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Eggplant: The Fruit
The eggplant is a fruit not a vegetable. Botanically speaking a fruit is the ripened ovary–including the seeds–of a flowering plant. That means that many foods called vegetables when cooking are...
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Eggplant: Ratatouille
Eggplant? Did you say ratatouille? All of the key ingredients for ratatouille are available fresh and local in mid summer tomatoes, onions, zucchini, bell peppers and, of course, eggplant. When you...
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Eggplant: Kitchen Basics
The mild flavor and light, spongy texture of the eggplant make it a good match for other vegetables, browned and chopped meat, cooked fish or shellfish. The eggplant can be sliced and simmered, sautéed...
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Oriental Eggplants
Oriental-type eggplants are primarily slim, tapered or pointed elongated fruits that may remind you somewhat of a skinny, smooth and shiny cucumber. Oriental eggplants are mild, tender-skinned,...
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Cooking Eggplant
The subtle flavor and meaty texture of eggplant make it especially versatile in cooking. Perhaps that’s why eggplant is found in so many cuisines around the world. One of the strengths of eggplant is...
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Eggplant Growing
Aubergine or eggplant? You’ll find this vegetable under either name in cookbooks. Eggplant is the name used by most American speakers. Aubergine is chiefly a British usage. Eggplant was the name...
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How to Grow Eggplant
Eggplant is very tender perennial grown as an annual. Eggplant requires 100 to 140 warm days with temperatures consistently between 70° and 90°F to reach harvest. Eggplant is best started indoors and...
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Eggplant Varieties: Best Bets and Easy-to-Grow
Give eggplants a warm location, warm soil and keep them evenly watered and stress free and they will reward you with beauty and flavor. Here are best bet, easy-to-grow eggplants divided into shape and...
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Eggplant Growing Problems: Troubleshooting
Eggplant lovers grow eggplant. Eggplant is not an easy-care crop: it demands rich soil, even consistent water, warm temperatures, bonus side-dressings of nutrients, and little or no wind. If eggplants...
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Short-, Mid-, and Long-Season Eggplant Varieties
Eggplant fruit, flower attached Eggplants grow best in the garden when the soil temperature and daytime air temperature is at least 70°F and the night temperature is greater than 60°F. There is no...
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How to Harvest and Store Eggplants
Harvest eggplants when they are firm and glossy and big enough to eat—about one-third their maximum size. To test eggplant fruit for maturity, press the fruit with your thumb; if the flesh springs back...
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Eggplant Seed Starting Tips
Eggplant seedlings Eggplants are a tender, very warm-weather crop. Start peppers indoors 10 to 8 weeks before the average night time temperature is expected to stay above 55°F (13°C), Set eggplants in...
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Epsom Salt, Tomato, and Pepper Growing
Epsom salt used as a foliar spray or soil additive will help tomato and pepper plants grow and produce larger, tastier yields. Late in the season use an Epsom salt spray to increase tomato and pepper...
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Peppers, Melons, Eggplants—Hate the Cold
Pepper seedling Cool days and nights can be a problem for tender warm-season crops such peppers, melons, and eggplants. Temperatures in the 40sF won’t kill these plants but their growth will be...
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Peppers, Melons, Eggplants—Hate the Cold
Pepper seedling Cool days and nights can be a problem for tender warm-season crops such peppers, melons, and eggplants. Temperatures in the 40sF won’t kill these plants but their growth will be...
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How to Harvest and Store Eggplants
Harvest eggplants when they are firm and glossy and big enough to eat—about one-third their maximum size. When to Harvest Eggplant: • Harvest eggplants when they are firm and glossy and big enough to...
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Eggplant Seed Starting Tips
Eggplant Seed Starting: Set eggplants in the garden after nighttime temperatures are consistently greater than 55°F (13°C) and daytime temperatures average 70°F (21°C). Eggplants are a tender, very...
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Eggplant: Ratatouille
Eggplant? Did you say ratatouille? All of the key ingredients for ratatouille are available fresh and local in mid summer tomatoes, onions, zucchini, bell peppers and, of course, eggplant. When you...
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Eight Ways to Cook and Serve Eggplant
Eggplant can be broiled, grilled, sautéed, steamed, pan-fried, or stuffed and baked. You can make ratatouille or eggplant parmesan. The mild flavor and light, spongy texture of the eggplant make it a...
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