Eggplant Marzipan: yield, characteristics and description of the variety

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

There are many varieties of eggplant, among which summer residents can choose those that satisfy in terms of ripening, taste, color, size. For those who appreciate large fruits, breeders have bred eggplant Marzipan. This is one of the new hybrids with various positive properties.

The variety was obtained by the Russian Garden breeding and seed company.

Hybrid Features

Eggplant Marzipan refers to mid-season varieties, ripening for 120-130 days. It is suitable for outdoor cultivation, greenhouses and greenhouses.

Originator gives the following description of the plant:

• bush height up to 1 meter;
• plant upright;
• leaves are large, green;
• the bush blooms with single or flowers collected in inflorescences;
• fruits are large, fleshy, classically shaped;
• fetal size in length - up to 16 cm, in width - about 7 cm;
• pulp is sweetish, not bitter, pale yellow;
• peelpurple, shiny;
• seeds are small, few of them.

Eggplant Marzipan gives a fairly large number of fruits. From one plant, you can collect over two kilograms of delicious blue ones, each weighing from 300 to 600 grams. The grade is intended for preparation of any dishes, including for preservation. Marzipan is considered one of the best varieties for roasting fruits on the grill.

Disadvantages and advantages

According to reviews, eggplant Marzipan has the following advantages:

• the ability to grow a plant in any region of the country, and in the south it grows in open ground, and in the north - in greenhouses, hotbeds;
• fruits have an excellent presentation;
• large-fruited;
• plant tolerates heat, drought;
• eggplants are delicious, with almost no seeds;
• excellent yield.

The disadvantages of eggplant Marzipan include:

• demanding to light: lack of light leads to lightening of the color of the skin;
• fragility of shoots under the weight of fruits;
• demanding on the temperature of the water used for irrigation: when using cold water, the plant sheds the ovary and flowers.

Growing plants

Eggplant Marzipan can be grown outdoors, in a greenhouse. Grow it through seedlings.

Seeds of the plant are sown in late February - early March in seedling boxes. Seedlings are planted under cover in May, in open ground - in June, after it finally gets warmer and passesfrost threat. By the time of transplanting, seedlings should be 60-70 days old.

Growing seedlings

The eggplant variety Marzipan is planted in late February - early March. Before this period, seeds are planted only if additional illumination is provided.

Before you start sowing, you need to prepare everything you need. It’s worth starting with the choice of soil - you can cook it yourself or purchase a ready-made substrate in a country store. The last option has all the necessary substances, trace elements.

When making the soil yourself, a mixture is prepared from one part of sand, three parts of humus and four parts of peat. A spoonful of superphosphate, a glass of wood ash are added to a bucket of soil.

Planting boxes are filled two-thirds with soil, watered. Then grooves are made 0.5 cm deep. The seeds are laid out in them at a distance of 1-2 cm from each other. To accelerate germination and prevent the upper layers of the soil from drying out, the boxes are covered with glass or film.

Seeds germinate at 25 degrees.

At the stage of cotyledon leaves, it is recommended to pick seedlings in separate containers. During transplantation, you should be extremely careful not to damage the root system. According to reviews, eggplant Marzipan F1 is difficult to restore damaged roots.

Initially, eggplants have enough of those nutrients that are contained in the soil. As seedlings grow and develop,conduct enhanced feeding. It is best to give preference to complex fertilizers for seedlings. They are used according to the instructions.

Two weeks before planting in a permanent place, the seedlings are hardened off, gradually accustoming them to fresh air. You should start with 15 minutes, gradually increasing the time the seedlings stay in direct sun.

Landing at a permanent location

Eggplants are plants that love light and warmth, so they are planted when the temperature is around 17-20 degrees. If it drops to 15 or rises above 30, then the plants drop their buds.

According to the description of the variety and the characteristics of Marzipan eggplant, before planting seedlings in a permanent place, it is necessary to prepare. The day before the planned landing, the bushes are watered abundantly. Repeat watering just before planting.

