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Aubergine
Solanum melongena
EdibleZones 3–10herb
At a glance
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Water need
- Medium
- Mature height
- 1 m
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Hardiness
- USDA 3–10
- Layers
- herb
Functional roles
food
Propagation
How to make more of this plant for free — the permaculture way.
seedmoderate
When: Sow under cover February to March
In the kitchen garden
- Sow (months)
- 2, 3
- Harvest (months)
- Not yet checked
- Spacing
- Take it from the seed packet
- Family
- —
- Frost
- Tender — needs cover
One of the tender crops a greenhouse exists for; it will not ripen outdoors in most of the UK.
Where to get it
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Seed data pending expert review. Identification photo and description are sourced from Wikipedia/Wikimedia; always confirm a plant in person before eating any part of it.