🌶️ Purple Pumpkin – A beautiful miniature pumpkin with surprisingly much flavor!

The Purple Pumpkin (Capsicum annuum) is a special chili pepper that has absolutely not stolen its name! The small, flattened and clearly ribbed fruits resemble miniature pumpkins. But behind that cute appearance hides a surprisingly spicy pepper!

What makes this variety particularly special is its spectacular color development. The young fruits acquire a beautiful deep purple-pink to almost black color. As they mature further, warm bronze, brown, and orange shades appear, eventually turning into a brilliant, bright red end color.

With our own cultivation, we were able to watch this special color development in all its glory. The plants simultaneously produced deep purple, bronze, orange and fully ripe red fruits. A stunning color palette that makes the Purple Pumpkin a real eye-catcher!

The fruits are compact, wide and flattened, with clearly visible ribs and a beautiful shiny shell. The plants grow bushy and branched and can produce a large number of these special peppers.

🔥 Don't be fooled by the appearance!

Anyone who thinks that these cute miniature pumpkins are just decorative can be in for a surprise!

In our own taste test, the Purple Pumpkin turned out to be quite spicy. Because this variety is susceptible to Capsicum annuum We initially expected a fairly mild pepper. However, a bite from a fresh fruit proved the opposite!

The Purple Pumpkin clearly has more grit than its friendly appearance suggests.

Because of this, this variety is not only interesting for lovers of unusual ornamental peppers, but also for those who like to grow peppers with a strong spiciness.

🌶️ Characteristics

• Type: Capsicum annuum
• Variety: Purple Pumpkin
• Pithiness: quite spicy to hot, according to our own taste experience
• SHU: No reliable, specifically confirmed value available
• Fruit shape: small, wide, flattened and clearly ribbed, like a miniature pumpkin
• Fruit size: compact, with some variation between the fruits
• Color: deep purple-violet to almost black → bronze/brown → orange → bright red
• End color: deep red
• Shell: smooth and shiny
• Growth habit: bossy and well-branched
• Productivity: Good to rich fruiting yield
• Valuation: extra high thanks to the unique fruit shape and various colors
• Usage: spicy sauces, sambal, chili powder, cooking and decorative applications

🌱 Cultivation information

• Seeding: February–March indoors
• Root temperature: 22–26 °C
• Expensive: usually 7–21 days
• Planting out: after the ice saints, when there is no longer any chance of frost at night
• Pitch: sunny, warm and sheltered
• Harvest: usually July–October, depending on weather conditions
• Cultivation: Suitable for greenhouses, full-size plants and large pots on the terrace
• Seeds: Open Pollinated

The Purple Pumpkin prefers a warm, sunny location and a fertile, well-draining soil.

Thanks to its bushy growth habit and striking fruits, this variety is also particularly suitable for growing in a large pot on the terrace.

When the fruits are hanging on the plant at different stages of ripening, a beautiful palette of colors emerges from deep purple to bright red.

🍴 Culinary applications

The Purple Pumpkin It is much more than just a decorative chili pepper!

The compact, pumpkin-shaped fruits can be used in spicy sauces, sambal, chili powder, and other dishes where a strong dose of heat is desired.

The strikingly shaped fruits are also interesting for insertion purposes.

The fully ripe red peppers are also particularly decorative and can give dishes an original look.

⚠️ Attention: Don't underestimate these small pumpkin-shaped peppers! In our own taste test, they turned out surprisingly spicy. Start with a small amount when you first use them.

🎃 A real eye-catcher with character!

The Purple Pumpkin combines the best of two worlds: an exceptionally decorative appearance and a surprisingly strong spiciness.

With its unique pumpkin shape and spectacular color development from deep purple to bright red, this variety is a real addition to any collection of special chili peppers.

A wonderful choice for collectors, lovers of ornamental peppers and anyone who would like to have a spicy surprise in the vegetable garden!

🌶️ DG Seeds & Plants – Special chili peppers, directly from our own cultivation!