Appendix 8 Eggplant cultureF1
United Kingdom
Sow seeds of eggplant ( Solanum melongena ) in pasteurized seed compost. Transplant seedlings with fully expanded cotyledons (10 to 14 days) into pasteurized potting compost.
Eggplants should be grown in a glasshouse with the following environmental conditions:
| Day length: | 14 hours or natural day length if greater; | |
| Temperature: | day: | 21 to 24 °C, |
| night: | 15 °C. |
| Susceptible varieties of eggplant: | ‘ Black Beauty ’ , |
| ‘ Long Tom ’ , | |
| ‘ Rima ’ , | |
| ‘ Balsas ’ |
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