Detailed description and characteristics of eggplant variety Diamond

. ContentsDescription and characteristics of the variety Diamond

1. The variety is middle-ripened. From germination to harvest - 100 - 130 days.
2. The shrub grows compact, up to 60 cm tall. The leaf has a green color with purple veins.
3. Bearing cup, saturated green color with a purple shade. Formed at the bottom of the stem, at a level of 30 cm from the ground
4. In technical maturity the fruits are dark purple, the pulp is green with a small amount of seeds
5. The variety is immune to solanaceous diseases

Eggplant seeds Diamond

Advantages and disadvantages of

Benefits:( H);from 1 square.meter, you can collect up to 8 kg of fruit

There are no obvious shortcomings.

Eggplant Diamond on an

Bush Preparing Seeds for Planting

The seeds of the variety are average. Before planting, pre-sowing treatment is necessary: ​​

1. Selection of seeds
2. Calibration
3. decontamination
4. Stimulation of growth

Selection of seeds

• Buying need to be released zoned seeds
• It is better to buy
• hybrids Check the validity period Since they do not need disinfection and have good germination.

Calibration of

This process consists of sorting seeds by density. The seeds are immersed in a saline solution( 5 grams of salt per 100.0 of water) and all the surfaced, empty, are removed. Weighing seeds, flush salt from running water.

Checking seeds for germination

Disinfection

All seeds not processed by the manufacturer need treatment.

1% solution of potassium permanganate:

• It should be a saturated color, but not dark purple
• . You can not keep the seeds in solution, the optimal time for complete disinfection is 15 - 20 minutes.

These drugs accumulate nutrients for good germination.

As stimulants, you can use: Kornevin, Zircon, Heteroauxin and Appin.

Preparing the soil for planting eggplant

Since the cultivation of eggplants is carried out by seedlings, it is necessary to prepare the soil for planting seeds.

Loose and nutritious soil, a guarantee of quick germination of seeds. You can buy it in flower shops or make it yourself. To do this, mix the humus, sawdust and peat. Before adding sawdust, they must be scalded twice with boiling water to remove tar.

Soil for seedlings

You can also take the land directly from the garden.

The land where they grew tomatoes, peppers and potatoes, eggplants are not suitable for planting seeds. The best predecessors - cucumbers and cabbage.

Planting technology

How to plant diamond eggplants correctly?

• Seeds are planted to a depth of 2 - 3 cm, in wet ground
• Planted seed, covered with foil and retracted to a warm, bright place
• After 2 weeks, the first shoots will appear, only if the temperature is comfortable( 24-26degrees)
• Seedlings are watered with warm water using an
• spray gun. After 14 days, the first feeding of young shoots

is carried out. For good germination, high temperature and moderate humidity are necessary.

Seedlings Eggplant Diamond

• After germination, the film is removed and the seedlings are hardened. For this it is necessary to gradually lower the air temperature to 18 - 20 degrees. Hardening is carried out for quick adaptation of the plant, when transplanting to a permanent place.

. Planting of eggplants. Diamond.

• . Seedlings are planted at the age of 50 -70 days.
• If Diamond Eggplant grows in open ground, the place must be prepared in a sunny, draft-free place.
• The distance between the rows is 60 cm, and between the plants is 40 cm.

After-planting care

Leaving is reduced to:

1. Watering
2. Feed
3. Loosening

Sprinkle the eggplant starting 10 days after planting the seedlings. An adult plant is watered with warm water, once every 3 to 4 days.

Loosening gives access to air to the roots, and timely removal of weeds protects the plant from all sorts of diseases, since weeds are a good carrier of fungi and viruses. Loosening, conducting superficially, so as not to damage the root system.

The plants are fed in three stages:

1. The first dressing with urea is done at the age of 18 - 20 days from transplanting to a permanent place.
2. The second using superphosphate and urea - a month after the first.
3. The third, during the formation of the fruit. You can use mullein.

Rules for feeding eggplants

If eggplant Diamond poorly forms the ovaries and fruits, the plant must be fertilized with potash fertilizers.

In case of weak pollination, you can additionally entice insect pollinators.

For this, the plant is sprayed with a sweet solution prepared: 100 grams of sugar, 2 grams of boric acid diluted in a liter of hot water.

Diseases and Prevention

Although the variety is resistant to various diseases, with the wrong care it can be affected:

• Late blight. The disease is manifested by the appearance of white spots on the leaves. With no assistance, the fruits rot, and the aboveground part dies.
• Cruciferous flea. Black spots are massively formed on the plant, which destroy young seedlings with great speed.
• Black Leg. It occurs when soil moisture is high. The root collar turns dark and the bush begins to wither quickly.
• Mosaic. On the leaves and fruits formed a kind of intricate pattern. As a result, the bush fades and dies.

Prevention consists:

• In crop rotation
• Seed preparation
• Planting seedlings to cotyledon leaves
• Timely removal of infected plants
• Watering is carried out only with warm water

Black leg eggplant seedlings Phytophthora on eggplant leaf Tobacco mosaic Cruciferous flea close-up

Harvesting and storage rules

Eggplant ripens on the 30th day after the formation of fruits. Eggplant, a multi-ripening crop and therefore harvesting is done every 7 days as the fruit ripens. Fruits cut off with a sharp shears along with the stalk. Since Diamond has a non-piercing calyx, this procedure can be carried out boldly, without fear of pinning with sharp spikes.

Before storage, the fruit must be carefully sorted, removing all damaged and diseased fruit. A healthy vegetable has a resilient, clean surface without visible damage.

Selected fruits are placed on the stalk down with straw, covered with a bag and left for 11 days. Then carry out a secondary selection. Fruits that have passed the test of time, wrapped in paper and clean in a cool place.

To determine the maturity of eggplant, it is necessary to press on the peel: if it does not spring, the fruit is ready for cutting.

Carrying out all the recommendations for the care of Diamond Eggplant, wasted time and energy will not be in vain. Shrub will thank delicious, large fruits that can be used in the preparation of culinary masterpieces.