Oda Purple Sweet pepper is a Russian heirloom pepper variety that produces amazing dark purple sweet peppers, and ripens to orange then finally dusky red. Its a sweet pepper with wonderful flavor and crisp at all levels of ripeness and with no spiciness so goes amazingly well with salads and salsa and adds that out there colour adventure! The Oda Purple sweet peppers have a very good flavor and a thick and juicy flesh. The plant is fairly compact so can make for a great looking functional ornamental plant to wow over!!
Scientific Name: Capsicum annum
Plant Life Cycle: annual
Optimal Germination Temperature: 21-29°C
Germination time in days: 7-14 day
Indicative Days to maturity: 60-90 days
Sunlight: Full sun
Soil requirement: well draining and rich
Sowing and cultivation: Sow in pots from March, at a temperature between 16 and 20°C, under a well-lit shelter, 5 weeks before planting. Transplant the entire root ball in the ground, after the last frosts, at a minimum distance of 50 cm, burying the stem up to the first leaves. Water thoroughly when planting.
