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  • How to cultivate eggplants in Seychelles

  • Pests and diseases management
  • Scout for pests and diseases every two days after transplanting.

    Eggplants major disease: Damping off, Bacterial wilt, Verticilum.

  • Preparation of seeds
  • Fill polypots with media/substrate made up from the following composition: 3 parts of top soil, 2 parts of cattle manure and 1 part of coconut coir. The coconut coir must be sterilized by steam for 2 hours. Allow it to cool down to ambient temperature.

  • Conditions to grow eggplants

  • Fertilizer application and harvesting
  • Weed the plot before each fertilizer application.

  • Transplanting and irrigation