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  • Eggplant grows two to four feet tall and two to three feet wide, with fruit running two to ten inches long depending on type.

    How Big Does Eggplant Grow? Plant Height, Spread, and Fruit Size

  • Eggplant leaves are large single blades with wavy lobed edges, gray green star shaped hairs, and a purple tinged midrib, shown labeled with a size scale.

    What Do Eggplant Leaves Look Like? Size, Shape, and Texture

  • Eggplant seeds germinate when sown a quarter inch deep in moist soilless mix held at 80 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit, sprouting in five to eight days.

    How to Germinate Eggplant Seeds: Depth, Heat, and Timing

  • Eggplant grows in a pot when given a five gallon container at least twelve inches wide with drainage holes, soilless potting mix, a stake, and six to eight hours of direct sun.

    How to Grow Eggplant in a Pot: Size, Care, and Harvest

  • Black Beauty eggplant is ready to harvest at 4 to 6 inches long while the skin is still glossy, roughly 74 to 83 days after transplanting.

    When to Harvest Black Beauty Eggplant: Size, Days, and Signs

  • Eggplant does have seeds, shown as small pale soft seeds spread through the white flesh of a fruit halved at eating stage

    Does Eggplant Have Seeds? What Pale vs Brown Seeds Mean

  • Eggplant is a nightshade in the Solanaceae family, shown on the plant next to its close relatives tomato, potato, and pepper.

    Is Eggplant a Nightshade? Family, Alkaloids, and Safety

  • Japanese eggplant is ready 50 to 65 days after transplant at 5 to 8 inches long with tight glossy skin, picked every 2 to 3 days

    When to Harvest Japanese Eggplant for Sweet, Tender Fruit

  • An eggplant plant cut to seven inches above the soil with new shoots breaking from leaf axils, alongside a panel showing the 6 to 8 inch cut line, shoots in 5 to 10 days and fruit in 4 to 6 weeks

    How to Regrow Eggplant for a Second Harvest Before Frost

  • A cultivated purple eggplant beside its small round wild Asian relative, next to a map shading eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand and southern China as the crop's origin region

    Where Did Eggplant Originate? Tracing the Crop From Wild Asia

  • Eggplant is in season from July through October in the United States, peaking in August and September, shown next to a farmer clipping ripe purple fruit.

    When Is Eggplant in Season? US Harvest Months by Region

  • Bushy eggplant plant near three feet tall with lobed gray green leaves, violet star shaped flowers, and glossy dark purple fruit labeled on the plant

    What Does an Eggplant Plant Look Like? Leaves, Flowers, and Fruit

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