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Chilli Purple Flash

Capsicum annuum

Plant profile - Chilli Purple Flash

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Variety

Capsicum annuum

Type

Hot Chilli

Growing Conditions

Greenhouse

Plant Height

80cm

Plant Spread

40cm

Plant on/out

After last frost

Sow

Feb-May (earlier better for hot chillies)

Harvest

Pick at any stage; fruits are milder when immature. Picking fruits as soon as they are ready encourages more fruit to set

Position

Full sun

Tasting notes and description

Stunning foliage ranging from dark purple that's almost black to new growth thats a creamy white to lime green & light purple variegated. Purple stems and purple flowers that produce deep purple fruits that ripen to a deep cherry red. The round fruits are on the Scoville Heat Unit of 80,000 heat level and classes as Hot

Uses

I am yet to try these chillies, but from what I've learned so far is that they go well into hot sauces. I'm looking forward to creating maybe a sauce and a pickling of some kind with these chillies.

Growing Habit

Perennial