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Lot No: 441
Germination: 85%
Test Date: 05/23
Eggplants do best in well-drained soil that has been enhanced with compost and manure. They thrive in high heat and high humidity areas. Plant your seeds indoors, 6 to 8 weeks before setting outside. When seedlings are 4" to 6" tall, transplant them into larger pots so roots can grow properly. Grow transplants at 50 F to 70 F. Spring planting should occur 2 weeks after last frost. Protect the plants from frost and wind. Plants will not set fruit when nighttime temperatures fall below 65 F. Plants can grow 3 ft tall.
Requires fertile slightly acid soil in a well drained location in the garden. Apply much and grass clippings, or straw around base of plant.
Water well during dry and hot spells.
Use RootBlast, Vegetable Alive, and Slow Release Fertilizer when transplanting outdoors. Apply Miracle Gro once a month. Side dress plants with compost and manure.
Cut fruit from plant when they are fully mature and reach full color.
by pete on January 27, 2019
Grew 2 of the Black King Eggplants inside a greenhouse in northwest Iowa. It gets very hot here in the summer and inside the greenhouse would easily reach over 110 degrees. I grew them in grow bags with miracle grow raised bed soil and they produced very well. The plants grew like crazy, handled the heat and produced a lot of really nice fruit from early in the season till October when I cleaned out the greenhouse for the winter. I've never had luck growing eggplant in the garden and was amazed how well these did a a greenhouse. Can't say enough good things about this variety of eggplant!