A hardy, unpretentious hybrid of medium early ripening, which can be safely recommended to beginners, is Andryusha's eggplant. This vegetable is characterized by its versatility, as it is excellent for growing both outdoors and inside greenhouses. Its fruits are dark purple in color, in the shape of a regular ellipse, and are distinguished by a delicate taste without signs of bitterness. It takes about four months to fully ripen from the moment the seeds are sown.
One of the main advantages of this variety is its high yield, which can reach ten kilograms per square meter. Usually 4-5 bushes of plants are grown on this area. To achieve maximum results with optimal time and physical costs, you need to carefully understand the characteristics of the variety.
Early varieties of eggplant
Early eggplants are good not only for the quick ripening of long-awaited vegetables, but also for the opportunity to get a full harvest in the northern regions. If in May you do not have the opportunity to plant eggplants in the ground, and in June night frosts are possible, it is worth choosing early varieties for your garden. Choose hybrids for your garden that have proven themselves among farmers and gardeners.
King of the north
Hybrid with high resistance to frost, subject to hardening of young shoots. Ripeness occurs at 90 - 100 days, but many note that in 70 - 80 days, the fruits can already be fully formed.
From one plant it is possible to remove from 3 to 4 kg of even purple cylinders.
The taste is quite delicate, a small amount of voids even at maximum maturation. Stored at a temperature of 12 - 15 degrees for up to two months, ideal for preparing blanks.
King of the north
Eggplant Bibo
Black handsome
Bibo
This is a white-skinned eggplant with super early ripening. After 60 - 70 days, you will remove up to 15 even and smooth snow-white vegetables weighing up to 500 g from one bush. It is unpretentious, and perfectly pollinates and matures both in the greenhouse and in the ground.
Black handsome
The black handsome variety has an ideal dark shade, the fruits are small, up to 200g, but up to 3 kg can be removed from one root. After 70 - 80 days, it gives a friendly harvest, but it is worth protecting from the first frosts, it requires additional shelter.
Eggplant Ilya Muromets - when to plant (sow) for seedlings?
An independent, non-hybrid nightshade crop - originally from India, after selection work, it retained its thermophilic qualities and demands on lighting. The originators of this variety are employees of the breeding plant in Russia. The main direction in breeding the variety was the goal of obtaining a high-yielding crop available for growing throughout the territory of the Russian Federation, unpretentious in care. Testing took place in 2020 and entered into the State Register. Recommended (depending on weather conditions) for growing in open areas and in greenhouse conditions.
Due to the size of the fruit, the eggplant "Ilya Muromets" is included in the series of varieties "Russian Bogatyr". The power of the branched, dense bush about a meter high fully justifies the name of the Russian hero. Match the plant and its striking size, deeply dark purple fruits. Such 45 cm in length vertex-shaped irregular cylinders with a diameter of about 10 cm and weighing more than half a kilogram can be over 10 kg / m².With such an unprecedented power, the fruit of the hero has other attractive properties.
- Dense, creamy, pleasantly tasting pulp without bitterness
- A thin but tough skin with a glossy sheen has its advantages:
- Long shelf life without loss of marketability
- Safely tolerates transportation
- Absence of a seed nest, the number of seeds is insignificant
- Absence of barren flowers - each flower gives an ovary
Such high taste and yield indicators contributed to the spread of the Ilya Muromets variety and to numerous favorable reviews.
As the hero was going for a long time to feats, this mid-season variety is in no hurry to give results due to the long growing season - 110-115 days from the moment of full germination to technical ripeness. Nevertheless, even for a short summer period in the middle zone and in the northern regions of Russia, growing in film greenhouses and greenhouses with a more durable coating, gardeners have time not only to appreciate the delicious taste of freshly prepared fruits, but have the opportunity to make a variety of supplies for the winter table.
Attention! Seeds for seedlings are sown in the third decade of February. Eggplant seedlings grow slowly.
The formed bushes are planted on the site in May, when the weather stabilizes, the night temperature will exceed +15 degrees. In the southern regions it is cultivated in open ground, in the central and northern regions - under a film cover and in greenhouses. Film tunnels are preferable: although eggplants are thermophilic, they overheat on hot days in the greenhouse and can shed not only flowers, but also ovaries.
