. Yields 2.4kg per plant.

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EGGPLANT 'THAI LONG GREEN' ORGANIC

EGGPLANT 'THAI LONG GREEN' ORGANIC

A prolific producer of long, pale green eggplants that are perfect for Thai dishes. The mild tender flesh absorbs spicy flavours making this the perfect addition to curries. Its also a great one for frying and was a ...

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EGGPLANT 'VIOLETTA DI FIRENZE'

EGGPLANT 'VIOLETTA DI FIRENZE'

Plump Italian queen of heirloom eggplants. Translates as 'Purple from Florence'. Creamy bitterless texture to hefty ruffled tear drop shaped fruit which are stunning from garden to table. Perfect size for a ...

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Eggplant 'Listada de Gandia' - FARMERS 5G

Eggplant 'Listada de Gandia' - FARMERS 5G

FARMERS MARKET BULK PACK This early maturing, delicately striped eggplant is yet another example of a fine Italian heirloom. The 15-20cm fruit have fine flesh and almost ...

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Member Exclusives

RHUBARB CROWN GARDEN COLLECTION

RHUBARB CROWN GARDEN COLLECTION

Harvest fresh rhubarb all year with this garden collection of rhubarbs. With summer varieties 'Cherry Red' and 'Big Boy' for the warmer months, then abundant short day cropping from 'Winter Wonder' you can grow all your rhubarb needs for the year in 5m square. Two bare root crowns of each, available winter only (6 crowns).

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2 year membership + Free Seed Sowing Poster and 2 seed packets

2 year membership + Free Seed Sowing Poster and 2 seed packets

Membership: MNE2SP2

A beautifully illustrated heirloom ‘sow what when’ poster for all areas of Australia so that you'll never have to think about what to sow this month again! You will also receive some free Cauliflower 'Mini' and Kale 'Red Russian' seeds to get your garden started.

Member $79.00
Non-Member $79.00

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