Striped Eggplant 'Rotonda bianca sfumata di rosa' (Solanum melongena) seeds

This eggplant has white-purple-striped, oval-round fruits. Visually, a true eyecatcher.
Contents: Approx. 50 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

€2.39

Content: 50 Single seed

Product number: 1099 GTIN: 4250601204482

Description

This Italian striped eggplant variety 'Rotonda bianca sfumata di rosa' produces beautiful, rather round, purple-white-striped aubergines. It is very vigorous and productive, but should be cultivated under some protection, preferably a greenhouse or foil tunnel.

It is also well suited as a pot plant, which makes it ideal for growing on the sunny, warm and sheltered balcony.

Lifecycle	Perennial
Species	Solanaceae
Eventual height	30-150 cm
Flowering months	August, July, June, September
Main harvest	August
Winter hardiness zones	12 (10 bis 15 °C)

Sowing depth	0.5 cm
Germination temperature	22-28°C
Germination time	5-10 days
Climate	Subtropical
Sunlight	Full sun
Water requirement	Medium
Planting distance	50 cm
Row spacing	100 cm
Good companion plants	Beans, Lettuce, Radish
Bad companion plants	Chili, Potatoes, Sweet Pepper, Tomatoes

Sowing and care

Pre-culture indoors starting from March. In May acclimate the plants and plant them outdoors or in a greenhouse. The side shoots of eggplants should be cut and pinched out from time to time - leaving only 3-4 buds per plant to harvest large and beautiful fruit.

Other names

Botanical name: Solanum melongena

German: Aubergine, Eierfrucht, Melanzani

English: Aubergine, Eggplant, Melongene, Garden egg, Guinea squash, Brinjal

French: Aubergine, Albergine, Ambergine, Beringène, Bréhéme, Bringèle, Marignan, Mayenne, Melanzane, Melongène, Mérangène, Méringeane, Verinjeane, Viadase, Bringelle

Italian: Melanzana

Spanish: Berenjena

Manufacturer information: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH | Junkersstraße 7 | 93055 Regensburg, Germany | service@magicgardenseeds.com | https://www.magicgardenseeds.com

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