Green Knight Eggplant: Growth Habit & Growing Tips

Key facts

Growth habit

Bush

Listed for

United States

Overview

Green Knight is a prolific eggplant with long, skinny green fruit on a plant of 2 to 3 feet. Cut it open and you find white flesh with a meatier character and few seeds, which makes the slender fruit pleasant to cook without much prep. The manageable plant size fits raised beds and large pots, and the steady output rewards frequent picking. Good for anyone who enjoys stir-fry style eggplant and wants something other than the usual purple.

Green Knight traits

• Long, slender green fruit
• White, meaty flesh with few seeds
• Prolific plant 2 to 3 ft tall
• Green skin that differs from common purple types

Good for

• Stir-fries and sautes
• Raised beds and large containers
• Grilling in lengthwise slices

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Green Knight FAQ

Sowing, care and common problems

Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every eggplant variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.

• Eggplant growing guide
• How to Plant Aubergines: Choosing Plants and Soil Temperature
• Training Aubergines to Three Stems and Keeping Them Cropping
• Cutting Aubergines Back in Midsummer for a Second Crop
• Aubergine Growing Calendar: Planting to the End of the Season
• Aubergine Problems: Wilts, Beetles and Hard, Dull Fruit
• When to Pick Aubergines and Why to Take the First One Early
• All 172 eggplant varieties

Source

Source: Cornell University (CALS Garden-Based Learning)

The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.