Mulching heavily with straw, dried grass or dried leaves in extreme heat does seem to help. The more I picked, the more they seem to produce! These white eggplants did very well even in the hottest weeks of summer. These gave me heavy yields all season long. The eggplant has a slight glossy look when ready to harvest. I fertilized every two weeks, otherwise a fairly low maintenance vegetable.Ħ5 days to maturity. Japanese white egg eggplant likes to be watered quite often. I put a ton of compost in the hole when I planted them since I had read they like a lot of organic matter. Transplant to garden after soil has warmed up. I didn't write down the exact date the seedlings appeared, but it was around 2 weeks. Use a seed heating pad as eggplant seeds require fairly warm soil to germinate. I started my seeds indoors two months before my projected last frost date. Plants are annuals unless in zones 9-12, then they can be perennial. These eggplants are about the size of an extra large chicken egg. Not to be confused with regular Japanese white eggplant which is much like the common purple eggplant in size and shape. Japanese white egg eggplant is a white, egg shaped eggplant with tender skin that is practically seedless. These are great in stir frys and baba ganoush. These little eggplants are great to cook with and have a mild, more subtle flavor then regular eggplant. They basically look like chicken eggs growing on a plant, they even hang by one end like a mini egg tree. I chose to grow Japanese white egg eggplant ( Solanum melongena) this year because their so darn cute! Plus, I really wanted to try a different eggplant to see if I could get the kids to eat it.
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