Capsicum 'Purple Beauty'
Capsicum 'Purple Beauty' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
'Purple Beauty' is a beautiful bell capsicum that holds at purple for quite a while before ripening to purple-red. Fruit is 4-lobed, thick walled and a blocky 7.5 cm. Crisp texture and sweet flavour is ideal in salads, where skin colour is set off by the lime green interior. Highly productive and disease resistant. A must for the gourmet gardener.
Product: Capsicum 'Purple Beauty'
Product type: SEED ()
Botanical name: Capsicum annuum
Purple Beauty' is a beautiful bell capsicum that holds at purple for quite a while before ripening to purple-red. Fruit is 4-lobed, thick walled and a blocky 7.5 cm. Crisp texture and sweet flavour is ideal in salads, where skin colour is set off by the lime green interior. Highly productive and disease resistant. A must for the gourmet gardener.
Plant type: Warm season, frost tender annual
Plant height: 45 - 55 cm tall; sturdy and compact
Sow when: Germinate best at 20 - 30°C soil temp.
Temperate: Early spring - inside with extra heat; outside after frost danger has passed
Subtropical: Spring
Tropical: All year but avoid January - February
Germination: 10 - 21 days
Depth: 6 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Into seedling pots, transplant when soil is warm
Soil type: Fertile well-drained soil pH 5.5 - 7
Rows: 45 - 90 cm apart
Details: Avoid high nitrogen fertilisers; keep moisture constant
Harvest: 55 days purple; 75 days deep red. In fruit fly areas the fruit should be protected by bagging