
Solanum melongena 'Mini Lebanese'
Aubergine 'Mini Lebanese'
Aubergines need warmth to do well, so in cool climates grow them in a greenhouse. In warmer climates they can be grown outdoors. They should be treated as tomatoes except that they require misting every day when flowers start. Mini Lebanese is a high yielding eggplant with slender, elongated, dark fruit formed in clusters, on a vigorous plant. Mini Lebanese can be grown in large pot or garden. Best harvested when fruit size 8cm
Contributed by @patj
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and fertile
Common name
Aubergine 'Mini Lebanese'
Latin name
Solanum melongena 'Mini Lebanese'
type
Vegetable
family
Solanaceae
ph
5.0 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
Solanum melongena 'Mini Lebanese'
Aubergines need warmth to do well, so in cool climates grow them in a greenhouse. In warmer climates they can be grown outdoors. They should be treated as tomatoes except that they require misting every day when flowers start. Mini Lebanese is a high yielding eggplant with slender, elongated, dark fruit formed in clusters, on a vigorous plant. Mini Lebanese can be grown in large pot or garden. Best harvested when fruit size 8cm
Propagating by seed
From Early Winter TO Mid Winter
Aubergines can be grown outdoors in warm climates, but for cooler climates sow in a propagator, or heated (preferably) greenhouse. Sow seeds individually in pots of compost in early to mid Winter
Planting
From Early Summer TO Mid Summer
In cool climates, plant the pot-grown seeds into a 9" pot when the pots are full of root, in a greenhouse. In warm climates, plant outdoors when the soil is warm, planting 2' apart, in a sunny sheltered position. (The soil can be warmed, prior to planting, by covering with a cloche)