Oda Pepper

Others have mentioned the vigor and resilience of this variety and I concur. They were some of the most productive plants in my garden this year, thriving in containers and producing from fairly early in the season to the current time (mid-September). They were moderately popular with aphids, but not nearly as much as other varieties. Aside from that, these plants were problem-free. One plant that snapped about seven inches above the soil during high winds managed to produce a respectable amount of fruit despite never quite recovering in size. Once the fruits turn a lovely and streaky purple-red they are sweet and juicy. I'll be growing again.

Absolutely love these peppers. Very unique color and nice little size, perfect for skewering on the barbecue. Believe it or not, they grew very well even when sowed right into the ground, just made sure to keep the mounds moist throughout our heat wave and they didn't even flinch. Very prolific producers with a high pepper yield per plant, our neighbors seemed to enjoy our excess as well! Re-purchasing immediately.

Such a beautiful pepper. I had a rough garden year and these still showed up and produced well despite cool temps. Dozens of pretty purple peppers. Was a nice pop in salsa. They aren't bell pepper thickness so they didn't cook up too well, good for fresh eating.

These were my favorite sweet peppers this year. The short, stalky, healthy plants pumped out loads of beautiful little salad peppers! I had so many, I ended up canning purple pepper jelly. Great for eating fresh and stuffing with goodies like herbed cheese.

We planted Oda in our hoop house and were thrilled with a huge amount of absolutely stunning lavender peppers which later turned a lucious deep red. They were not hard to germinate, nor grow. Nice stocky, short plants that would work well in containers. We'll always grow them!!! Ripe, they were sweet and juicy; lavender, they were crisp and gorgeous in salads. (The purple fades to yellow when you cook them, though.)