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Purple Beauty Sweet Pepper Seeds
Purple Beauty Sweet Pepper Seeds
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Product Details
Product Details
Uniquely beautiful, as these peppers grow, they change from a creamy lime color to deep purple and eventually red, with a contrasting lime-green interior. Productive, very early, compact plants. 'Purple Beauty' is sure to deliver no matter your climate! Also grown for its ornamental quality; great in containers.
- Variety Info
- Sowing Info
- Growing Info
Variety Info
Days to Maturity: 75 days from transplanting
Family: Solanaceae
Type: Sweet Pepper (Learn more)
Native: Americas
Hardiness: Frost-sensitive perennial grown as an annual
Exposure: Full sun
Plant Dimensions: 18"–24" tall, 18"–20" wide
Variety Info: 3"–4" long, 3" wide, blocky-shaped pepper that starts out green, changing to purple, and then red if left to fully mature. Pepper walls thicken as they mature to red.
Attributes: Frost Sensitive, Good for Containers
Sowing Info
When to Sow Outside: For Mild Climates only: 2 to 4 weeks after average last frost, when soil temperature is at least 70°F.
When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 8 to 10 weeks before transplanting. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 70°–90°F. Transplant seedlings outside 2 to 4 weeks after your average last frost date, and when daytime temperatures are at least 70°F, and nighttime temperatures are at least 55°F. Mild Climates: May be sown in late summer for fall/winter crop.
Days to Emerge: 10–25 days
Seed Depth: ¼"
Seed Spacing: Start indoors
Row Spacing: 24"–36"
Thinning: Start indoors, plant seedlings 18"–24" apart outside
Growing Info
Harvesting: Harvest peppers at any color stage—creamy lime, purple, or red.
