Purple Tomatillo
- Organic
- Purple fruits are very sweet
- Fruits grow to 1-2 inches
- Less sticky than other tomatillos
- 90 days from transplant
Item Details
Dark purple fruits are smaller (1½-2") and have a sweeter flavor than green tomatillos. Makes an attractive purple salsa, also great grilled. Noticeably less sticky than most tomatillos. 90 days from transplant.
Learn to Grow Purple Tomatillo
Start Indoors: 6 weeks before last frost
Germination: 14 Days
Plant Outdoors: 24-36” Apart
Light: Full Sun
Instructions - Culture is very similar to tomatoes. Sow seeds indoors ¼" deep. Transplant outdoors when soil has warmed. Plants are self- supporting, but sprawl over a large area. Cage or trellis when space is limited.
Ratings & Reviews
3 reviews
Just green
by JT
The plants have done fine, but there's no hint of purple.
Such a beautiful color!
by AnnaSabina
They were slow to start, but took off and completely outgrew their space on the trellis and I had to tie the side branches on to the trellis all summer long. They produced an abundant amount of fruit until frost set in the North-East. Color was mostly a deep purple and intensified with time. I used them for grilling and to make salsa, that retained the purple color.
Wow! That's a big plant!
by Zach
Produces huge tomatillo plants that produce so much fruit the branches fall off if you don't pick them all.
Would be 5 stars if it got a bit more purple. I found that only the fruit at the very top of the plant got enough sun to really turn purple.
Makes delicious tomatillo salsa.