Common and best varieties of eggplants for central Russia

Eggplant is a very heat-loving crop that grows well in warm, sunny places. Early and early-medium varieties with a ripening period of up to 125 days are suitable for planting in open ground in the Russian climate. Mid-season eggplants have time to ripen only in a greenhouse or in vegetable gardens in the south of Russia.

In our area, different varieties, hybrids and even exotic multi-colored eggplants are successfully grown. There are varieties of this vegetable that are bred for the seedless growing method, but experts recommend growing eggplant seedlings for open ground. This way you increase the efficiency of planting and move the time of fruit ripening to the optimal summer period.

Alekseevsky

The ripening period for eggplants of this variety starts from three months. This variety is grown in open beds mainly in the southern regions. In central Russia, Alekseevsky feels more comfortable in greenhouses, where he bears more fruit. Eggplants of the Alekseevsky variety have a recognizable elongated shape. Spreading bushes stretch up to seventy centimeters.

The fruits have a standard elongated shape for eggplants and weigh about 160 grams. The optimal length of mature specimens is fifteen centimeters. The fruits, as a rule, do not differ in size from each other and ripen at approximately the same time. Commercial yield: up to seven kilograms of fruit per square meter

Tall eggplants

Mostly, in the beds of Russian gardeners, low-growing (mentioned above Bolshoy Uvalen, Zelenenkiy) and medium-sized (mentioned above Yoga, Dialog, Bear) eggplants grow. Apparently, the reason is their long growing season - high varieties spend too much effort on growth and only manage to bear fruit in a greenhouse or in the southern regions of our country. However, among eggplants there are also real giants - tall varieties. They are distinguished by excellent productivity.

Table: varieties of eggplants more than one and a half meters high

Photo gallery: tall eggplants

Eggplant Giselle F1 yields up to 17 kg per square meter

Standard eggplant Behemoth F1 is grown in greenhouses

Dark purple Chernomor eggplants have green flesh with excellent taste

Black handsome

Getting to know the Black Beauty eggplant needs to start with a description and photo.

The semi-spreading bush, thanks to its short internodes, looks compact and grows up to 70 cm in height. The stems are pubescent, lilac-bluish in color. The light emerald leaves are small with slightly serrated edges and are located on short stalks. The surface of the leaf plate is covered with thorns.

The flowers are large, pale purple, and appear throughout the season. For better fruiting, pollinating insects are attracted to the site or hand pollination is carried out. Black handsome mid-ripening. Fruiting occurs 200 days after sowing the seeds.

The variety is heat-loving, so it can be grown in open beds only in the southern regions. And in places with an unstable climate, it bears fruit well under film cover.

Productivity and fruiting

The variety is productive, with proper care per square meter. meter you can grow up to 10-15 kg of fruit. Accordingly, up to 3 kg of blue ones ripen on one plant.

Bomb carrier

From the moment of emergence, it ripens in 100-110 days. The fruit is ellipsoidal purple, with a shiny skin, weighs 200-350 g (maximum reaches 500 g).

It is whitish inside and has few seeds. The taste is described as excellent. Used for preparing various everyday dishes and canning. From every sq. m of greenhouse beds, Bombovoz eggplant produces about 7.5-8 kg of high quality fruit.

A gardener's dream

From the emergence of seedlings to the harvesting of fruits, about 95-105 days pass. The plant grows up to 0.8 m in height. The fruits of the Gardener's Dream variety are cylindrical in shape and uniform in size. Their skin is smooth, glossy, dark purple.

Inside, the eggplants are dense, white, and not bitter. From 1 sq. m, you can collect 5.7 kg of fruits, each weighing 150-200 g. They are used classically - for cooking or homemade winter preparations. They are well stored, transported well without damage, and do not lose their presentation. The variety is noted to be resistant to serious crop diseases - late blight and anthracnose.

"Vakula"

Selective early variety for open ground. After just 110 days you can enjoy the delicious fruits. The bushes reach a size of 120 cm in the initial period after planting and require shelter.

Smooth fruits in the form of an ellipse, harmonious, with good taste. They gain weight up to 450-500 g and do not have thorns, which is very much appreciated by housewives. It is highly resistant to common eggplant diseases. It has excellent early fruit set and high adaptability to external changes in weather conditions. Therefore, in open ground it requires garter and high-quality fertilizing. This will preserve the bush for further fruiting.

