Saturday, October 25, 2008
Growing Eggplant
How to Grow Eggplant
By nonopenaso
The eggplant is a plant of the family Solanaceae (also known as the nightshades) and genus Solanum. It bears a fruit of the same name, commonly used as a vegetable in cooking The eggplant is a food crop grown for its fruit, which can be any size from small to large and pendulous, depending on cultivar, and might be many colors, especially purple, green, or white.
By nonopenaso
The eggplant is a plant of the family Solanaceae (also known as the nightshades) and genus Solanum. It bears a fruit of the same name, commonly used as a vegetable in cooking The eggplant is a food crop grown for its fruit, which can be any size from small to large and pendulous, depending on cultivar, and might be many colors, especially purple, green, or white.
Soak good quality seeds on the water for 24 hours.Ragdoll until the seeds germinate.
While waiting for the seeds to germinate, prepare the soil media. Soil media is compose of 1part fine sand, 1part compost and 1part garden soil. Mix them well and sterilize it by way of pouring boiling water. The purpose of sterilizing the soil media is to avoid the transfer of harmful bacteria to the actual field or garden.
Seeds begin to germinate at 4 - 5 days. Plant the seeds individually on a small plastic pot.
Before transplanting the seedlings in the field or garden, preparethe area thoroughly. Pulverize the soil well using a hoe, spade, trowel or animal drawn plow
Step5 Hardened Seedlings TRANSPLANT PREPARATION"Harden" the seedlings from 7 to 10 days before transplanting to the garden. This is done by gradually reducing the frequency of watering and by exposing the seedlings in the sun. They should be allowed to suffer from temporary wilting before watering. A hardened seedling will stand the rigors of transplanting better and will resume normal growth much sooner than a non-hardened one
Step5 Hardened Seedlings TRANSPLANT PREPARATION"Harden" the seedlings from 7 to 10 days before transplanting to the garden. This is done by gradually reducing the frequency of watering and by exposing the seedlings in the sun. They should be allowed to suffer from temporary wilting before watering. A hardened seedling will stand the rigors of transplanting better and will resume normal growth much sooner than a non-hardened one
Step6 TRANSPLANTING
Seedlings can be transplanted when it have 5 true leaves or about one month fron the date of planting to a small plastic pot. Dig a hole at about a spade size at a distance of 0.75meters betwwen hills and 1meter between rows, put about 2 handful compost, apply 2 -3 tbs. T-14 fertilizer then cover with top soil at about 3cm. Set the young plants in the young plants in the hole. Cover the base of the plants with top soil. Water, then firm.
Step7 CALCIUM NITRATE APPLICATION
Seven (7) days after transplanting, drench the plant with calcium nitrate. Mix 1 kilo calcium nitrate to a 16 liters water. Apply one one sardines can or about 150ml of mixed solution around the base of the plant.
Step8 T-14 APPLICATION
Fourten (14) days after transplanting, apply T-14 fertilizer to the plants. Mix 1kilo T- 14 to a 16 liters water. Again, apply 150ml arround the base of the plants.
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