Sweet African Orange Eggplant has abundant, plump oval or round fruits mature from white to flamboyant, shiny orange-red.
Harvest immature or ripe to enjoy the mild, sweet ambrosial flavor and fragrance; however the white fruits have a milder flavor.
For rare fruit aficionados!
75 days
Approx 25 seeds per pack
Planting Instructions
Indoors: 8 - 10 weeks before soil and temperature are thoroughly warm, plant seeds 1/4 - 1/2" deep in flats. Keep soil temperature at 70 - 75F. Germinatioon takes 14 - 21 days.
Transplant seedlings when 2 - 3" high into individual pots.
Transplant out into garden site in full sun, 2 1/2 - 3' apart about 3 weeks after last frost date. Provide sufficient moisture, especially when fruits are setting.
Eggplants are ripe when skin has a high gloss. Once nighttime temperatures are above 70F, continuous harvesting will ensure continued fruiting.
