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Diamond Eggplant Seeds

Diamond Eggplant (75 days)

If you are looking for an eggplant to grow in cooler, shorter growing seasons then Diamond is the best eggplant for the job! The Diamond Eggplant is an extremely hard to find eggplant variety that comes from the Republic of the Ukraine. Seed for the Diamond Eggplant was introduced to the United States in 1993 by the Seed Savers Exchange.

Diamond eggplant is an prolific producer of mild flavored, dark purple colored eggplants. Each eggplant is very slender in shape and is approximately 2 inches in diameter and 6 to 9 inches in length. The egglants are produced in clusters of 4 to 6 fruit and possess a firm flesh with a superb, old fashioned eggplant flavor and are rarely bitter.

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Seed Planting Depth

Seeds per gram

Germination Temperature

Days to Germination

Row Spacing

Plant Spacing

100' Row Yield

Sun

1/4"

130-150

70-90

5-13

24-36"

18-24"

50 lb.

Full

Solanum melongena

Planting Tips:

A tropical plant, likes warmer temperatures. Will be slow to develop in cooler temperatures. Soak seeds overnight to start in greenhouse 2 weeks before last frost. Transplant out at about 8 weeks or when temperatures are consistently above 65 degrees. Needs good, fertile soil and adequate moisture.

Seeding Rate:

35,000-40,000 plants/acre,

Heirloom seeds are hardy but always take care with your garden seeds to give them the appropriate amount of moisture - not letting the vegetable seeds dry out prematurely or overwatering and possibly having them rot.