Description

25 Seeds per pack

(Capsicum annum) 70-75 days.       The best open-pollinated purple bell pepper on the market. The Purple Beauty Sweet Bell Pepper produces lovely fruits, staring out an emerald green, and turning to a beautiful eggplant purple when ready to eat, finishing out as a deep red when at full maturity. These bell peppers are thick walled and meaty, 3-4 lobed and blocky, growing to 3-4″ in length by 3-3½” in width. Purple Beauty plants are compact, growing to 17″, with thick protective foliage. Produces well for an open-pollinated bell pepper variety, as many as twelve fruits per plant in a season. Tender-crisp peppers have a mildly sweet flavor. Purple Beauty will add unique color to salads, delicious sliced fresh or in stir-fry. Kids will enjoy growing these unique beauties. Disease resistance: Tobacco Mosaic Virus.

Planting Instructions for Purple Beauty Sweet Pepper Seeds

Purple Beauty Peppers are heat loving plants that are easy to grow, and do well in a variety of climates. Start Purple Beauty Heirloom / Open Pollinated Pepper seeds indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost. Soaking Pepper seeds for 2-8 hrs before planting helps speed germination. Plant ¼” deep in chosen containers. Germination will occur in 8-25 days at 75-90°F. Keep soil evenly moist (not soaked) for best germination. Harden off Pepper plants, then transplant to garden about 2-4 weeks after the last frost date. Plant in full sun, spacing about 12-18″ apart, in rows 24-30″ apart. Harvest can occur when Purple Beauty Peppers are firm and full sized, but still green, or when mature and full color for the variety (mature peppers can deteriorate quickly so keep a careful eye at harvest time). The less green the Heirloom / Open Pollinated Pepper the sweeter the flavor. It is best to use a knife or pruning clippers when harvesting to avoid damage to plant.