The best varieties for open ground 2022 according to gardeners

Not all summer residents like to plant the capricious eggplant crop. Although the right variety and careful care of plants allow you to harvest excellent harvests. To simplify growing crops in open ground, it is recommended to choose varieties suitable for local environmental conditions.

In the Moscow region, summer residents harvest excellent harvests of Epic F1 eggplant. The fruits of the early ripening hybrid grow 21-22 cm long (diameter 8-10 cm). The light flesh of eggplant has a pleasant taste, without bitterness. The bushes grow semi-spreading; the plant is resistant to infection by the tobacco mosaic virus. In the southern regions, this variety is immediately sown in open ground.

Gardeners in Western Siberia advise paying attention to the Clorinda F1 variety. In open ground, the bushes grow 70-80 cm high. The size of the fruit is 12-19 cm, weight 300-320 g. Sometimes eggplants weighing up to 1 kg ripen. The dense pulp with a whitish tint has a pleasant taste and is practically not bitter. A special advantage of the variety is its resistance to adverse weather.

An excellent result of the work of Siberian breeders is the Bolshoy Uvalen eggplant variety. Many gardeners like the spherical fruits, which ripen and weigh 550-700 g. According to reviews from summer residents, eggplants have an unusual, pleasant taste, and the snow-white pulp contains practically no seeds. The plant’s resistance to difficult weather conditions is also especially appreciated.

For early planting, gardeners recommend choosing the Destan variety. Plants tolerate short-term temperature drops well (without loss of ovary). The variety also has a long fruiting period. The length of the fruit is approximately 25 cm, weight 250-300 g. The white pulp has a pleasant delicate taste.

Today we have selected for you the best varieties of eggplants for open ground for 2022. Which ones do you plant?

King of the North

It belongs to hybrids and is frost-resistant, but young shoots must be hardened off. Vegetables ripen on about the hundredth day, but sometimes the fruits form much earlier.

They have a cylindrical shape. One plant produces about 4 kg of eggplant. Their taste is very delicate, there are few voids in the fruit. It must be stored at 15 degrees for a couple of months.

Eggplant Siberian early ripening 148

A very early, productive variety of eggplant for growing in open ground and film shelters. The plant is low-growing, standard, up to 50 cm high.

The fruits are elongated pear-shaped, weighing 150-200 grams, dark purple in color, good taste without bitterness. These eggplants are good for home cooking and canning.

The variety is very unpretentious, adapted to the conditions of the Urals and Siberia. Shows stable yield in any weather.

Eggplants are grown through seedlings. Sowing of seeds is carried out in late February-early March. Eggplant seedlings are planted in the ground after the night frosts have stopped. It is advisable to place plants in the ground according to the following scheme: 60-70 x 25-30 cm

Landing

The crop is grown through seedlings. It is sown for seedlings at the end of February or beginning of March. Before this, the seeds are processed: they are sorted, calibrated and empty and of poor quality are thrown away, then soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour or an hour. Rinse and treat with a solution of the stimulant “Zircon” or “Epin”.

Some gardeners recommend germinating seeds before planting. This will help speed up the emergence of seedlings by 1-2 weeks.

You can sow in individual pots or common containers. When sowing in a common box, it is necessary to pick up the seedlings into separate cups with the appearance of the first two leaves.

The bed is selected after pumpkin or legumes, herbs, onions, garlic, carrots. In the fall, dig it up well, add a little humus and fertilizers with potassium and phosphorus.

The bushes are placed according to a pattern of 40 by 60 cm. They can be planted when the air warms up to +20 and the threat of frost disappears.

Eggplant Bibo

Mid-season, high-yielding and disease-resistant Dutch eggplant hybrid for greenhouses and open ground. The main advantage of this eggplant is that the picked fruits retain their taste for a long time.

A bush with short internodes, which ensures an abundance of ovaries on it. Bush height 80-90 cm.

The fruits are oval-conical, smooth, glossy, leveled, white at maturity, weighing 300-400 grams, up to 18 cm long, up to 8 cm in diameter. The pulp is dense, white, of excellent quality and taste. These eggplants are good for home cooking.

It is preferable to grow Bibo F1 eggplant seedlings without picking, which ensures an earlier harvest.

The hybrid is characterized by rapid growth and the ability to set fruit in extreme conditions.

