Aubergine Violetta di Firenze — an annual vegetable, grown for its large, fleshy fruit.
Botanical name: Solanum melongena
Sowing: under cover, 60–70 days before planting out
Spacing: 50 cm between plants, 70 cm between rows
Germination: 10–14 days at 24–26 °C (sown under cover; not sown directly)
Harvest: 100–130 days after planting out
Companion planting: good neighbours: beans, basil. Avoid: potato and tomato (same family, same pests).
Contents: 0.8 g
| Life cycle | Annual |
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