Ugaoo seed sowing instructions for fruiting vegetable: Brinjal

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Seeds Sowing Instructions
Fruiting vegetableBrinjal (Eggplant)
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Different varieties of Brinjal
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Brinjal

• Sowing season Throughout the year.
• Sowing method Transplantation.
• Because the seeds are small in size, Brinjal
  plant is grown by Transplantation method. Seeds
  are first sown indoors on seedling trays or
  outdoors on seed beds later the seedlings are
  transplanted on main container pots or on raised
  beds.
• Sowing container Seedling trays/ seed cups/
  small polybags/ Seed bed.
• Sowing medium Coco peat (Indoors), Fine soil
  (Outdoors)
• First harvest 10 to 12 weeks

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Steps for seeds sowing in seedling tray

• Take a seedling tray with medium sized cells
  drainage holes at bottom.
• Fill the cells/cups with moist coco peat medium.
• Hold the Brinjal seeds on your left palm Sow
  2-3 seeds per cell/cup. Since Brinjal seeds are
  small in size, seeds are not sown very deep at
  all.
• Sowing technique Just put the seeds on the
  surface of the medium push each seed little bit
  inside the medium by using pencil tip, so that
  seeds are not visible on surface anymore cover
  it with more coco-peat. OR,
• Make small, shallow depressions on medium with
  pencil bottom. Put the seed on that depression
  sprinkle more coco-peat on the top to cover the
  seed.
• Keep the seedling tray indoors till the seeds
  germinate.
• Covering Keep the seed tray in a box or cover it
  with paper for first 4-5 days to encourage faster
  seed germination.
• Watering Water the seed cells with spoon in
  first week. Provide 2 tablespoons of water every
  day. OR,
• keep the seed tray in another tray full
  of water for half an hour, so that water will
  absorbed by seed cells from
• the bottom, via drainage holes.

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Steps for seeds sowing in seedling tray
Seed starting mix
Sowing in seedling tray
Covering
Watering
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Growth Stages

• Sprouting stage Seeds will germinate within
  first 6-8 days or so tiny sprouts will be
  visible. Once seeds germinate, put the tray on an
  open partially sunny spot near window. Dont
  cover the tray anymore.
• Cotyledons The early 2 leaves will immerge at
  second week of germination. These are false
  leaves called as cotyledons.
• First leaves First leaves will immerge above
  cotyledons at the end of second week.
• Seedling stage Second week onwards, seedlings
  will start growing into a small plant. At this
  stage exposé the seedlings to more more
  sunlight for leaf growth.
• Thinning After second week, keep only single
  seedling per cell/cup. Cut off the weak, small
  lagging seedlings with pair of scissors.

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Steps for Transplantation

• 4 weeks after the seed sowing, your seedlings
  will be ready to transplant in container pots or
  on raised beds.
• Ideal planting mixture for Brinjal 2 part garden
  soil 1 part organic manure. Or,
• 1 part garden soil, 1 part coco-peat 1 part
  Vermicompost.
• Transplant the seedling along with root ball of a
  medium, without disturbing its roots.
• Spacing Plant the seedlings minimum 2 feet apart
  (60x60 or 60x45 cm) from each other on raised
  beds Or,
• Plant only single seedling at the centre of a
  single regular 8-12 inch pot.

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Steps for Transplantation
Ready to transplant in container pots
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Steps for Transplantation
Ready to transplant on ground
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Growing Instructions

• Sunlight Brinjal plants require full sunlight.
  Therefore your raised bed should be made at a bit
  sunny spot. Keep the potted brinjal plant under
  open sunlight.
• Watering Water your potted Brinjal plant
  everyday in summer every alternate day in
  winter. Water at the soil near plant. Use
  watering can, make sure plants get water in the
  form of shower not by single flow. You can also
  make provision for watering by drip irrigation
  system on your raised beds. Avoid overwatering
• Manuring Add good quality organic manure in the
  soil with 21 ratio before transplanting the
  seedling. Organic manure can be well rotten cow
  dung manure, farmyard manure, Compost or
  Vermicompost

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Growing Instructions

• Plant care Always look for the early signs of
  any insect/fungal/ any other infections. Spay
  appropriate medicines as soon as any symptoms of
  such infections are spotted.
• Support Give your Brinjal plant a support by
  tying its main stem to a single erect stick
  buried in soil near plant. With this support,
  your plant will stay upright.
• Harvesting Brinjal plant will start flowering at
  the end of 3rd month, Brinjals can be harvested
  80 to 90 days from the sowing of seeds. If proper
  care is taken, Brinjal plant will continue to
  grow produce brinjals for 2-3 years or so.

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