Heirloom Eggplant varieties - in L.A.?
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7 years agoBaby G (USDA:10a, Sunset:21&23 SoCal-NE. Mt Washington, Lo-Chill: 200-400 Hrs, So thanked marcfevansNil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
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Comments (5)Hi Chris, I have quite a few tomatoes on my list, so I'm sure you'll find something you'd like. I would be interested in your carrots in tape, plus blood red, nutri-red, purple dragon; tall utah celery; and radishes in tape. You can chose two tomato varieties for the seed tape, since I know that is more expensive. Maria Here is a link that might be useful: my trade list...See MoreEggplant lovers, your most productive eggplant(s)
Comments (35)😊 I only use the eggplant to make Mediterranean dishes ( you probably havn’t heard or seen) one dish is made with roasted eggplant on fire then mashed and sautéed with garlic, turmeric, tomatoes and eggs, has a smoky flavor and aroma to it. ( another dish is with sauted eggplants cooked with lots of garlic, tomatoes, dried mint, turmeric and a dairy product called Kashk. Also eggplant stew with lamb...all are very delicious. I’m more used to cooking with the long skinnier eggplants ( less seeds)....See MoreRecommend heirloom asian eggplant
Comments (4)The biggest problem that I have with growing eggplant in a cool climate is attack by Verticillium wilt. Losses for me have been as high as 50-75% with susceptible varieties in a cool, wet year. Most of the commercial Asian varieties that I tried (and many heirlooms as well) were susceptible; "Pingtung Long" is especially so. But two heirlooms have proven to be extremely reliable: "Casper" is an Asian-type white eggplant, with tall upright growth. It actually seems to prefer cooler temps, and bears early. During hot summers, it will stop bearing for awhile - then bear again _heavily_ in late Summer / early Autumn. My last harvest is usually just before frost. The flavor is very mild, almost completely non-bitter... my absolute favorite for basic battered & fried eggplant. "Diamond" is a purple Asian-type, with a lower, more spreading growth habit. The fruits are elongated, glossy, and attractive, but shorter than most. However, it has the heaviest, most reliable yield of any eggplant that I have ever grown... the fruits are borne in clusters, and it is not unusual to harvest 4-6 per plant in a single picking! You'll be giving them away like zucchini! It bears well in Summer heat. The flavor is stronger than "Casper" with a firmer texture, making it a good choice for eggplant dishes. Both of these are highly Verticillium-resistant, exceptionally early, and have stout stems that hold up well to strong winds. I highly recommend the combination of the two... one or the other is always bearing. They also freeze well, maintaining almost-fresh quality for a long period if vacuum sealed....See MoreHeirloom Tomato Plant Sources in Oklahoma
Comments (6)Hi Dale!!!! How are you? Long time no see. I hope the business is doing great. I always was a horrible typist, but I did start out as a 'stenographer' at General Dynamics in the earliest 1980s. Even though they hired me for my shorthand (140 words per minute, I'm proud to say), I mostly typed and this was back when we had to type on IBM Selectric typewriters and and then had to learn to type on computers (called word processors at the time) and I hated them. LOL In the mid-1980s we had to start using a brand new (in the business world) process called 'Electronic Mail' on our brand new computerized word processors and I didn't like it either and could not see its' worth, which just goes to show that I am not good at spotting trends! So, I guess I've been typing a long time but never especially liked it...and didn't stay a stenographer long either, promoting out of secretarial work and into first a personnel administrative job and then later an accounting job before I quit my job in the early 1990s to do the whole stay-at-home-mom thing. I then spent the rest of the 1990s and even the earliest 2000s avoiding computers because I had my fill of them at work all those years. After we moved to a fairly remote, rural area ihere in Oklahoma in the late 1990s, I eventually had to learn to like my computer and communicate on it in order to stay in touch with what was going on in the real world. Now, of course, I cannot imagine my life without electronic communication. I do always write long threads, though, and that's just me trying to be thorough and complete and cover all the bases. Hope you're well and looking forward to another great garden year. Dawn...See MoreNil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoBaby G (USDA:10a, Sunset:21&23 SoCal-NE. Mt Washington, Lo-Chill: 200-400 Hrs, So
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoNil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
7 years agoNil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoBaby G (USDA:10a, Sunset:21&23 SoCal-NE. Mt Washington, Lo-Chill: 200-400 Hrs, So thanked Nil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
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