Eggplant is one of the most versatile vegetables in the home garden. The fruit can be steamed, baked, fried, grilled, boiled, sauteed, breaded and stuffed. Believed to be native to India, eggplant is ...

Eggplants are even simpler to grow than their tomato cousins, and they like the same conditions. Plant eggplant (Solanum melongena) in a kitchen garden in the spring, and enjoy the spongy, creamy ...

Q: Since you recommend planting tomatoes around Mother’s Day, does the same hold true for eggplant and peppers? A: Although they’re in the same plant family as tomatoes, eggplants and peppers are heat ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/alvarez Eggplants can produce up to a dozen fruits per plant, potentially ...

Eggplants like hot summers and can be planted now, unlike many vegetables. Dean Fosdick ASSOCIATED PRESS Eggplants enjoy hot weather. They’re not put off by South Florida summers, like so many ...

Growing eggplant is easy where summers are long and warm. Where summers are short, varieties that mature quickly and produce medium to small fruits can easily be grown in containers. If you grow ...

Eggplants can produce up to a dozen fruits per plant, potentially more depending on the type and the growing conditions. However, when growing vegetables, many factors can diminish your harvests.

Delay planting eggplants in the garden until early April. Eggplants are stunted or damaged by temperatures below 55 degrees, and we usually still have cool nights through March. Other heat-loving ...

Whether you call it an eggplant or an aubergine, the typically purple Solanum melongena is a tasty vegetable that has long been misunderstood. Early Europeans called eggplants “mad apples,” certain ...