Trinidad Scorpion Salsa RecipeSandia Seed's Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe 4-5 Large Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes (use any fresh Heirloom Tomatoes)~or~ 1 Large (28oz) can Organic Whole Tomatoes 1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you'd like)Small slice of a Trinidad Scorpion Pepper or Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper or Trinidad Scorpion Butch T (fresh or dried) 1/2 Onion (diced, soak in cold water 20+ minutes to sweeten and reduce onion bitterness) 3-4 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)1 Tea...
Molcajete Mexicano: Great for Hot Pepper Flakes & Salsa Recipes!A molcajete is basically a large volcanic stone mortar & pestle. Molcajetes are often used to prepare Mexican food such as salsa and guacamole. Using a Molcajete is also perfect for grinding up your dried peppers from the garden to make pepper flakes. It's super easy to make hot pepper flakes with your Mexican Molcajete with all varieties of chile peppers – you can make pepper flakes out of super hot peppers like Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers, Dorset Naga Peppers, Carolina Reaper Pe...
Fatalii Salsa RecipeFatalii Pepper Salsa Recipe This is a great fruity and spicy salsa with tomatoes, pineapple and the tropical flavored Fatalii Peppers that add a great citrus heat. Fatalii peppers are also famous for making a fruity flavored hot sauce, check out our Easy Fermented Hot Sauce recipe » Fatalii peppers are hard to find at grocery stores, so if you can grow your own, you will have so many that you can share them with friends and dry or freeze some for year-round and winter use. This Fatali...
Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa RecipeCanned Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa /Sauce Recipe This is a delicious way to use up all your unripe, green tomatoes before the first frost of winter. Don't throw them away! This makes for a great sauce for enchiladas, casseroles and burritos! 10-20+ chopped cored green tomatoes (any size, type, or feel free to use a mix of green tomatoes, just use all the green ones that you have!) 10-20+ Habañeros, Jalapeños or any hot peppers or even super hot peppers (to taste, add a lo...
Hot Pepper Salsa Tasting Party IdeaSalsa Tasting Party If you like salsa like we do, here's an idea: Try our Carolina Reaper Salsa Recipe and other Salsa Recipes, and make three salsas using different hot peppers for each salsa, and then have a salsa tasting party! Make 3 salsas, or more, depending on how many different types of peppers you have to taste. Dried peppers also work great for making salsas, so you can have salsa parties in the off-season months, too! :) Discover our Favorite Salsa Recipes » You could hav...
Carolina Reaper Salsa RecipeSandia Seed's Carolina Reaper Salsa Recipe This is the hottest salsa you can make with the world's hottest pepper, the wicked Carolina Reaper! Of course, if you like to taste your salsa, you can also add less of the reaper to this recipe. We like to add some, then add more after tasting until we get it just right. Remember, it can also get hotter overnight! We like to make a big batch of this salsa and refrigerate it for snacking on anytime with chips or on tacos, but don't worr...
One of our Favorite Salsa RecipesSandia Seed's Favorite Salsa Recipe 3-4 Large Fresh Tomatoes such as the Abe Lincoln Heirloom TomatoOR 1 Large (28oz) can Whole Tomatoes 1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you like)1-2 Jalapenos (I leave in the seeds and rinds to make it spicier)1-2 Green Chiles (any variety, roasted & peeled is always nice!)1/2 Onion (diced, soak in cold water 20+ minutes to sweeten)1-2 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)Teaspoon of Cumin, Chili Powder, and Hot Pepper Flakes to you...
Gardening ChallengesWhat are your biggest garden challenges? Every gardener has challenges, it's part of what makes gardening fun! Learning something new every year, gardeners accumulate lots of knowledge over time via experience. What are some of your top challenges in your garden? WeatherWeather can be harsh sometimes, especially with late spring storms, hurricanes and tropical storms, non-stop rain, freezing cold temperatures, super hot 90˚F+ temperatures, you name it. We like to start many vegetables suc...
Best Seed DisplaysSeed Displays Sandia Seed sells Wholesale Seeds and Seed Displays so you can become a seed retailer in your city! Our huge collection of peppers of the world, plus tomatoes and vegetables too are the perfect addition to your garden center, hardware store or gift shop. Our seed displays for sale come pre-assembled so you can start selling right away. Our seed display racks are eye-catching and hold lots of varieties of seed packets so it's easy to become a seed retailer. With our Wholesale...
