Out of boredom, I planted eggs on the balcony, and they actually turned out pretty tasty.

Can you plant eggs too? Does that mean if I plant an egg this year, I'll harvest a few chickens next year? Haha, you can dream, but the "egg" we're talking about today isn't a real egg - it's the egg eggplant! It's a type of eggplant. Isn't that unusual? It looks like an egg and is white, so it's called the egg eggplant.

The egg eggplant is the "white, rich and beautiful" one among eggplants - high in looks, delicious in taste, good for cooking and also ornamental, so it has become a member of home balcony fruit-and-vegetable growing too! So how do you grow egg eggplant?

The first step is of course buying seeds. Buy seeds and raise seedlings - they can be bought in many places.

Next, follow the usual method for raising vegetable seedlings from seed: soak the seeds in warm water for 15 minutes, then soak them in clean water overnight, drain off the water and sow; at the same time, prepare loose, breathable, nutrient-rich soil, or if you don't have any, you can just use garden soil.

Once everything is ready, you can sow. After sowing, put it in a warm place and keep the soil moist while waiting for the seedlings to emerge.

When the young seedlings grow 4 true leaves, they can be potted up. After planting, put them in a warm, ventilated place and keep the soil moist.

Remember to apply top dressing later on, especially before budding and flowering. A balanced organic fruit-and-vegetable nutrient solution will do.

From sowing to flowering takes more than 2 months. When the fruit ripens, it's a white "egg" - good-looking, highly nutritious, an eye-catcher and an appetite-catcher too. If you're interested, why not give it a try!