Aubergine Du Burkina-Faso Eggplant: Growing Tips

Key facts

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Overview

Aubergine Du Burkina-Faso is a West African heirloom with flat, wrinkled fruit marked by red ribs and a somewhat bitter taste, borne on tall plants. Grow it for traditional West African dishes that call for that bitterness, and give the tall plant support.

Aubergine Du Burkina-Faso traits

• Flat, wrinkled fruit with red ribs
• Somewhat bitter flavor
• Tall plant habit
• West African heirloom

Good for

• West African cooking
• Stews and sauces

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Aubergine Du Burkina-Faso 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.