Agricultural technology of cultivating varieties For two and a half months of active growth of seedlings of a high-yielding variety, the plant acquires 5-7 true leaves and a branched root system. A pick, if necessary, is carried out until the plant has parted with the cotyledon leaves. If it is possible to do without transplants that are traumatic for the roots, immediately plant the germinated eggplant seeds in large pots. We plant seedlings only in well-fertilized soil. We fill the wells in advance with vermicompost, who doesn’t have it with compost or humus, fill it with water to the brim. After repeated water-charging irrigation, we plant seedlings with a clod of earth in the slurry, deepen the root collar by 1–2 cm. The roots are not injured with such a planting, the survival rate of plants is 100%.
On top of the hole we mulch with dry humus with a layer of 2 cm. Moisture does not evaporate, a crust does not form on the soil surface. After 2 days, we rake the mulch, carry out loosening - gardeners call this operation dry irrigation. Mulch after loosening returns to its original place. The air has access to the roots of the plant, the capillaries through which moisture evaporates are broken. The roots do not dry out. In hot weather, we shade the eggplant seedlings, but in the morning and in the evening we give plenty of sunlight.
After planting, the shoots and lower leaves are removed before the first fork. So, a bush is formed so that the sun is enough for every plant and leaf. With the appearance of the ovaries, another operation is to be performed to remove it. We leave 5-7 large fruit ovaries on the bush. We remove others, including flowers. This is a forced measure: the eggplant of the Ilya Muromets variety is a large-fruited plant, if you do not lighten the bush, the ripening of the fruits will stretch to cold weather. The fruits are crushed. In a shaded place, the variety will not give the desired harvest; in eggplant greenhouses, it is recommended to install additional lighting.
The amount of the harvest is influenced by:
- A sharp change in temperature (hot day, cold nights).
- Dry air and high temperature in greenhouses, the cultivar can shed ovaries.
- For eggplant, a lack of moisture is destructive, but waterlogging can also lead to rot of the root system.
The variety is resistant to diseases affecting nightshade crops, it is not afraid of most pests.
Mid-season varieties
These eggplants are best used in regions where there are no unexpected frosts, or grown in a greenhouse. Due to the longer ripening period than in early ripening ones, you should carefully monitor the temperature in the greenhouse. The more stable the temperature and humidity, the richer the crop will be.
Albatross
If you like teardrop-shaped eggplants, round, fleshy, without voids, then this is your option. A variety for fresh consumption, conservation and long-term storage. Easy to transport, has a high keeping quality, this has become the main reason for choosing among farmers.
Eggplant Diamond
Albatross variety
Eggplant Marzipan
Diamond
One of the most favorite eggplant of gardeners in the middle lane. It is considered a dwarf bush, but very branchy, formed in the form of a ball. Decorative. Aging period up to 80 days. You can get up to 8 kg from one bush. Fruit weight up to 180g. The formation of flowers occurs from June to August, and the fruiting in this regard is long.
Marzipan
Connoisseurs of the delicate and tasty pulp of this eggplant prefer it not only for this reason. Ripens in 110 - 120 days, has a beautiful pear-shaped, deep purple hue.
Unusual eggplants for an open garden
Until recently, this thermophilic culture was grown only in warm countries, but today traditional varieties of eggplants have become common inhabitants of Russian vegetable gardens. Such success did not stop our gardeners, and they began to put a lot of effort into cultivating exotic varieties of "blue" in Russian conditions. We can already grow some unusual varieties in our climate, and even in an open garden.
Swan
Snow-white eggplants, which are not only beautiful to look at, but also have a delicate taste without bitterness. Small fruits grow on medium-sized bushes, have an average ripening period. This variety is most adapted to our growing conditions.
The most favorite eggplant of many gardeners is the Swan variety. The fruits grow in July, are medium in size and have an unusual milky white color. Eggplant has a mild, pleasant taste with hints of mushroom. The skin of this vegetable is tender and thin, and the flesh does not contain any veins.
Golden eggs
Dutch yellow eggplant with a high content of carotene. The fruits of this variety have a traditional oval shape and a very pleasant taste, without excessive pungency and bitterness. Medium-sized bushes love sunny places and are demanding to water.
