Iraqi eggplant a winner

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by MuddyBuckets

I want to grow some eggplants in buckets next season and have a few questions. Can the eggplant be grown a 3.5 gallon bucket or a 5.0 gallon bucket? What is the preferred container media? Store bought or home brew mix?

If anyone has any extra seeds they could spare I would appreciate them. Prefer the following along with any starting/planting/growing/harvesting advice. I am in 7b in the North Carolina Piedmont.

Lavender Touch
Peng Tung
Rosa Bianca
Florida Market*
Listada de Gandia
Kamo
Italian White
Round Mauve
Japanese Millionaire

Successfully grew clemson spineless okra last season (4 plants/5 gallon bucket, top watering).

Thanks in advance, just PM me for an address. Have rooster spur, yellow ghost, mexibell, serrano pepper seeds and marmande tomato seeds to trade.

I'll check my seeds,I may have a few of these.
I'm wanting to try Rosa Bianca and a small,round Thai version. The round Thai eggplants are delicious in green curry but I've never grown them.

[KC.Sun]

I know the Japanese and Chinese types (all purple eggplants) all turn brown after cooking.
I seem to remember white and green eggplants retain their color.

I grew Kamo this year. It turned brown after cooking. Fairytale turned brown too.

I think all purples eggplants turn brown.

I like them grilled or stuffed. We stuff them, then stir fry. Makes an awesome dish. But it still turns brown.

[imp]

Scott, or anyone who has grown several of the varieties, what are the taste and texture differences for you?

I've only grown the old fashioned Black Beauty one and it did well, but maybe another variety would be good too. I like to grill them as well as make lasagna with it, or of course the must have eggplant parmesan.

Does eggplant cubes or slices can well? maybe in a chicken stock?

[efisakov]

Originally Posted by imp

Scott, or anyone who has grown several of the varieties, what are the taste and texture differences for you?

I've only grown the old fashioned Black Beauty one and it did well, but maybe another variety would be good too. I like to grill them as well as make lasagna with it, or of course the must have eggplant parmesan.

Does eggplant cubes or slices can well? maybe in a chicken stock?

My mom boils eggplants first, than cuts them in cubes. Also, cuts in cubes onion, sweet pepper. All that is stir-fryd in oil with one tomato added for acidity. Salt, hot pepper (if you like), garlic and parsley (at the end).
She freezes it in a plastic containers or a bag. Great dish to eat at winter wormed up with a slice of bread or mashed-potatoes.

[ibraash]

Great looking eggplants. Thanks for sharing. These pics were taken in August 2015? What is an eggplant DTM? Please advise.

BTW, are you offering any seeds with a SASE?

[DaveWill]

Originally Posted by ScottinAtlanta

Iraq Eggplant Is On Top


Folks, here are several varieties of eggplants from my garden here in Atlanta this year. I am very pleased with the Iraq eggplant whose seeds that my friend Adil Alami عادل اللامي got for me in Baghdad - big, meaty, with a flat bottom that makes it easier to slice for the grill.


By contrast, the Kurdish eggplant is smaller and late. Who would have guessed that eggplants are political?

Hi, your "Iraqi" eggplant looks like my Aswad Iraqi variety from Baker Rare seeds. Is it the same or have you a different variety. I have had great success with Aswad here in the AZ desert. Maybe because our climate is the same as Iraq - very hot and dry. I protected last year's plants from the little frost we had in November and now I am getting a great harvest from the new growth. Some of the fruit are quite green as opposed to the deep purple last year. Any ideas?

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by DaveWill

Hi, your "Iraqi" eggplant looks like my Aswad Iraqi variety from Baker Rare seeds. Is it the same or have you a different variety. I have had great success with Aswad here in the AZ desert. Maybe because our climate is the same as Iraq - very hot and dry. I protected last year's plants from the little frost we had in November and now I am getting a great harvest from the new growth. Some of the fruit are quite green as opposed to the deep purple last year. Any ideas?

I've had the purple eggplants be green in the heat of AZ during summer, although I grew them against a brick wall so it got really hot.
I had one eggplant and some peppers live 5 years outdoors and we're going strong when we moved.
I made some salt fermented pickles that were delicious one summer. Eggplant dries well,too.
It's a nice meat substitute because it has a texture sort of like a portobellos or even tofu. It's pretty flavor neutral,picks up the flavors of your sauce and spices really nicely and can be cubed,sliced,puréed.

[efisakov]

Originally Posted by Tracydr

I've had the purple eggplants be green in the heat of AZ during summer, although I grew them against a brick wall so it got really hot.
I had one eggplant and some peppers live 5 years outdoors and we're going strong when we moved.
I made some salt fermented pickles that were delicious one summer. Eggplant dries well,too.
It's a nice meat substitute because it has a texture sort of like a portobellos or even tofu. It's pretty flavor neutral,picks up the flavors of your sauce and spices really nicely and can be cubed,sliced,puréed.

Tracy, you reminded me one more tasty way to prepare eggplant.
Boil in salted water first. Drain. Put between cutting boards with something heavy on the top to reduce liquid. When cooled, puree. Add fresh garlic and mayo. Refrigerate, done. Great with mushed potatoes or on the toasted bread. Better served cold.

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by efisakov

Tracy, you reminded me one more tasty way to prepare eggplant.
Boil in salted water first. Drain. Put between cutting boards with something heavy on the top to reduce liquid. When cooled, puree. Add fresh garlic and mayo. Refrigerate, done. Great with mushed potatoes or on the toasted bread. Better served cold.

Yummy!

[BigVanVader]

I am growing Fairy Tale eggplant this year https://www.burpee.com/vegetables/eg...rod000709.html Someone here said it was a good seller at market, so we shall see. I don't really eat eggplant so I didn't want to grow the big ones, they dont sell well either. The only other eggplants I have seen sell are Rosa Bianca.

[KC.Sun]

Originally Posted by BigVanVader

I am growing Fairy Tale eggplant this year https://www.burpee.com/vegetables/eg...rod000709.html Someone here said it was a good seller at market, so we shall see. I don't really eat eggplant so I didn't want to grow the big ones, they dont sell well either. The only other eggplants I have seen sell are Rosa Bianca.

Fairy tale is really prolific when compared to the other types. I've sold it for over $5/lb and it moves fast.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by KC.Sun

Fairy tale is really prolific when compared to the other types. I've sold it for over $5/lb and it moves fast.

This looks like my kind of eggplant.
I like the color and the size.
That puppy has ratatouille written all over it.
Raised on the stuff as my mothers folks came from the region it originated.

Worth.

[peppero]

I enjoy any posts about eggplant especially with pix. I plant more than a normal person needs as well as more varieties than I should. But then that goes for peppers and tomatoes . I am sure that there are many of us. RIGHT?

Jon

[taboule]

>>> "Iraqi" eggplant looks like my Aswad Iraqi variety

FYI, Aswad in Arabic means black, so it is black Iraqi.

[ScottinAtlanta]

I don't know - my seeds came from Baghdad in a seed envelope that says, "eggplant."