Aubergine Little Fingers Plant

Description

Aubergine Little Fingers Plant

• Aubergine Little Fingers Plant This type of cucumber has long snake-like finger shaped fruits, which are generally picked when the fruits elongate to about 3-4 inches. The fruit features deep purple, shiny skin and custard-like flesh that has a sweet flavor. Little Fingers plant has great productivity producing eggplants consistently through the growing season. They do best in a sunny spot and want well-drained soil that has been amended with organic matter. Ensure you water regularly and feed with a balanced general purpose fertilizer to assist healthy growth for best fruit yield. This type is too passed by many but the compact size, early ripening time and delicious fruits that are ideal for grilling, roasting or using in a salad make it one of our favorite squash to grow.

• Cultivation advice For Aubergine Little Fingers Plant

• Optimum Soil Temp. For Germination: 70 to 80F

  Planting Depth: 1/4inch

  Light: Full sun/under glass

  By early spring, this would be the time to plant your 2 seeds per pot covered lightly in light compost and keep at a minimum of 70F until hopefully germinated.

  SOW 1/2 to a full inch deep in warm soil spacing thinned seedlings out when big enough at between 3 -4 inches high plant to growing position, best under glass.

  They cannot survive in cold conditions.

  Remove support and avoid infestation.

  Feed with a potassium rich fertilizer each watering when fruit is setting to help them develop.

  To encourage more production, pick before the fruit surface shine disappears.