Sparrow's Brinjal Eggplant: Growing Tips

Key facts

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United States

Overview

Sparrow's Brinjal is a Southeast Asian heirloom belonging to Solanum indicum rather than the common eggplant species. The plants bear tiny greenish-white fruit that go into curries when young; left to mature they turn red and are then used in soups and sauces. It is a specialist ingredient rather than a slicing eggplant, so grow it if you cook Southeast Asian food and want an authentic pea-sized fruit. Give the plant warmth and a long season, and pick at both stages to see which you prefer.

Sparrow's Brinjal traits

• Tiny greenish-white fruit
• Fruit matures to red
• Solanum indicum, a different species from common eggplant
• Southeast Asian heirloom

Good for

• Curries (green stage)
• Soups and sauces (red stage)
• Southeast Asian cooking

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Sparrow's Brinjal 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.