eggplant from seed to plant Eggplant Vegetable Seeds | Non-GMO, Vacuum-Sealed

eggplant from seed to plant Eggplant Vegetable Seeds | Non-GMO, Vacuum-SealedEggplant seeds for the kitchen garden that intends to actually produce eggplant this year. Eggplant requires heat, sun, and the understanding that it will take its time. Eggplant is a heat loving vegetable that produces best when given full sun and the patience it deserves. Each packet is hermetically vacuum sealed removing the oxygen that causes standard paper seed packets to lose germination viability within approximately one year. State law

Eggplant seeds for the kitchen garden that intends to actually produce eggplant this year. Eggplant requires heat, sun, and the understanding that it will take its time.

Eggplant is a heat-loving vegetable that produces best when given full sun and the patience it deserves. Each packet is hermetically vacuum-sealed -- removing the oxygen that causes standard paper seed packets to lose germination viability within approximately one year. State law requires a 3-year viability label on sealed packaging. NASA research on hermetic seed storage indicates viability of up to 10 years under proper conditions. Every packet is non-GMO and germination-tested at independent third-party labs before it earns its Japanese woodblock print artwork.

How to Grow Eggplant from Seed

Sowing and Germination

Start indoors 8-10 weeks before last frost at 24-27C. Transplant after soil warms thoroughly.

Care and Harvest

Full sun and heat essential. Harvest at 10-15cm for best texture. 75-85 days.

Why Vacuum-Sealed Seeds Last Longer

Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.

About the Packaging

Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.