Thai Makua Puang/Pea Eggplant | มะเขือพวงไร้หนาม | 15+ seeds

Please find for sale 15 fresh seeds of the Thai Pea Eggplant.

Also known as turkey berry, devil's fig, pea eggplant, platebrush and susumber, Pea Eggplant is a very popular, tasty and healthy ingredient in Thai cooking particularly vegetarian curries.

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Pea eggplants should be grown in the UK in the same way as aubergines. Unless you have a sheltered & warm spot for direct planting into the soil, they are best grown in medium sized containers in the sunniest spots - patios are ideal.

Sowing Guide for Optimum Germination

1) Sow seeds in late winter

2) Sow seeds in trays of sieved compost mixed with vermiculite

3) Compost should be moist but not wet

4) Seeds should be individually sown then gently pressed into surface of the compost to ensure a good contact.

5) Sieve a fine layer of compost (circa 2mm) on top of the seeds

6) Keep tray in a warm place eg on a window sill above a radiator, ideally 22-24c7) Do not allow to dry up - best to water from below by placing seed tray in another water tight tray

8) Seedlings should emerge within 10 days to two weeks, at which point they can be left to grow on before potting on into 7cm pots 

9) Keep warm side with plenty of natural light and pot on again into 12cm  containers as soon as the roots can be seen at the drainage holes. The plants can go into their final positions once they fill these pots, though you will need to make sure you can sustain a cosy environment eg on a patio and once all risk of frost has passed.

TOP TIP! In the UK we do not have as long a  growing season as the Mediterranean so we can cheat a little bit with aubergines and pea eggplants by taking cuttings at the end of the growing season and overwintering them in pots - gaining several weeks at least compared with planting fresh seeds each year. Here on the south coast we do not have to do this, but it may well be worthwhile the further north you are.