Golden eggs are an unusual Dutch variety. Eggplant has a mild taste, without pungency and bitterness. The shape of the fruit is ovoid, and the eggplants themselves, when ripe, have a bright yellow color. The variety is used for decoration, cooking and preservation.
Red Ruffled
An interesting variety, by the look of which you will never say that this is an eggplant. Its fruits have an average ripening period and excellent taste, are used slightly unripe, and when ripe are bitter. But they are grown mainly for decorative table decoration, since small round bright red eggplants look really unusual.
Red Ruffled is one of the most unusual eggplants. In shape and color, it resembles a tomato or pepper. Lovers of the variety are advised to consume these fruits unripe, when they begin to acquire an orange hue. Red fruits begin to taste bitter, so they are more used for decorative purposes.
Rotonda bianca
Amazing eggplant of Italian selection. It is well adapted to Russian conditions and can be grown outdoors. The fruits of this variety are huge in size and rounded convex shape. Light lilac eggplants in shape and size resemble a small pumpkin.
Rotonda Bianca is a product of Italian selection. These amazing eggplants are perfectly adapted to the Russian summer, they have a very pleasant taste and an unusual shape.With proper care, the fruits of this variety grow very large - up to the size of a small pumpkin
Sailor
Eggplant, which got its name from its unusual striped color. Rounded-oblong fruits have a white-lilac color. "Matrosik" is a very tasty and nutritious variety, it is used with pleasure for preparing festive dishes, grilled vegetables and preservation in the winter.
Eggplant "Matrosik" has ceased to be exotic for Russian gardeners. The variety is perfectly adapted to our conditions, tolerates drops in temperature well and gives abundant fruiting. The fruits of the variety have an interesting striped color, therefore the plant received this affectionate name - "Matrosik"
Eggplant varieties for greenhouses
High-yielding varieties grow well in greenhouses, they require care, but respond to it with amicable and good fruiting. Stable temperature and humidity allow you to choose tall plants - from each such bush you can remove from 5 to 12 kg of vegetables.
Robin the Hood
A mid-season hybrid, requires the formation of a bush, but has a low growth of up to 60 cm. The plant has thorns. Pear-shaped, rounded fruits with low bitterness, ripening at 90 days. Medium keeping quality, for all types of canning and cooking.
Description of the variety Robin Hood
Policeman
Tall, up to 240 - 260 cm, ripens up to 120 days from the time of planting. Fruits ranging in size from 20 to 35 cm, yield - up to 9 kg. Requires the formation of a bush, it is enough to leave 2 stems, on which up to 15 fruits ripen at the same time. Excellent taste for both fresh and salted consumption.
It can be stored fresh for up to 2.5 months, loses its presentation a little, dries out, but the taste remains.
Sophia
A late-ripening variety with large fruits. Ripe fruits reach 30 cm and weigh up to 900g. The bush is up to 150 cm high, forms itself, but pinching is required. Up to 17 kg can be removed from one plant. very dense purple fruits. Perfectly stored and transported, the shelf life is the highest among all varieties with such a productivity - up to 3 months.
Eggplant Sophia
Open ground varieties
If you plan to grow your eggplant outdoors, suitable frost-resistant varieties are essential. In the middle lane, even the most patient vegetable to temperature changes requires shelter for the period of night frosts. Only zoned hybrids are ideal for a greenhouse.
Vakula
Patient enough to temperature changes, you can plant seedlings at the end of May. Height up to 120 cm, has a strong and dense stem. Pinching is not required, the bush forms itself. Up to 8 kg of eggplants can be removed from one bush.
Bull heart
Does not tolerate spring frosts, therefore, plant in open ground after their end. Rounded fruits weighing up to 300 g., Bush up to 80 cm., Yield about 8 - 12 kg. Unpretentious in agricultural technology, but does not tolerate overflow.
Variety Alekseevsky
Bull heart
Eggplant Vakula
Alekseevsky
One of the best for the outdoors. The height of the bush is up to 70 cm, very branchy, fruits up to 150g, but in one season it is realistic to collect up to 9-10 kg. A garter is required, as the bush is very fragile.
