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open-pollinated
Sparkling Purple Light
Also sold as: Glittering Purple Flash, Sverkayushchiy Purpurnyy Ogonyok, Сверкающий пурпурный огонёк
Sofia Saakova tall indeterminate heart line from Night Candle × Rebel Starfighter Prime, with purple brick-striped fruit, fiery marbled flesh and intensely sweet rich flavour; current seed stocks circulate at differing filial generations.
- Shape
- Heart
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 250 g (150–400 g)
- Sweetness
- Very high
- Flavour intensity
- Very high
- Productivity
- High
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- Containers
- Not for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Seller and grower reports place plants around 1.4 m outdoors and 1.8–2.0 m under cover. Strong support is required, 2–3 stems are commonly recommended. Preserve seed-source and filial-generation notes because the line may still segregate.
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