About this variety
What to expect from Really Purple Tomatillo Seeds
Really Purple Tomatillo Seeds produce striking deep-purple tomatillo with rich, sweet-tart flavor perfect for colorful salsas and sauces.
Read the complete product descriptionTraits, flavor, garden use, variety notes, and the full catalog record
Really Purple seeds produce this named tomatillo cultivar, with purple recorded as its canonical mature or market-stage exterior color. It is selected for warm-season kitchen gardens, supported plants, fresh harvest, and preserving. This page keeps the cultivar’s identity, history, maturity, germination, plant form, spacing, harvest stage, and seed-saving guidance aligned so customers do not receive conflicting figures in different sections.
Really Purple Tomatillo Seeds produce striking deep-purple tomatillo with rich, sweet-tart flavor perfect for colorful salsas and sauces. The accepted botanical identity used here is Physalis philadelphica Lam.. Really Purple Tomatillo Seeds are ideal for growers looking to add both visual impact and bold flavor to the garden.
Cultivar profile
| Scientific name | Physalis philadelphica Lam. |
|---|---|
| Crop class | Tomatillo |
| Maturity | 70-79 Days |
| Maturity basis | 70-79 Days from transplanting under warm conditions |
| Germination | 7-14 Days at 75–90 °F |
| Seed depth | 1/4 in |
| Plant height or mature vine spread | 37–48 in |
| Growth habit | Upright/Erect |
| Plant spacing | 36 in |
| Row spacing | 48 in |
| Support | Stake |
| Fruit, ear, pod, or harvest size | 2-3 inch |
| Reproductive type | Open-Pollinated (OP) |
What makes Really Purple distinct
Really Purple is maintained as tomatillo; the structured color field records the mature or market-stage exterior color as purple. Its growth habit is upright/erect. The canonical plant height or vine spread is 37–48 in; the recorded harvest size is 2-3 inch. Maturity is 70-79 Days, germination is 7-14 Days at 75–90 °F, and the product is best suited to warm-season kitchen gardens, supported plants, fresh harvest, and preserving. Really Purple Tomatillo Seeds are ideal for growers looking to add both visual impact and bold flavor to the garden.
Color is recorded as Purple (mature or market-stage exterior color), and the canonical size description is 2-3 inch. These are the values used throughout the product record. Weather, fertility, pollination, and harvest stage can affect individual results, but the page does not substitute a second competing range.
History and seed provenance
Really Purple circulates as a named tomatillo within the cultivated history of Physalis philadelphica Lam. The current maintained catalog lot is identified by its purple color, growth form, harvest use, and the other canonical traits listed on this page. The public sources reviewed did not establish one complete breeder record, introduction year, family story, or uninterrupted custody chain for this exact seed lot. Rather than turn an attractive name into an unsupported origin story, this page records the crop identity and practical cultivar standard that can be checked in a grow-out. Future lot records should preserve the supplier, year, field observations, off-types, harvest stage, and seed-saving method so history is strengthened by traceable evidence.
The species-level domestication field records Mesoamerica (Mexico–Central America). That field describes the broader crop history; it does not prove a named cultivar’s breeder, community custody, or a person’s identity. Where the maintained seed lot still needs documentation, that uncertainty is kept in the internal audit rather than replaced with a confident story.
How to grow Really Purple
Sow 1/4 in deep. Use a seed-zone temperature of 75–90 °F and expect emergence in 7-14 Days when seed is viable and moisture, oxygen, and temperature are suitable. Plant in Full sun in fertile, well-drained loamy soil near pH 6.0–6.5. This annual is frost tender; wait until the crop-specific planting window and protect young plants from cold soil or late frost.
Space plants 36 in apart with 48 in between rows. Mature growth is recorded as Upright/Erect with a plant height or vine spread of 37–48 in. Support is Stake. Install any trellis or stake before roots and vines are large, and do not force heavy fruit onto a support that cannot carry it.
Water requirement is Moderate. Water deeply at the root zone, then let the surface begin to dry rather than keeping roots saturated. Mulch after the soil is warm, maintain airflow, and avoid excess nitrogen that produces leaves at the expense of flowers, ears, pods, or fruit. Flower and fruit set improve when plants are not stressed by cold, drought, crowding, or excess nitrogen.
Maturity, harvest, and kitchen use
The single customer-facing maturity range is 70-79 Days. 70-79 Days from transplanting under warm conditions. Local weather, transplant age, pollination, soil temperature, and stress can shift the calendar, so harvest readiness must also be checked by the crop-specific signs below rather than by publishing a second number.
Harvest when firm fruit fills the husk; wash away the sticky coating before kitchen use.
Best uses include warm-season kitchen gardens, supported plants, fresh harvest, and preserving. Really Purple Tomatillo Seeds are ideal for growers looking to add both visual impact and bold flavor to the garden. Handle harvested produce cleanly, cool it promptly when appropriate, and separate eating-stage harvests from fruit or seed heads reserved for biological maturity.
Seed saving
Seed saving for Really Purple
Select several healthy, true-to-type plants so the saved lot represents the variety rather than one unusually early or large individual.
Select fully ripe fruit from healthy true-to-type plants. Tomatillos need compatible plants for reliable fruit set, while crossing behavior differs among Physalis and Solanum species, so keep other varieties of the same species separated when purity matters. Mash ripe fruit in water, use a short fermentation if needed to release clean seed, wash away pulp and light seed, and dry the heavy seed thoroughly. For garden huckleberry, handle only fully ripe berries and do not treat foliage or unripe fruit as food. Record species, plant count, isolation, ripeness, cleaning, and test date.
Common problems and practical prevention
Watch Really Purple for flea beetles, hornworms, aphids, leaf spots, wilt, fruit cracking, and crowding. Rotate away from other nightshades, maintain airflow, water at soil level, and harvest only at the crop-specific ripe stage. For garden huckleberry, keep unripe fruit and foliage out of food use.
Frequently asked questions
How deep should I sow Really Purple?
Sow 1/4 in deep and maintain 75–90 °F through the expected 7-14 Days emergence window.
How much room does it need?
Use 36 in between plants and 48 in between rows. The mature habit is Upright/Erect with a height or vine spread of 37–48 in.
When should I harvest?
Use the single 70-79 Days range together with the crop-specific visual and texture cues in the harvest section.
Can I save seed?
Yes, when the crop is isolated appropriately, several true-to-type plants are retained, and seed reaches full biological maturity.
Minimum Seed Count: 50 seeds
