annual vegetable
Ping Tung Long eggplant
A reliable Asian eggplant for stir-fries and quick cooking.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a-11a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam, sandy
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Vegetables & herbs
Harvest & Use
long slender purple fruit in summer
Useful search phrase: Ping Tung eggplant seeds.
Plant Relationships
Companion Medium
Peppers and eggplants share tomato-like growing conditions and pair cleanly with nearby flowering or aromatic companions in mixed beds.
Companion Medium
Warm-season vegetables benefit from nearby flower strips that keep bloom and insect activity close to the crop bed.