EGGPLANT-TSAKONIKI-GREEK
EGGPLANT-TSAKONIKI-GREEK
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EGGPLANT-TSAKONIKI
Solanum melongena
EGGPLANT-TSAKONIKI, Originally from Leonidio in Greece, this pretty purple and white stripped eggplant grows to about 20cm long, has thin skin with firm tender sweet flesh. The Tsakonia festival occurs every year in Leonidio celebrating this great vegetable. Cook either baked, fried, grilled, stuffed or used in stews and sauces. Ideal for freezing or canning. Can be sown direct or in punnets to plant out in full sun after the last frost. It needs a minimum of 6 hours of sun each day. Use well drained composted or nourished soil. Abundant producer often growing in clusters.
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Plant Height
30 - 60 cm (12 - 24 inches)
Season of Interest
Spring, Summer, Autumn
Temperature Range
15 - 28 °C
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Frost Tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Sow Direct or Start Indoors
Soil
Well-drained sandy loam with organic matter
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Soil Temperature
18 - 25 °C (64 - 77 °F)
Seed Preparation
Optional pre-soaking to enhance germination
Sowing Depth
1 cm (0.4 inches)
Plant Spacing
20 cm (8 inches)
Row spacing
30 - 40 cm (12 - 16 inches)
Watering
Regular watering, avoid waterlogging
Germination Time (Days)
7 - 14 days
Harvest Time (Days)
70 - 100 days
Good Companion Plants
Lettuce,Beets,Carrots,Dill
Bad Companion Plants
Peas,Beans,Cabbage
Pests
Onion Thrips,Leaf Miners,Aphids
Diseases
Downy Mildew,Fusarium Basal Rot,Smut
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When I started this journey in 2009, I found nothing existed commercially, that was reasonably priced and easy to use. There was a homemade system which I also found was not that user-friendly.
Then a friend of mine told me about a homemade method she used. However, when I tried her method, I found this also didn’t suit my needs, as it too had flaws that I considered where important. It did not keep vermin out, did not have a lockable lid and (to me) looked unsightly in the garden
