Days to Maturity: 95 for direct-sowing; 70 for transplanting
Everything about this exciting tomatillo is an improvement over plain green varieties. The fruit is larger and sweeter; the plant sports purple-tinged leaves; the flavor improves dramatically the longer you leave the fruit on the plant. If you are looking to add tomatillos to your vegetable garden -- or simply want to try something a bit new in the tomatillo family -- give Purple a whirl this season.
A mainstay of Mexican cuisine, tomatillo can be eaten fresh, right off the plant, or roasted to bring out its sweet, tart, complex flavor. It's a nice addition to salsa, relishes, garnishes, and sauces, too. Purple earns its name with violet tones that go right through from the skin to the flesh of the fruit, which can reach the size of a baseball but is more commonly a bit smaller. Even the leaves on this plant sport purple veins and streaks.
The secret to growing Purple Tomatillo is patience. The fruit can be picked green if frost threatens, but is best left in its tan husk to ripen. At some point, the husk will split, and then the green fruits will really turn purple, acquiring a deeper and richer flavor as they do so. If you can hold off eating them until this occurs, you will really taste the difference.
A sun and heat lover, tomatillo should not be transplanted into the garden until the soil is thoroughly warm and all danger of frost is past. Keep it watered until harvest time, then let it dry a bit between watering's. You will love the gourmet flavor and unusual appearance of this veggie!
Pkt of 30 seeds
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
Days to Maturity: 95 for direct-sowing; 70 for transplanting
Everything about this exciting tomatillo is an improvement over plain green varieties. The fruit is larger and sweeter; the plant sports purple-tinged leaves; the flavor improves dramatically the longer you leave the fruit on the plant. If you are looking to add tomatillos to your vegetable garden -- or simply want to try something a bit new in the tomatillo family -- give Purple a whirl this season.
A mainstay of Mexican cuisine, tomatillo can be eaten fresh, right off the plant, or roasted to bring out its sweet, tart, complex flavor. It's a nice addition to salsa, relishes, garnishes, and sauces, too. Purple earns its name with violet tones that go right through from the skin to the flesh of the fruit, which can reach the size of a baseball but is more commonly a bit smaller. Even the leaves on this plant sport purple veins and streaks.
The secret to growing Purple Tomatillo is patience. The fruit can be picked green if frost threatens, but is best left in its tan husk to ripen. At some point, the husk will split, and then the green fruits will really turn purple, acquiring a deeper and richer flavor as they do so. If you can hold off eating them until this occurs, you will really taste the difference.
A sun and heat lover, tomatillo should not be transplanted into the garden until the soil is thoroughly warm and all danger of frost is past. Keep it watered until harvest time, then let it dry a bit between watering's. You will love the gourmet flavor and unusual appearance of this veggie!
Pkt of 30 seeds
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.