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.

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