Today we're gonna look at a very unique and delicious variety of eggplant
That you can grow in your garden
Say "Hi" to the tricolor eggplant!
So we're growing two of these eggplants in this 16-inch container this is a square
container a little wider
You can see this eggplant has a lot of thorns
Really big thorns that you can see on the leaves
And on the fruit and pretty much all over the plant
Now that's a good thing because insects don't like to come around this plant
You might see a little bit of leaf damage here and there
But overall these thorns give it very good protection
As you can see they are being constantly watered by a drip irrigation source
So 2 weeks since planting this plant
It's grown to a really good size
And as you can see
The stems are very well developed
Now the kind of nutrition that this eggplant needs
Is similar to the other eggplants
It needs a nice balanced fertilizer
I used my own compost that I created this year
And compost has a lot of micronutrients
As well as macronutrients
Which the eggplant loves
I also used a slow release fertilizer
If you would like to know which fertilizer is good for your eggplant
Do look at the video description
I will provide you with both the organic and this synthetic option
To feed your egglants
One unique thing about this eggplant
That I noticed was that
The flowers appeared in bunches
I thought most of these flowers would get converted into fruit
But it looks like the survival technique for this plant
Is to produce a lot of flowers especially in bunches
And that hope that most of it gets pollinated and producers fruit
So forty two days after planting you can see it that
We have seen the first fruit form
It's very healthy it looks like a striped eggplant
And that looks pretty good
So this tricolor eggplant plant has purple stripes white stripes as well as green stripes
So its a very interesting looking vegetable
Most of the other eggplants
Like Listada de Gandia
And some other eggplants have only two colors purple and white
But this eggplant is very unique its got
White, green as well as purple colors in it
And the plant is now producing a lot of fruit
So we just have to wait till the fruits grow larger in size
And once the fruits grow large enough
They will be ready for harvest
And it's not easy to get the seeds for this eggplant in the market
One of my friends has been saving these seeds for a very long time
Has been kind enough to provide me the seeds
And this is a heirloom variety
That's easily propagated from seeds
So its now time to harvest the eggplant
We have our about 4 eggplants ready for harvest
So let's go ahead and harvest them
Make sure you harvest them carefully
There are a lot of thorns even on the eggplant fruit
And this tricolor eggplant is not only unique looking
It's also one of the most delicious eggplants that I've tasted
It's more like the White Eggplant in the sense that it's creamy
and nice tasting
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So after the first harvest is done You can see that the eggplant is
Still producing a lot more eggplants
That can be harvested later
So all in all this is a very productive eggplant
So I hope you liked this video
And if you have grown other types of eggplants that are striped
Whether its Listada de Gandia or Shooting stars or any other eggplants
Do let me know; leave me a comment
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