Unpretentious varieties of eggplants

The most unpretentious and tolerant (low-sensitive) varieties and hybrids to temperature changes, high humidity, and heat are most often chosen for cultivation not only in open ground, but also in greenhouses. They are loved for their guaranteed yield and good taste of the pulp, regardless of how the weather changes during the season. Experts recommend planting such eggplants to beginners and summer residents who “see” the beds on weekends.

Table: overview of unpretentious eggplants with brief characteristics

Photo gallery: some varieties of unpretentious eggplants presented in the table

The eggplant variety Dialog has a low, spreading bush

The dark-fruited Voronoi eggplant grows well and bears fruit at elevated temperatures in film greenhouses

Japanese dwarf eggplant is not highly productive, but a small, stable harvest can be obtained even with pot forcing

Eggplant Caprice F1 - a hybrid resistant to any vagaries of weather

Eggplant Taste of mushrooms

Early ripening (95-105 days from germination to ripening) variety of eggplant for greenhouses and open ground. The bush is compact, closed, 50-70 cm high. The leaves are medium-sized, green, slightly wavy edges.

The fruits are cylindrical, white at maturity, weighing 150-200 grams, with thin skin. The pulp is milky white, without bitterness, with a delicate mushroom aroma. Recommended for use in home cooking and canning.

Value of the variety: high marketability of fruits, excellent technological and taste qualities. The variety easily tolerates temperature fluctuations.

Eggplant yield Mushroom flavor - 4.8 - 6.4 kg/sq. m (subject to agricultural technology).

The best varieties of eggplants with descriptions and photos

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There is not and cannot be one “best” variety. Breeders offer a tempting variety of colors, tastes and shapes.

In addition to proven solutions, it is imperative to test new products in the specific conditions of your site.

short

Low bushes are easy to tie up and easy to cover from bad weather. Stems of the standard (thickened) type can do without a garter.

Eggplants are considered low-growing if the height of the plants does not exceed half a meter. Fertilizers do not go into the tops, but go towards the rapid formation of fruits.

Black beauty (Black beauty)

The bushes are very compact and are not affected by the tobacco mosaic virus. Eggplants are teardrop-spherical, inky black, massive (200 - 300 g), not bitter.

Blue-winged dove

A Siberian novelty with a soft lilac color. The shape is elongated pear-shaped, weight 150 - 200 g. Bushes are compressed, no higher than 50 cm. Harvesting begins on the 110th day. Return from one bush is 2 kg. The pulp is dense, without voids and bitterness.

Northerner

A variety for Siberia, the Urals, the North-West and the Middle Zone. Classic purple color, pear shape, weight 200 g or more. There are few seeds, the taste is delicate. The height of the bush is 40 cm, there are few stepsons.

Purple ball

The half-meter branched stem bears weighty “balls” - ranging in size from 300 to 900 g. They are shiny, inky purple on the outside and beige on the inside. 5-6 pieces are tied on each bush. The pulp is dense and not bitter.

Average yield – 4.5 kg/sq. m, harvesting time is mid-early. Garter is required.

Japanese dwarf

An unpretentious, cold-resistant variety of Novosibirsk selection, 35–40 cm tall. Thickened planting is recommended (6 pcs/sq. m). There is no need to stepchild. Purple eggplants are teardrop shaped; maximum dimensions – 20 cm, 300 g.

The taste is good.

Tall

The length of the stems of tall varieties is from 80 cm to one and a half meters; they need pinching and a strong garter.

For open ground we select early and mid-ripening forms with prolonged fruiting.

White Night

The bushes are tall, but compact. Ripening time is average, yield is 6 kg/sq. m. Disease resistance is good. Eggplants are cylindrical, widened downwards, measuring 22 cmX9 cm, weighing 200 g (record 300 g each). The color is snow-white on the outside and on the cut. The taste is dessert, no bitterness at all.

The product is low-calorie, healing: good for the cardiovascular system, has a mild diuretic effect.

Maria

Bushes of medium power, slightly spreading. The stem is green. The fruits are brownish-purple, with a dull shine, elongated, small in diameter (easy to cut). Average weight 210 g. Recoil is stable - up to 5 kg/sq. m. The variety is not afraid of temperature contrasts.

Ripening time is very early - 95 days.

Beam family F1

A new word in eggplant breeding is a unique early-ripening hybrid with a cluster type of fruiting. The stems grow as tall as a person. The yield is high (about 8 kg/sq. m), the yield is long-lasting - even in open ground. The ovaries do not fall off from heat or cold.

