Ebony King Eggplant: Growing Tips

Key facts

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United States

Overview

Ebony King is an heirloom eggplant known for size: the smooth, black, bell-shaped fruit can weigh as much as three pounds. Plants carrying fruit this heavy appreciate rich soil, consistent moisture and full sun, and staking helps keep the fruit off the ground.

Ebony King traits

• Heirloom variety
• Smooth, black, bell-shaped fruit
• Fruit up to 3 pounds

Good for

• Slicing for large dishes
• Baking and roasting

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Ebony King 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.