Aubergine 'Meatball' (Grafted)

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Really meaty fruit

Sweet flesh

An excellent meat substitute for vegetarian dishes

3 x 9cm Peat-Free Potted Plants

Despatch By The End Of May 2025

KC3115

£16.99

1 x 9cm Peat-Free Potted Plant

Despatch By The End Of May 2025

KC4705

£9.99

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ROB SAYS - Aubergines are notoriously difficult to grow well, not germinating or producing poor fruit growth. Even when you’ve grown them, they can be lacking in flavour and sometimes bitter. ‘Meatball’, however, is the exception to the rule!

This new variety was bred by combining the best traits of both heritage and hybrid varieties to give you an aubergine of excellence. ‘Meatball’ gives you 12cm fruits with few seeds, dense meaty flesh which can be used as a meat substitute in many dishes, even grilling like steak or chops. The flesh is sweet and solid with a succulent buttery consistency. An added bonus is that ‘Meatball’ won't oxidise and go brown like regular aubergines and you don't need to sprinkle with salt to get rid of the excess water, you can just chop it and cook it. Try ‘Meatball’ cooked like you normally do in a moussaka, or why not try it raw in salads, shaped into meatballs, or have a go at the dessert ‘Melanazane al cioccolato’ (think of a beetroot and chocolate cake but 100 times better). ‘Meatball’ will revolutionise the way you think of and use aubergine forever. Please note: There is a possibility that your plant will include a grafting clip, if it does, this is an integral part of the grafting process and that it should be left in place. As the plant grows it will naturally shrug off the clip.

What's so good about grafted veg plants? We are revolutionising the home grown vegetable market with our range of grafted vegetable plants! Commercially the grafting method has been used for some time, but we've developed them for the home gardener, and early adopters have had extraordinary results: • Big increases in yield from larger, more vigorous plants - up to 75% • Earlier cropping, yet with sufficient vigour to crop well later in the season • Grow in the greenhouse or outdoors - little or no heating required • Excellent resistance to soil-borne pest and diseases - no more ring culture or grow bags - plant straight in the soil • Greater tolerance to nutritional disorders

. Pot up plants and grow them on in warm, frost free conditions until plants are well grown and all risk of frost has passed. Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions over 7-10 days before planting out in their final positions. For indoor cultivation, pot on into larger containers or plant 2 aubergines per growbag. Outdoors, plant aubergines in rich fertile soil at a distance of 90cm (3’) apart, in rows spaced 90-120cm (3-4’) apart. Grow aubergines in a sheltered position in full sun. Planting through black plastic mulch will help to warm the soil, control weeds and save moisture.

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Packet seed only will incur a carriage charge of £2.99.

All other products incur a carriage charge of £6.99.

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Organic Garden Catalogue strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.

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