Sweet pepper 'Purple Beauty'

Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Grossum Group)

How to grow Sweet pepper 'Purple Beauty'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

A full sun position will ensure your plant thrives and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Purple Beauty is thought of as tender, so remember to wait until your soil is warm and the night time temperature is well above freezing before moving outside. Planting Purple Beauty in potting mix, loamy and silty soil with a ph of between 5.5 and 7.5 is ideal for as it does best in weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Purple Beauty from seed

Start seeds indoors six to eight weeks before last frost date.

Sow 0.25 inches (0.64 cm) deep with a guideline distance of 0.98 inches (2.5 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 20°C / 68°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Purple Beauty about 32 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Purple Beauty

As Purple Beauty is tender, ensure temperatures are mild enough to plant out (around 13°C / 55°F as a guideline) - wait until after your last frost date to be on the safe side.

Harvesting Purple Beauty

Misspellings of Sweet pepper 'Purple Beauty'

Purple Beautey, Purple Baeuty,