It depends if you’re growing eggplant in flats to transplant or if you’re growing eggplant in a big pots. It sounds like the latter. For pots or containers, you don’t really use 鈥渟oil.鈥 It’s best to use a potting mix of 50% peat and 50% perlite. Grow one plant in a 5-pound container with a minimum 鈥渟oil鈥 depth of 12 to 16 inches. Give the plants a liquid plant food (any general vegetable plant food) every two weeks. See watering information and more plant care tips above.
It depends if you’re growing eggplant in flats to transplant or if you’re growing eggplant in a big pots. It sounds like the latter. For pots or containers, you don’t really use 鈥渟oil.鈥 It’s best to use a potting mix of 50% peat and 50% perlite. Grow one plant in a 5-pound container with a minimum 鈥渟oil鈥 depth of 12 to 16 inches. Give the plants a liquid plant food (any general vegetable plant food) every two weeks. See watering information and more plant care tips above.