Sowing Tips: VE-023 F1 Long Brinjal
Seed Sowing Guide
Seedling:
Prepare Baba seedling soil and seedling pots. Fill up the seedling pots with seedling soil, use finger gently make a small hole, put in 1 seeds and cover with a thin layer of soil.
During seedling stage, put under shaded area and make sure water thoroughly when needed. When there is sprout, then move it to area with direct sunlight.
♥♥ Extra Tip: Before put in seed into soil or before transplant, you could water the seedling mix or potting mix first. This is to ensure the potting mix get enough moist and prevent plants get dehydrated later.
Transplant:
When the seedling with 3-4 leaves (around 10-14 days after germination), the seedling is ready to transplant.
- Ready a suitable size pot, the mini depth of the planting container is 300mm. Such as Baba RD-392, MJ-400, or 537 Volcano Box.
- Fill up the planting pot with Baba Organic Vegimix, and make holes to prepare for transplant. Each holes require minimum 300mm distance.
- Take out the seedling from seedling pots, and put into the hole. Press gently on surrounding soil, to make the seedling stay firm.
- If you manage to germinate more than 1 seedling, you may put 2 seedling in one pot. After 14 days, keep the strong plant and remove the weak plant from the pot.
♥♥ Extra tips: Long Brinjal need more nutrient to fruiting, you may add in 25% Baba Compost-Based Fertilizer into soil. Baba Compost-Based Fertilizer help the plant to grow stronger.
Fertilizing:
Put Mr. Ganick 532 Organic Leafy Fertilizer on 7th days after transplant. After that, repeat fertilizing on every week, for a month.
One month later, or when the plant start flowering, change the fertilizer to Mr. Ganick 426 Organic Melon Fertilizer. Repeat weekly too.
Dig a small hole 100-150mm (or a palm size) from the plants, and put in fertilizer, then, cover the fertilizer with a thin layer of soil.
Water after done fertilizing.
Watering:
Moist is important for Long Brinjal. Make sure soil always enough moist and water it when needed.
Water thoroughly on every morning is recommended.
Harvest Tips:
Long Brinjal is ready to harvest after 60 days from transplanting date, or when the white edges of the Long Brinjal begin to shorten and turn soft.
♥♥ Extra Tip: After the first round of harvest, trim old, yellow and diseased leaves regularly, and then alternately apply Mr. Ganick 532 Organic Leafy Fertilizer and Mr. Ganick 426 Organic Melon Fertilizer every week.
