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EGGPLANT-TSAKONIKI
Solanum melongena
EGGPLANT-TSAKONIKI, Originally from Leonidio in Greece, this pretty purple and white stripped eggplant grows to about 20cm long, has thin skin with firm tender sweet flesh. The Tsakonia festival occurs every year in Leonidio celebrating this great vegetable. Cook either baked, fried, grilled, stuffed or used in stews and sauces. Ideal for freezing or canning. Can be sown direct or in punnets to plant out in full sun after the last frost. It needs a minimum of 6 hours of sun each day. Use well drained composted or nourished soil. Abundant producer often growing in clusters.
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ABSeeds is an Australian owned business trading under the umbrella of Direct Compost Solutions which is owned and managed by Victoria Brun.
We as a company endeavor to provide to the public, Organic, Old Fashioned, Heritage, and Open-pollinated seeds that have not been genetically modified.
We purchased the business in November 2018 and renamed it to ABSeeds (All ‘Bout Seeds) to make the title shorter and represent what we hope to achieve with this business in the years ahead.
Seeds that we can’t grow ourselves we will acquire from people who grow for us, or we may purchase seeds from reputable heritage seed companies.
ABSeeds is an Australian owned business trading under the umbrella of Direct Compost Solutions which is owned and managed by Victoria Brun.
