A miniature pepper variety (medium spiciness) that produces small, beautiful purple fruits that turn red when fully mature.
Quick Facts
How can you Purchase?: Fruiting Seed Bundle or Fruiting Supplies Box
Days to Transplant: 10-20 Days
Days to Harvest: 75-90 Days
Target Nutrient Level (TDS): Weeks 1-6 (base number + 900) & Weeks 6+ (base number + 1200)
Nutrient Type: Fruiting Nutrient
Target pH Level: 5.5-6.0
Light: 18 hours of light per day
Temperature: 68-80°F
Planting Pattern: 1 per Panel
Harvesting Method: Continuous upon ripening
Dowels Recommended?: Yes
Plant Size: Height: 10-12" & Spread: 8-10"
Plant Guide
🌱 Planting Seeds & Transplanting
Follow our Planting Seeds and Transplanting Guide for general best practices. These pepper seeds will typically take 4-7 days to sprout and 10+ days till they are ready to transplant. When transplanting, plant each pepper plant in the top middle planting space of the Panel. This is the optimal pattern for growing the most peppers.
🌿 Maintenance, Pruning, & Trellising
Follow our Maintenance Guide for general best practices. You will maintain a target nutrient level of (base number + 900) for these peppers until week 6. After week 6, increase the target nutrient level to (base number + 1200) to help support the plants' nutritional needs for fruit production.
You can use fruiting plant nutrients with your leafy greens (i.e., lettuce). However, you should monitor for tip burn and yellowing of the leaves due to the nutrient levels for fruiting plants being much higher than what leafy greens need.
During the vegetative growth, when the pepper plants are bulking up with leaves and branches, you may need to prune and remove any yellowing, brown, moldy, or dead leaves. You can usually find these at the base of the stem, by the rockwool, or along the vine itself. Removing these will redirect sugars the plant needs for growth and increase better airflow for the vining stem.
As your pepper plants grow larger, they will need support around weeks 6-8, right before fruit production. Place one of your food-grade dowels in the small hole under your pepper plant. The pepper plant will lean on the dowel for support as it fills in and starts to flower. When the fruits start to come in, the plant will become much heavier, so support from the dowels is necessary.
After a plant has been in the Flex Farm for more than 8 weeks, check the roots in the tank and cut back any obstructing the pump or drainage valve. When cutting back the roots, follow the rule of never cutting back more than 1/3rd of the roots at a time, as this will stress the plant.
🌶️ Flowers, Fruiting, & Harvesting:
Follow our Harvesting Guide for general best practices. Most varieties of peppers self-pollinate, meaning they have both male and female reproductive parts on their flowers that can fertilize their eggs themselves. You will not need to pollinate your pepper plants! There will be many small, yellow flowers per vine at a time.
This variety of mini pepper plants takes about 75-90 days to mature and produce ripe fruits. The number of days can vary depending on your growing environment.
Allow the pepper fruits to ripe to a bright red for the best flavor.
To harvest, either use your fingers to pinch or a pair of clean scissors to cut the peduncle (stalk) to which the fruit is attached. Another method of harvesting is to gently twist the pepper to pop the fruit off the plant. Ideally, this will leave the calyx (leaf at the top) and some of the peduncle (stalk) attached, helping to preserve the pepper's freshness and flavor.
It is important to avoid pulling on the peppers when harvesting. This can damage the fruit or the plant, which may result in a lower-quality harvest. Instead, always twist the pepper to remove it from the plant.
Harvesting fruits as they become ripe encourages the plant to continue producing flowers and fruits!