Transplantation and further care
Despite his endurance, Andryusha F1 is very fond of warmth and moisture. On the other hand, excessive heat leads to the fall of flowers, and temperatures below 12 degrees Celsius, which lasts for a long time, leads to a cessation of growth and development.
Transplant preparation and hardening
Before planting on open ground, seedlings grown at home, inside a greenhouse or greenhouse, must be hardened. About 14 days before transferring to the garden at night, it is recommended to reduce the temperature to 12-14 degrees Celsius. It is not recommended to harden the plant for a longer time, since in this case its development and growth is inhibited.
The best multi-colored varieties
The white-skinned varieties were bred in order to get rid of the bitterness, which is contained precisely in the coloring enzyme.Eggplants of other colors were obtained by crossing.
Swan
One of the best white eggplants. It has not only white skin, but also flesh. Can be grown both in soil and in a greenhouse. The height of the bush is up to 70 cm., The weight of the fruit is up to 250 g. The yield of one plant is up to 6 kg.
Icicle
Unusual due to its shape, which is why it is attractive. Bush up to 80cm. Fruits up to 300g. Up to 5 kg can be removed from one bush.
Flamingo
The name speaks for itself - beautiful pink, curved fruits weighing up to 40hg. They are in time for 130 days. Shrub up to 180cm, spreading and high-yielding. Up to 16 kg can be harvested from one plant.
Flamingo variety
Eggplant Icicle
Lebedinny
Purple Haze
Dark pink fruits weighing up to 180 g, ripen, on average, in 120 - 130 days. Bush up to 150cm, branched. It is afraid of frost, in a greenhouse up to 5 kg can be removed from one plant.
Yoga
Unusually - green fruits, reminiscent of curled corn. Each weighing up to 250g., Up to 20cm long. The bush is up to 80 cm, semi-spreading, does not require formation. The pulp and rind have no bitterness.
Emerald
Bright green fruits weighing up to 300 g., Ripen on average up to 100 days. The plant tolerates temperature extremes and mild drought. Up to 5 kg of vegetables can be obtained from one root in 120 days.
Chinese lantern
In 80 - 110 days after sowing, at 70 cm, unusual eggplants begin to turn red in the bush. Unusual bright color and shape makes them look like decoration. Weight up to 180g, yield - up to 3 kg per plant.
Eggplant chinese lantern
Variety Yoga
Purple Haze
Emerald eggplant
Always with a splendid harvest - fruitful varieties
Everyone who works on the land wants to see the embodiment of their work in the form of a bountiful harvest. Therefore, varieties that are known to consistently produce a large number of high-quality fruits are very popular. Some of them are very popular among Russian gardeners and have many positive reviews. They do not hesitate to include the varieties Almaz and Alekseevsky already described here earlier. But there are other, practically not inferior to them in terms of yield, eggplant varieties included in the State Register.
Black handsome - this variety of eggplants has an average ripening period and is not inferior in yield to Almaz. The plant is unpretentious and excellent disease resistant. At an average height of the bushes - 60–80 cm - numerous fruits weighing up to 200 grams grow, which ripen together in 110–145 days. Their tender, yellowish flesh is bitter-free and contains very few seeds.
Eggplant variety Black handsome in yield is not inferior to the Almaz variety
The Robin Hood eggplant variety has gained popularity among vegetable growers for its stable yield and extraordinary resistance to negative growing conditions. On its sprawling bushes, 70–100 cm high, quite a lot of fruits are tied, which, when ripe, weigh up to 300 grams. The Robin Hood variety has a lilac color of fruits, which are good salted or fermented, which distinguishes them from many relatives.
Robin Hood eggplant variety is resistant to the vagaries of the weather and consistently yields
Speaking of fruitful eggplants, one cannot fail to mention the Epic hybrid variety. This hybrid, both in appearance and in taste, is grown all over Russia. Powerful Epica bushes, reaching a height of 100 cm, bear fruit within 65 days after planting in the garden. The weight of each eggplant can be up to 230 grams, and the yield from 1 m2 of a garden bed is 5.8 kg. Epic is resistant to all the most common plant diseases of this species.
