How To Produce More Eggplant

Soak the eggplant for 15 minutes before cooking.

How to produce more eggplant. Baba Ghanoush Photo by LYNNINMA. Improve native soil by mixing in several inches of aged compost or other rich organic matter. This encourages your plant to put more energy into growing sturdy stalks and deep roots instead of producing.

To roast whole eggplants in the oven leave the skin on and roast at 400 degrees F 200 degrees C until the skin gets wrinkly and begins to collapse in on the softened fruit. So here are some tips that you can follow to make the skin of the eggplant more edible. Water well to moisten the soil to a depth of at least 6 inches so the soil is moist but never soggy.

Eggplant and all other nightshade vegetables need generous watering to grow. Lay paper towels over a flat baking sheet. Try growing eggplants in raised beds which heat up quickly in spring.

Raw eggplants are brushed with a mixture of olive oil and minced garlic before they go on a. Eggplant needs warm conditions and will not thrive during a cool season. Feeding eggplants during their growing and fruiting stages improves the overall health of the plant.

Place the eggplant pieces in a single layer on a paper towel-lined baking sheet. As your eggplant starts to bloom pinch the first buds you see coming through. Its peel is rich in anthocyanins which are antioxidants and natural plant pigments that give the fruits skin its purple hue according to a 2021 study.

Cook your eggplant soon after picking for peak flavor. Pinch out the terminal growing points for a bushier plant. Plants given plenty of room are healthier and more productive so space them 2½.