How to grow eggplant as a perennial - Los Angeles TimesEggplant: Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Eggplants... Making a Perennial Eggplant Tree
Plants range in height from 1 to 8 feet.As an annual, eggplant is more common than a perennial.
Do eggplants continue to produce?About six weeks before your last spring frost, or two weeks after tomatoes and peppers, is when to plant eggplant seeds.A healthy plant will produce about 5 pounds of eggplant over two months or more if you allow one plant per person.
Will my plant produce through the fall and winter?They slow down as temperatures drop because they are warm season vegetables.If cut back and allowed to grow again in the late summer, they will be more productive.
The female part of the flower is where the fruit develops.The fruit can be purple, white or striped.The purple fruit grows from 7 to 10 inches when mature.The fruit can be found in 50 to 80 days.