Eggplant
Did you know that eggplants are actually berries, not vegetables? This isn’t surprising, given that other fruits like tomatoes are often mistaken for vegetables.
Adaptability: 22 – 30°C (mean monthly temperature)
Maturity: 60 – 90 days after sowing
Planting Distance: 50 – 75 cm X 100 cm
Plant Population (per ha): 13,333 – 20,000 hills
Seeding Rate: 500g/ha
Number of Seeds (per gram): 270
Method of Planting: Best transplanted
Sowing To Germination: 7– 10 days
Germination To Transplanting: 30 – 45 days
pH Requirement: 5.5 – 6.8
Harvesting:
- Fruits are ready for harvest 7 days after flowering.
- Harvest twice a week for 3-6 months.
Fertilizer Management
- Basal: (2 days before transplanting)
- 1st Sidedressing: (10 days after germination)
- 2nd Sidedressing: (30 days after germination)
- 3rd Sidedressing: (50 days after germination)
- Foliar Fertilizer
- chicken manure (1 kg/ m2 )
- 21-0-0 (4 bags/ha)
- 46-0-0 (4 bags/ha)
- 46-0-0 (4 bags/ha)
- (60 days after transplanting and weekly thereafter)
- 14+14+14 (20 g/m2)
- 0-0-60 (4 bags/ha)
- 0-0-60 (4 bags/ha)
- 0-0-60 (4 bags/ha)
- (60 days after transplanting and weekly thereafter)
- 46-0-0 (10 g/m2)
