Pepper Sweet Purple Beauty
Capsicum annuum
Days to maturity: 75
Another exciting pepper to add to your collection of beautiful sweet bell peppers. It’s so pretty, some gardeners grow it for its ornamental beauty in beds, or large containers with flowers. Thick walled, sweet, crisp and moist. Mix with red, green, yellow and orange peppers for a palette of colorful veggies.
This packet plants approximately 24 plants started indoors.
Days to Emerge: 10 - 25 days
Seed Depth: 1/4"
Seed Spacing: Start indoors
Row Spacing: 2'
Thinning: Start indoors, plant seedlings 18" apart outside
When to sow outside: 2 to 4 weeks after average last frost when air temperature is at least 70° F and soil temperature is at least 65° F.
When to start inside: RECOMMENDED. 8 to 10 weeks before average last frost. In USDA zones 9 & 10, can also sow in mid-summer for fall crop.
Harvesting: Harvest peppers when purple, before they mature and turn red.
Artist: Estelle DeRidder