Plants are planted according to the scheme of three bushes per square meter. Keep a distance of at least 60 cm between rows, transplant seedlings together with a clod of earth without injuring the root system.

Plant care

According to the description, eggplant Marzipan does not need special care. These plants do not like abundant watering - 5 liters of water per square meter is enough. Water the beds once a week. After watering, the soil is loosened. If the plants are grown in a greenhouse, then it should be ventilated.

During growth, bushes need to be shaped. Usually eggplants lead to 2-3 stems, all other shoots are removed. Left shoots are tied to a support. Also remove all leaveswhich shade the stems, flowers.

When growing eggplant in the northern regions, the bushes are pinched at a height of 30-35 cm. At the same time, no more than six ovaries are left on one plant.

General care rules

To get a good harvest, you must follow the following care rules:

1. Throughout the summer it is necessary to loosen the soil so that it does not compact. Especially carefully monitor the soil after rains, watering.
2. The bed with bushes should always be slightly damp. To get, as in the photo, eggplant Marzipan, according to reviews, should be watered once a week. This variety is not afraid of drought, but also does not tolerate overdrying of an earthen coma.
3. For the entire period of feeding the development of plants, it is necessary to carry out three feedings. The first is performed ten days after planting the seedlings, the second - two weeks after the first, and the third time the bushes are fed during the start of fruiting.
4. Eggplants are plants that grow adventitious roots. This helps increase productivity. To stimulate the formation of roots, it is necessary to carry out the hilling of plants.
5. The beds must be weeded, the bushes should be inspected for pests and diseases.

Diseases, pests

Eggplant belongs to the nightshade family, which includes tomatoes. These plants suffer from the same diseases.

Light blight is a widespread fungal disease that is characterized by the appearance of rustyspots on foliage. In dry weather, the leaves dry and fall off, and in rainy weather they become covered with bloom and rot. To combat the disease, copper sulfate, Bordeaux liquid are used. Processing of plants is carried out after sunset. Late blight prevention includes burning diseased plants after harvest. The treatment of the bushes with a garlic solution helps well - two hundred grams are infused in three liters of water for three days. Then the solution is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:1.

Eggplant can become infected with a mosaic. This is a disease of a viral nature, in which the deformation of the leaves occurs - they are covered with pale green patterns. Yellow spots appear on the fruits. Affected bushes are removed, the entire tool is processed. He althy-looking plants must be treated with an antiviral drug. To prevent mosaic, the plants are treated with a soapy solution prepared from 20 grams of laundry soap diluted in a liter of water.

Eggplant is often affected by aphids. She sucks the juice of the plant, leading to twisting of the leaves, the death of the bush. To combat aphids, chemicals or folk remedies are used. Ash tincture helps to cope with the pest: a glass of ash is mixed with 10 liters of water and a spoonful of green soap. The composition is allowed to brew for a day, then eggplants are processed with it. To protect plants from aphids, it is necessary to ventilate the greenhouse, and also once every two weeks to carry out preventive treatments of bushes with chemists or an ash solution.

In dry weather, plants can be damaged by spider mites. Pests feed on cell sap. To combat it, plants are treatedspecial chemicals strictly according to the instructions. As a prevention of plant infection, eggplant is sprayed with water in hot, dry weather. This procedure is performed in the morning and evening.

Harvesting

As you can see from the description and photo, Marzipan eggplants give a good harvest. When collecting it, the ripening time of the fruit should be taken into account. Harvesting too early will produce bitter fruits, and late harvesting will have seeds that are too large and tough flesh. Therefore, the fruits are removed during the period of technical ripeness, about a month after flowering. A clear sign of the readiness of the fruit for harvesting is a pronounced gloss of the fruit with a characteristic dark purple color.

Vegetables are cut with scissors or secateurs along with the stalk. This procedure should be performed carefully so as not to damage the bush. The harvested vegetables are eaten immediately, as they cannot be stored for a long time - during storage, eggplants become soft, their skin wrinkles. Vegetables can keep their appearance and taste for up to three weeks if refrigerated.