Eggplant : Mohican F1 hybrid
Vegetable
- Cropping: 85 Days
- Ideal for: Patio
Description
A unique new eggplant with a neat, dwarf habit, making it particularly attractive when grown in patio containers.
Long, oval, white-skinned fruits hang like bunches of grapes, and are best picked small to increase yield over a long season.
Suitable for indoor or outdoor growing.
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | Indoors 8-10 weeks before the last expected frost. |
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| Sowing depth: | 1/4 in (6mm) |
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Sow in seed trays or pots of good seed compost at 18-20C (64-68F) under glass or in a propagator.
When large enough to handle, transplant individually into 7.5cm (3 inch) pots and maintain minimum temperature of 15C (59F).
Sow seed in a moist seed seed sowing mix.
Germination takes 8-21 days at 23-26C (73-79F).
After sowing do not exclude light as this helps germination.
Growing Instructions
Plant out from the end of May or after all risk of frost and weather has warmed.
Use 2 plants per growbag or plant into 25cm (10 inch) pots or direct into the greenhouse soil.
When several fruits have set begin weekly feeding with tomato fertilzer.
Ventilate and keep air moist during hot weather to help minimize red spider mite attack.
Aftercare Instructions
Prefers a deep, fertile soil.