Epic eggplant variety is powerful and disease resistant
The best purple varieties
Even the fact that new bright colors of the vegetable with low bitterness appeared did not distract from the standard purple favorites. Among them, the leading varieties are:
King of the north
Resistant to frost, technical ripeness for 90 - 100 days, but can be removed for 70 - 80 days. Up to 4 kg of even purple, very beautiful fruits are removed from the bush.
Purple miracle
Hybrid. It tolerates drought patiently, but it is necessary to use a lot of water one time. Bush up to 90 cm high. Beautiful elongated fruits weighing up to 250g. Maturation at 90 - 115 days. From one plant, you can get up to 8 kg of eggplant.
Purple miracle
Diamond
Dwarf variety. Height up to 50 cm, but the bush is very branched. It looks very decorative, in the form of a ball, does not require shaping. Ripeness for 80 days. Fruits up to 180 - 200g.
During the season, you can get up to 8 kg of beautiful bright purple fruits.
Growing seedlings and caring for eggplants
As we can see below, from the generally accepted recommendations - there are quite a few troubles with sowing and leaving.
Despite the fact that among vegetable crops, eggplants are the source of the most balanced nutrition in the vitamin and mineral complex, you need to be careful with them, as with green potatoes. Overripe fruits contain large quantities of a poisonous substance - solanine. Eating them is not recommended.
So, it is better to cut off unripe than overripe all multi-colored. Conclusion Choosing from a huge number of breeding lines, we acquire with a strong resistance to diseases, pests and weather fluctuations. Since new names appear every year, we are already adding new ones with other qualities to our proven favorite eggplants.
In this case, without risking the harvest, we check many varieties for endurance and taste, but we stop only at worthy representatives with a simple growing technology. Then this activity is a pleasure.
The best varieties for the Moscow region
The middle lane is a rather mild climatic zone, but late summer and early autumn do not allow late-ripening varieties to fully ripen. Greenhouses help with this, but it is still worth choosing early and mid-season varieties.
These varieties will give an excellent harvest and bring a minimum of hassle:
- King of the north. Will give an excellent harvest in the absence of frost in early summer. It proved to be excellent both in greenhouses and in the ground;
- Black Prince. It is worth choosing it not only because of its decorative effect. The rich purple color hides the tender pulp without bitterness, and from one bush it is possible to get fruits up to 8 kg.;
- Sophia. Even when planting in the ground, and covering in the first week, you will receive up to 15 - 17 kg of large, up to 900g per season. Eggplant.
- Albatross. Mid-season, but ripening early enough. On day 90, the first fruits can be removed. Beautiful cylindrical shape and delicate taste. Patient about drought;
If you dream of a friendly and high harvest, minimal labor costs and pleasing to the eye vegetables, you should choose seeds zoned for your area, provide proper care, and do what you love with pleasure.
Ultra early hybrids
Separately, it should be said about eggplant hybrids ripening in record time. They are unpretentious in care, adapt well to any conditions. They give a good harvest.
Tirrenia F1
An early ripe hybrid with long fruiting. Eggplants appear before frost. Fruit weight 450 - 700 gr. There are almost no seeds. There is a tendency towards self-pollination.
Anet F1
The eggplants are elongated, oblong. They look like a top hat. Weight - from 300 to 400 gr. The mature plant is strong, strong, with luxurious foliage. Rapid recovery of leaf mass is characteristic, due to which pest attacks are not dangerous.
Photo of hybrid eggplant Anet F1
Fabina F1
A hybrid designed for both outdoor and indoor use. It ripens on the 70th day. On the bush, there are from 6 to 8 fruits of a dark purple color. At the time of technical ripeness, the peel of Fabina's eggplant hybrid is shiny. The pulp is white-green. There is no bitterness.Differs in good immunity.
Eggplant Ultra early F1
Received in Ukraine. Fruits in the shape of a pear of a bright purple color weigh from 120 to 140 grams. Drought and disease resistant.
The pulp is tender, white-yellow. There is no bitterness taste. An adult plant branches well. Up to 15 fruits appear on one bush.
Ultra-early eggplants are a great choice for growers looking to harvest as early as possible. They are also suitable for beginners, as they are easy to care for and are not susceptible to diseases.
