Meet Eggplants - incredible vegetables

 In tropical and subtropical climates, eggplants can be sown in the garden. They prefer hot weather but do well when grown under cold or low humidity conditions as well - so long as there is no frost expected before they're transplanted into their final locations! In colder regions you'll want to start seeds eight weeks prior with an anticipated date of freeze-freeze.

The eggplant is a large, purple vegetable that can grow up to 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) tall. The leaves are 10-20cm long and wide at the base; semiwild types have even larger specimens with up to 225 cm (7+5ft) stature on plants growing wild outside of cultivation where fruits measure just 3-1⁄2" (.94+dm). In cultivated forms such as those found throughout Europe or America , this fruit typically ranges from 30cm.

Eggplants are tender and vulnerable to pests such as whiteflies. To protect them, it is best not plant an eggplant in the same place that had tomatoes or potatoes grow before you do so; if this isn't possible then space four years between crops instead of three which should reduce pest pressure on your vegetable garden enough without having any negative effect on yields thanks to its sacrificial trap crop status (eggy peppers).

The eggplant is an annual plant often cultivated for its tender or half-hardy traits. The stem can be spiny, and it has white to purple flowers with five lobed corollas that turn yellow at their tips when opened up in bloom time--and then brown quickly after being cut open (oxidation). Some common cultivars include fruit shaped like eggs; these are glossy on the outside but have a meaty texture due largely because they're filled out by voluminous stamen hairs inside!

World production of eggplants was 54 million tonnes in 2018, led by China with 63% and India (https://husfarm.com/country/india) at 24%. The leading producer is undoubtedly Chinese; almost 320 tn lbs per year (31k) are produced there yearly. It accounts for 57 percent - more than half-of all global yields – making it responsible not just to its own population but also that across entire regions where they’re grown like Central America or Southern Africa too!

The various cultivars of the plant produce fruit with different shapes and colors, though typically purple. The most widely cultivated variety—a type of "cultivated" food known as an eggplant--is elongated ovoid in shape at 12–25 cm (4+1⁄2in) long and 6–9cm broad that darkens or fades to a lighter shade on its skin's surface near harvest time.

In addition there are white versions called 'Easter White Eggplants,' which can be found throughout Europe & North America today; they're often mistaken for immature aubergines because both come from similar places under hot suns but while one becomes green when mature, this other will stay pure white all through till extinction