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Input: Sowing Seeds. 1  Sow eggplant seeds indoors about six weeks before the climate begins to warm up. 2  The seeds germinate best at temperatures above 24 deg C (75 deg F), so keep in a warmer place inside the house. You can use bottom heat to maintain a soil temperature around 24 deg C for about 10 days. Planting and germinating eggplant requires you to use the right type of soil and a container that is about an inch full. Plant and germinate eggplant with help from a classically-trained chef with experience in both world-class restaurants and private dining companies in this free video clip. Expert: Teca Thompson Filmmaker: Rudi Rose Sow eggplant seeds indoors 8 weeks before the last frost in spring using a seed starting kit. Sow seeds ¼ inch deep in seed-starting formula Keep the soil moist at 75 degrees F There’s no particular eggplant seed preparation necessary prior to sowing. Eggplant seeds germinate at temps between 60-95 degrees F. (15-35 C.) and seedlings will emerge in seven to 10 days. When growing with eggplant seeds instead of nursery starts, the seeds will remain viable for about four years. The leaves are generally lobed and about 4 - 8 inches long. Flowers/Fruits: Flowers can be white or some shade of purple, with five-lobes. The fruit varies from small and round, to long and thin, to hefty orbs. Fruits are actually berries, with lots of tiny seeds inside the flesh. Botanical Name. Solanum melongena. Common Name(s) 1) Seed Viability Relative to Germination: 1  Shelf life: Tomato seeds tend to last much longer in storage than most other seed (i.e., onions need to be purchased fresh every year). Just make sure they were stored properly (cool & dry) and you should have around a 4-5 year shelf life for tomato seeds. Eggplants are in the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, along with tomatoes, peppers and potatoes. Many of us grew up thinking of eggplant as large, somewhat oval shaped, purple vegetables. There wasn’t a lot of variety in what we could grow or how we ate it. Thankfully, that is no longer the case. Growing From Seed. Because eggplants require a relatively long time to mature and will not thrive in cool weather, if you plan to grow your eggplants from seed, you will need to begin them indoors, about eight to 10 weeks before the average last frost date for your region. Seeds need warm soil to germinate and for the seedlings to grow quickly. The ideal soil temperature for germination is between 70 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit, so be sure to keep your seedlings in a warm location in your home or use a heating mat to warm the soil. Faster Pepper and Eggplant Seed Germination One issue that many gardeners face is that pepper and eggplant seeds can take forever to germinate. I’ve had some eggplants that took about 2 years to germinate—at least it felt like it! Growing eggplants in containers is not complicated, and if you’re a fan of grilling and oven broiling, you should grow this delicious and PRODUCTIVE vegetable. Eggplant is a perennial tropical vegetable plant native to South and East Asia (namely, China and India) and a member of the tomato family. Query: how long eggplant seeds to germinate
Output:
It takes seven to 10 days for eggplant seeds to germinate.