Eggplant Swan

In modern summer cottages and household plots, eggplant has long been no longer a youth-guest, but a real long-lived owner. Increasingly, gardeners prefer growing this particular vegetable rich in useful properties. This article will focus on the representative of the white variety of eggplant “Swan”.

Eggplant Swan

Description

Eggplant “Swan” in terms of fruit ripening is a mid-season variety. The period of full ripening of fruits from the moment the first shoots appear is 105-116 days. The bushes are compact, of medium size, reach a height of 50-70 cm. The variety is suitable for growing both in a greenhouse and in open ground.

The fruits have a cylindrical, slightly elongated shape. In the period of technical maturity they are painted white. The size of one vegetable is 18-20 cm long and 5-7 cm in diameter. The weight of one single mature fruit ranges from 200 to 250 grams.

The flesh of the eggplant variety “Swan” is snow-white, tender, completely without bitterness. It is this property that makes the variety popular among a large number of gardeners.

The yield of this type of eggplant is high. From one square meter of beds, you can collect up to 18 kg of vegetables.

Important! To get the maximum yield from one bush, it is necessary to leave no more than 5-6 large inflorescences on it.

In cooking, the variety is very popular as a raw material for the preparation of caviar, pickles and second courses.

Eggplant Swan

Advantages of the variety

Among the key benefits of eggplant “Swan” it should be noted:

  • high productivity;
  • excellent tolerance to temperature extremes and the main “whims of nature”;
  • good resistance to a wide range of eggplant-specific diseases;
  • excellent taste and commercial qualities;
  • wide application in cooking.
Attention! In addition to the main advantages, white varieties of eggplant are especially valued for their beneficial and medicinal properties.

Eggplant Swan

Regular consumption of such eggplant in food helps prevent headaches, improves digestion and saturates the body with vitamins and minerals.

Cultivation and care

The process of growing and caring for the plant is no different from the reproduction of the traditional purple variety. The main procedures are as follows:

  1. Sowing seeds for seedlings.
  2. Picking grown plants.
  3. Planting seedlings in a garden bed or greenhouse.
  4. Watering, weeding, loosening, top dressing and pinching the bush.
  5. Harvesting.

Eggplant Swan

Sowing seeds for seedlings produced in mid-March.

Important! Picking is carried out only after the appearance of 2-3 leaves on the plant.

Under favorable climatic conditions, eggplant seedlings can be planted in the ground from mid-May until the end of the first decade of June.

Eggplant Swan

When and how to properly harvest eggplant for the first time, you will learn from the video:

Harvesting (white and blue eggplant). Growing eggplant.

Reviews

Diana Igorevna, 35 years old, Volgograd
This year I decided to sow unusual eggplants on my site. Why unusual? Because they are white in color, which is a novelty for our dacha cooperative. I planted the Swan variety. Since the climate in my region is quite warm, I planted the “curiosity” directly on the garden. After the appearance of the first fruits, which ripened rather quickly, I began to increasingly notice the surprised looks of my neighbors, who were at a loss from the color of my snow-white beauties. The variety, indeed, turned out to be very productive. I prepared a large amount of caviar and salads for the winter, and also treated my neighbors with an unusual vegetable.
Olga Petrovna, 41 years old, Volgograd
On my site I constantly conduct experiments and plant various varieties that are not typical for many gardeners. This year I decided to experiment with eggplant. I bought the most unusual and exotic varieties in the seed store. All of them differed in shape, color and taste. All species were planted in seedlings in open ground. She took care of the new products as if they were ordinary purple eggplants familiar to all of us. In July, my beauties pleased me with the first harvest. All varieties were really different in taste. Some resembled mushrooms in taste, others eggplant, and others, in general, were indistinguishable from spicy chicken. The main thing is that bitterness was completely absent in all vegetables. The yield of varieties was also pleased. The experiment was a success!

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