Diamond Eggplant
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- Organic
- Excellent texture and flavor, rarely bitter
- Disease resistant
- Fruits grow up to 9 inches long in clusters of 4-6
- Dark purple skin and pale green flesh
- 70 days from transplant
- ±6,500 seeds/oz
Item Details
Known for excellent texture and flavor, this variety bears dark-purple eggplants with green-tinted flesh that are 9" long and 3" in diameter. The fruits are borne in clusters of four to six on 2'-tall plants, disease-resistant, and rarely bitter. Seed Savers Exchange collected the variety from the Ukraine in 1993. 70 days from transplant. ±6,500 seeds/oz.
Learn to Grow Diamond Eggplant
Start Indoors: 8 weeks before last frost
Germination: 14 Days
Plant Outdoors: 18-24” Apart
Light: Full Sun
Instructions - Start eggplant indoors 6-9 weeks before the average last frost. Soak seeds first to encourage germination and then sow ¼" deep. Using bottom heat for a week to 10 days will help with sprouting. Transplant when soil has warmed in a location that gets 8-10 hours of direct sun. If growing eggplant in raised beds or containers, keep the plants well watered.
Ratings & Reviews
1 review
Very Productive
by 6B Gardener
These eggplants have been much more fruitful than I expected for the plants small size. Recommend and will grow again.
Firm/meaty flesh.