Solanum integrifolium
Pumpkin On A Stick
This is a mainy ornamental eggplant that produces orange fruits resembling a small pumpkin. It has clusters of small blue-white flowers grow that are attractive to butterflies and bees. Early in the season the fruit is green, turning red orange in the fall. The stems are dark purple and the leaves are serrated blue-green with purple veins and sharp spines. Eggplants need warmth to do well, so in cool climates grow them in a greenhouse. In warmer climates they can be grown outdoors. They should be treated as tomatoes except that they require misting every day when flowers start.
Contributed by @greenbees
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and fertile
Common name
Pumpkin On A Stick
Latin name
Solanum integrifolium
type
Vegetable
family
Solanaceae
ph
5.0 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.80 M
Solanum integrifolium
This is a mainy ornamental eggplant that produces orange fruits resembling a small pumpkin. It has clusters of small blue-white flowers grow that are attractive to butterflies and bees. Early in the season the fruit is green, turning red orange in the fall. The stems are dark purple and the leaves are serrated blue-green with purple veins and sharp spines. Eggplants need warmth to do well, so in cool climates grow them in a greenhouse. In warmer climates they can be grown outdoors. They should be treated as tomatoes except that they require misting every day when flowers start.
Propagating by seed
From Early Winter TO Mid Winter
Aubergines can be grown outdoors in warm climates, but for cooler climates sow in a propagator, or heated (preferably) greenhouse. Sow seeds individually in pots of compost in early to mid Winter
Planting
From Early Summer TO Mid Summer
In cool climates, plant the pot-grown seeds into a 9" pot when the pots are full of root, in a greenhouse. In warm climates, plant outdoors when the soil is warm, planting 2' apart, in a sunny sheltered position. (The soil can be warmed, prior to planting, by covering with a cloche)
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