Purple Beauty bell pepper seeds were planted in Root Riot Organic Starter Cubes inside a heated incubator, however, only one seed germinated, and only after a week of incubation.  A few days after that, the seedling was moved into a 10L Kratky hydroponics bucket containing Aqua Vega nutrient media diluted with water to a concentration of 1:400 and pH-adjusted to 6.5.

The bell pepper plant grew quite slowly (compared to other plants tested in this hydroponics system) taking almost two months before the first flower buds appeared.  The flowers were pollinated with the vibrating 'paddle' of an electric toothbrush (i.e. the toothbrush body without the actual brushing head). By the end of the third month (from seed start), the nutrient media began to run low, so 400ml of extra media was added to the bucket every few days to keep the plant alive a little longer, in order to observe fruit development. Once the peppers had turned purple in colour, the experimental grow was terminated.

Overall, the Purple Beauty bell pepper plant did not grow as well as hoped, however, this may have been due to the inherent genetic characteristics of the plant rather than any hydroponics system inadequacy. Further testing with this bell pepper variety would be needed to answer this question more precisely.