Each fruit cluster carries 3 - 4 standard eggplants weighing 140 - 210 g. Taste rating during tasting - 5 points. The skin is thin, there is no bitterness. The skin color is the usual purple.

Salamander

A modern Russian variety with high yield (from 7 kg/sq. m). Ripening dates are early (95 days). The plants are tall, but compact, bearing a large number of ovaries. The stems are green.

Eggplants are long, smooth, with a slight expansion at the end; there are almost no spines on the calyx. Weight 220 – 260 g. The surface is shiny, smooth, deep purple. The pulp is beige, almost without seeds, and does not taste bitter.

Globular

A mid-season Altai variety with a round shape, purple skin and light green flesh. The bushes are spreading, the stems are dark. The fruits are pulled out by 500 - 700 g. The yield per square meter is up to 6.5 kg.

Early ripening

The earliest varieties of eggplants reach removable ripeness 3-3.5 months after germination; they are ready for harvesting 50-60 days after planting the seedlings.

Valentina F1

The hybrid was obtained in Holland and zoned in many agricultural regions of Russia. Recommended for outdoor growing. The ovaries do not fall off even in hot weather and cold weather. A stable harvest is always guaranteed - more than 3 kg per square meter. m, regardless of weather conditions. It takes 55 days from planting seedlings to the first harvest.

Fruit length 25 cm, diameter 6 cm, weight 160 g. The outer color is inky black. The pulp is creamy white, without bitterness. The stems are lilac, medium-sized in open ground. This hybrid is genetically protected from the tobacco mosaic virus.

Taste of mushrooms

White-fruited Russian variety with a stable ovary. Not afraid of temperature contrasts. It takes 100 days from germination to consumer ripeness. The stems are soft green, the bushes are medium-sized (65 cm), compressed.

Eggplants are short-cylindrical, less often elongated pear-shaped, milky outside, almost white inside. Weight 140 – 180 g. The skin is thin. The pulp is delicious, with a distinct mushroom smell and specific taste.

Galina F1

Harvesting begins 95 days after germination. The bushes are medium-sized (0.7 m) and semi-spreading; The stems are thick and purple.

Eggplants are blue-black, with an anthracite sheen. Shape - cylinder measuring 16*6 cm. Weight 200 - 300 g, taste excellent. The hybrid tolerates bad weather well and does not shed its ovary.

Green

An original Russian variety of eggplant with a soft light green colored skin. Inside, the vegetables are greenish-white, loose, and very tender. The pleasant mushroom smell is not lost during heat treatment. Vegetables cook very quickly. The shape of the fruit is short pear-shaped, the weight is solid - up to 300 g.

The bushes are not too tall (60 cm); there are few stepchildren. The high yield and resistance to infections are impressive. It takes 105 days from germination to technical ripeness.

Robin Hood

An ultra-early ripening variety of Russian selection: vegetables can be harvested 90 days after the start of the growing season. The bushes are semi-standard, medium-sized (0.7 m), spreading. The crown is sparse and well lit by the sun. 5 plants are placed on one square meter, obtaining 5 - 8 kg of fruit from this area.

They are pear-shaped, sometimes with a pointed tip, weighing 200 - 300 g, length 18 cm and diameter 8 cm. The harvest is established in any conditions.

Early ripening 148

This Siberian variety fully justifies its “speaking” name. Special selection for extreme open ground conditions. The plants are standard, with a strong, low-growing stem and a minimum of side shoots. They don't take steps.

The fruits are cylindrical or slightly pear-shaped, deep purple, weigh 180 - 220 g.

Ural Express

A medium-sized, compact variety from the “Ural Summer Resident” series. Not damaged by the Colorado potato beetle and spider mites. The bushes are covered with dense foliage, which needs to be thinned out a little so that the flowers are illuminated by the sun.

Eggplants are medium-sized, almost black, cylindrical, slightly widened at the bottom. The cup is without thorns, the taste is neutral.

Epic F1

A popular Dutch hybrid for any soil and climate, it has the highest ecological plasticity. Early ripening, not affected by tobacco mosaic virus. The bushes are medium-sized (70 cm), quite compact. The color of the stems is lilac. The fruits are smooth (225 g), elongated, of medium size and diameter.

Excellent presentation, excellent shelf life. The taste is great. You get 5–6 kg of standard vegetables per square meter.

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