MARCONI PURPLE Sweet Pepper Seeds

MARCONI PURPLE Sweet Pepper Seeds

Price for Package of 5 seeds.

A prized Italian heirloom that produces 3-lobed tapered blunt-tipped extremely sweet deep purple fruits.  The fruits are long and slender (6cm x 17cm long), maturing from green to a glossy purple.  Excellent fresh in salad, also good for frying, roasting and stuffing. Regular harvesting will ensure a productive continuous harvest until late autumn.

Days to Germination: 10-21

Optimum Soil Temp. for Germination: 65 to 70F

Days To Harvest: 75 days

Planting Depth: 1/8 inch

Spacing, Seed: 1 inches

Spacing, Plant: 15-20 inches

 Light: Full Sun, Warm location, Greenhouse, Conservatory

Sow seeds 1/4" deep in 3in pots with quality seed compost.  Keep moist.  Seedlings emerge in 10-21 days at 65-70degrees F.

Transplant to individual containers when seedlings have at least two pairs of leaves.

When 4-5 inches plant 15-20" apart in greenhouse / conservatory with root ball 1/2" below the soil surface.

Keep moist and feed when flowering with tomato type fertiliser.

Harvest when fruits have reached full-size and full colour.