How to tend a Solanum melongena

Also known as: Melongena esculenta (Dunal) Grecescu, Melongena incurva Mill., Melongena ovata Mill., Melongena spinosa Mill., Melongena teres Mill., Solanum aethiopicum var. violaceum Dunal, Solanum album Noronha, Solanum album Lour., Solanum album var. richardii Dunal, Solanum album var. rumphii Dunal, Solanum edule Schumach. & Thonn., Solanum edule var. edule , Solanum edule var. multifidum Dunal, Solanum esculentum Dunal, Solanum esculentum var. aculeatum Dunal, Solanum esculentum var. inerme Dunal, Solanum esculentum var. subinerme Dunal, Solanum lagenarium Dunal, Solanum longum Roxb., Solanum melanoxylon Link, Solanum melongena subsp. agreste Dikii, Solanum melongena subsp. melongena , Solanum melongena var. angustum Dikii, Solanum melongena var. cylindricum Dikii, Solanum melongena var. esculentum (Dunal) Walp., Solanum melongena var. giganteum (Alef.) Dikii, Solanum melongena var. globosi Dikii, Solanum melongena var. inerme (Dunal) Hiern, Solanum melongena var. leucoum (Alef.) Dikii, Solanum melongena var. melongena , Solanum melongena var. ovigera Pers., Solanum melongena var. racemiflorum Dikii, Solanum melongena var. racemosum Dikii, Solanum melongena var. stenoleucum (Alef.) Dikii, Solanum melongena var. variegatum (Alef.) Dikii, Solanum melongena var. violaceum (Alef.) Dikii, Solanum melongena var. viride Dikii, Solanum melongenum St.-Lag., Solanum mexianum Hill, Solanum oviferum Salisb., Solanum ovigerum Dunal, Solanum ovigerum unranked ovigerum , Solanum ovigerum unranked sinuatorepandum Dunal, Solanum ovigerum unranked subrepandum Dunal, Solanum ovigerum var. album Sweet, Solanum ovigerum var. insanum Blume, Solanum ovigerum var. luteum Sweet, Solanum ovigerum var. oblongo-cylindricum Dunal, Solanum ovigerum var. ruber Sweet, Solanum ovigerum var. violaceum Sweet, Solanum ovigerum unranked violaceum Dunal, Solanum pressum Dunal, Solanum pseudoundatum Blume, Solanum pseudoundatum var. albiflorum Blume, Solanum pseudoundatum var. atropurpurascens Blume, Solanum pseudoundatum var. leucocarpon Blume, Solanum pseudoundatum var. pseudoundatum , Solanum requienii Dunal, Solanum sativum Dunal, Solanum sativum var. albiflorum (Blume) Dunal, Solanum sativum var. atropurpurascens (Blume) Dunal, Solanum sativum var. leucocarpon (Blume) Dunal, Solanum sativum var. sativum , Solanum serpentinum Noronha, Solanum serpentinum Desf., Solanum zeylanicum Scop., Solanum melongena subsp. meridionale Filov, Solanum melongena subsp. orientale Filov, Solanum melongena subsp. subspontaneum Filov, Solanum melongena var. americanum Filov, Solanum melongena var. arabicum Filov, Solanum melongena var. azerbaijanicum Filov, Solanum melongena var. bulgaricum Filov, Solanum melongena var. europaeum Filov, Solanum melongena var. palestinicum Filov, Solanum melongena var. pekinense Filov, Solanum melongena var. stenoides Alef., Solanum melongena subsp. agrestis Filov, Solanum melongena var. racemosum Filov, Solanum oviferum Nocca, Solanum ovigerum var. ovigerum , Solanum ovigerum var. sinuatorepandum Dunal, Solanum ovigerum var. subrepandum Dunal, Solanum ovigerum var. violaceum Dunal, Solanum longum Roxb. ex Wall., Solanum serpentinum Desf. ex Dunal, Solanum melongena var. leucojum Alef.

Watering

Like moist, provide more water during flowering and fruiting period

Sunlight

Like sunshine, high quality fruits in sunny places

Soil

Soil with loose texture or soil with specific nutrients, pH value between 6-7

Fertilizer

Enjoy much fertilizer, soil with rich compost when planting, and apply more fertilizer during fruiting period

Pruning

Thin out seedlings timely and remove over crowded leaves

About this plant

Origin
Tropical Asia
Category
Solanaceae, Solanum
Size
Diameter ≥ 10 cm, height ≥ 15 cm
Blooming period
Flowering period June-July, fruiting period October-November
Flower colors
white or purple, fruit color purple
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