Enhance your garden with Sweet Fruit Eggplant Seeds, a versatile and high-yield variety prized for its tender, flavorful fruits. These eggplants produce medium-sized, glossy fruits with a naturally sweet taste, making them perfect for a variety of culinary dishes including grilling, roasting, stir-frying, and fresh salads.
This variety is ideal for mixed planting schemes, thriving alongside peppers, tomatoes, and herbs, and is perfect for home gardens, raised beds, or container growing. Fast-growing and productive, these eggplants provide consistent harvests throughout the warm growing season.
Features
- Produces tender, sweet-flavored eggplants
- Premium-quality, non-GMO seeds
- High-yield and reliable variety
- Ideal for mixed planting in garden beds or containers
- Smooth, glossy fruits perfect for culinary use
- Vigorous and easy-to-grow plant
- Adds visual appeal and flavor to your garden
Specifications
- Common Name: Eggplant
- Variety: Sweet Fruit Eggplant
- Plant Type: Warm-season annual
- Heirloom: Not specified
- GMO Status: Non-GMO
- USDA Zones: 3–11 (grown as annual in cooler zones)
- Season: Spring and summer
- Growth Habit: Upright, bushy plant
- Sun Requirements: Full sun (6–8 hours daily)
- Soil Requirements: Well-draining, nutrient-rich soil
- Soil pH: 5.5–7.0
- Days to Germination: 7–14 days
- Days to Maturity: 70–90 days
- Fruit Size: Medium, smooth, glossy
- Watering Needs: Moderate, consistent moisture
- Uses: Fresh eating, cooking, roasting, stir-fry, salads
Planting Guide
- When to Plant:
- Start seeds indoors 8–10 weeks before the last frost.
- Transplant outdoors after soil warms and frost risk has passed.
- How to Plant:
- Sow seeds 1/4 inch deep in seed-starting mix.
- Space seedlings 18–24 inches apart.
- Sunlight:
- Full sun for optimal fruit development and flavor.
- Watering:
- Maintain even soil moisture; avoid waterlogging.
- Support:
- Stake or cage plants to support heavy fruits if necessary.
- Harvesting:
- Pick eggplants when fruits are firm, glossy, and reach full color.
- Frequent harvesting encourages continuous fruit production.
