How to Grow Chinese Eggplant by: Sarah 0 Comments Posted:8/26/2022Updated:8/26/2022 Here’s our third installment of our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables series: how to grow Chinese eggplant.  We actually prefer Chinese (or Japanese) eggplants over regular globe eggplants.Not only is the skin thinner and less tough, they also have fewer seeds, making them sweeter and less bitter! If you’re new to this series, it’s a collaboration between The Woks of Life and Choy Division, a regenerative Asian vegetable and herb farm in the Hudson Valley.We’ll share farmer Christina Chan’s knowledge on growing Chinese eggplant, as well as what we learned this past season growing them from seed in our own garden! About Chinese & Japanese Eggplant Eggplants are in the Solanceae family—the nightshades—and are related to potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes.

Like peppers and tomatoes, eggplants love sun and heat, and can’t tolerate frost.Both Chinese and Japanese eggplants have a longer, more slender shape than the Italian or American eggplants you may be more familiar with.As I mentioned already, they have fewer, smaller seeds, and thinner skin, which makes them a lot more pleasant to eat! While you may peel your eggplant normally, we never peel Chinese eggplants, because the skin is thin and tender.  (We share our favorite eggplant recipes at the bottom of the post.) If you’re wondering about the differences between Chinese and Japan

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