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Why the variety was called a dwarf becomes clear if you look at the height of the bush, barely reaching forty centimeters.
But why Japanese? This is probably known only to its creator. Especially if you remember that the variety is not even foreign, but belongs to the Siberian Garden line of frost-resistant eggplant varieties.
Description of the Japanese dwarf variety
The compactness of the bushes allows them to be planted more densely than other eggplant varieties. In quantities from five to seven bushes per square meter. Planting pattern sixty centimeters by forty.
The fruits of the Japanese dwarf variety cannot be called dwarf. These are fairly large pear-shaped eggplants, growing up to eighteen centimeters in length and weighing up to three hundred grams.
Moreover, this variety of eggplant is early ripening; the harvest can be harvested within four months after sowing the seeds for seedlings.
The skin of the fruit is thin. The pulp does not contain bitterness, is light beige in color, tender, without voids.
Eggplant is easy to grow. Developed for open garden beds. Responds well to watering and mineral fertilizing. The yield will be higher if you use drugs that accelerate seed germination and increase fruit set.
Agricultural technology
Japanese dwarf is planted for seedlings, like other eggplants, at the end of March.Seeds treated with a stimulant are planted in pots filled with fertile soil or a specially treated substrate. You can choose peat tablets specifically for eggplants. Taking into account the required acidity of the substrate from 6.5 to 7.0.
When planting in the ground, eggplant seeds are lightly sprinkled with soil, watered, covered with non-woven material and placed in a warm place. Eggplants love heat, so an air temperature of twenty-five degrees is required to germinate the seeds. It is necessary to ensure that the soil in the seedling pots is always moist, but there is no excess water. In case of excessive watering, the roots of young plants suffocate without air and rot.
Dried peat clumps into a lump through which water passes without stopping. As a result, the plants dry out without receiving water. If it happens that the substrate has dried out, the pots must be placed in water for twenty to thirty minutes so that the peat soaks and begins to retain moisture again.
After the seventieth day, at the end of May, the Japanese dwarf can be planted in the ground. By that time, the return frosts will have ended. Eggplant grows better in the open air, but if spring has dragged on and the air temperature is still low, it is better to plant it under a film on arches. As the weather warms up, the film can be removed.
Unfortunately, moisture condenses under the film. High air humidity often provokes fungal diseases in eggplants. As an alternative to film, you can use non-woven material that allows water and air to pass through, but retains heat.
During the growing season, eggplant must be fed with potassium and phosphorus.To maximize the provision of eggplant with nutrients, a significant amount of organic matter must be added to the soil even before planting seedlings: humus, compost. After planting seedlings, it is better to mulch the beds. This will help get rid of weed.
Of all the nightshades, eggplant has the largest leaves. Much more water evaporates from their surface than from tomato or potato leaves. This is why eggplant needs regular and abundant watering.
The fruits are harvested in August – September. Given the high yield, they are most often processed for winter harvesting.
The Japanese dwarf variety is often confused with another eggplant variety, the Korean dwarf. They are indeed similar in size to the bush. In the photo below is a Korean dwarf.
Most likely, even sellers confuse the varieties. It may happen that instead of a Japanese dwarf, a Korean dwarf will grow in the garden bed. This variety is also not bad, you shouldn’t be too upset.
The reputation of any eggplant can be much more damaged by the so-called over-grading. Mis-sort is eggplant seeds of a different variety sold to you by an unscrupulous buyer. Probably, here we should also say “thank you” that these are eggplant seeds, and not pepper, for example.
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