Fastest Growing VegetablesDo you want to grow the Fastest Growing Vegetables? Here are our top suggestions for the fastest growing crops that you can start from seed: Radish – Harvest in 22+ Days!The classic Cherry Bell Radish is super easy to grow and it is one of the fastest growing vegetables you can plant!. Simply direct sow the seeds in fluffy soil, keep them moist and watch them sprout in just 5-7 days depending on soil and weather conditions. They grow quickly into pretty 1" cherry red globes that a...
Green Chile Sauce RecipeGreen Chile Sauce Goes great on everything! Use it on top of burritos, roasted vegetables, potatoes, tacos, sandwiches, burgers, or use it as a salsa with chips. Ingredients:4 Tbs butter1/2 yellow onion (diced)6 Tbs all purpose flour1Tbs chicken bullion1 1/2 C water 1/2 cup chopped hatch green chile (roasted)salt and pepper to taste Directions:1. In a medium saucepan, melt butter and add in onions. Saute onions until they become fragrant and translucent. 2. Once onions are cooked, turn down t...
When to Harvest Carolina ReapersWondering when to Harvest Carolina Reapers? You can harvest Carolina Reaper pods when they mature to red, typically after at least 90+ days of growing from seed. The Carolina Reaper is a super hot pepper – in fact, it still holds the Guinness world record for being the hottest pepper. However, just because they are the hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper isn't harder to grow than other peppers! Most importantly, Carolina Reaper plants need a long growing season. Consequently,...
Ornamental Hot PeppersOrnamental hot peppers are a great addition to any garden. They add beauty and spice and everything nice! As a vegetable gardener, you probably want to have a beautiful veggie garden! So why not grow some ornamental peppers to add pops of color and beauty! We have a whole selection of ornamental hot peppers that will look great in your landscape, plus you can harvest them for spicing up salsas, hot sauces, sandwiches, burgers, burritos, soups, stews, stir fries, you name it! The rainb...
Pepper SeedsPepper Seeds Sandia Seed carries over 100 peppers of the world that you can grow in your garden! Our seeds have very high germination rates and grow into a variety of peppers that are sure to please any pepper lover! We also specialize in New Mexican Chile seeds such as Hatch Chile seeds, Poblano seeds, and other New Mexican favorites.Want sweet, mild, hot or super hot pepper seeds?We got you covered on pepper seeds with every heat level, from no heat at all to wicked hot. Here is a list of o...
Early Tomatoes: VarietiesLooking for early tomato varieties? Sandia Seed has several ultra early tomato plants that are sure to please any tomato-lover. Our fastest growing tomatoes are also some of the best tasting tomatoes, too, so make sure to grow a few of these early tomato varieties in your garden to enjoy a longer tomato harvest season. These tomatoes are also great to grow if you're starting seeds later than you wanted, tomato seeds sprout fast and grow into robust plants quickly, so these short season ...
Gifts for Pepper LoversHere are our top 14 Gift Ideas for Pepper Lovers, Growers and Chileheads: Hot Pepper Seeds - find an unusual color, or give our short season peppers which are sure to please pepper lovers as they grow quickly and produce abundantly! Super Hot Pepper Seeds (for those chileheads who love the heat!) Sweet Pepper Seeds Hot Sauce (homemade hot sauce or find locally-made hot sauce!) Artist-made Fermentation Crock (for making fermented hot sauce) Seedling Mix (for starting seeds!) Gift Card f...
Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe
Sandia Seed's Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe 4-5 Large Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes (use any fresh Heirloom Tomatoes)~or~ 1 Large (28oz) can Organic Whole Tomatoes 1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you'd like)Small slice of a Trinidad Scorpion Pepper or Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper or Trinidad Scorpion Butch T (fresh or dried) 1/2 Onion (diced, soak in cold water 20+ minutes to sweeten and reduce onion bitterness) 3-4 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)1 Tea...
Molcajete Mexicano: Great for Hot Pepper Flakes & Salsa Recipes!
A molcajete is basically a large volcanic stone mortar & pestle. Molcajetes are often used to prepare Mexican food such as salsa and guacamole. Using a Molcajete is also perfect for grinding up your dried peppers from the garden to make pepper flakes. It's super easy to make hot pepper flakes with your Mexican Molcajete with all varieties of chile peppers – you can make pepper flakes out of super hot peppers like Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers, Dorset Naga Peppers, Carolina Reaper Pe...
Fatalii Salsa Recipe
Fatalii Pepper Salsa Recipe This is a great fruity and spicy salsa with tomatoes, pineapple and the tropical flavored Fatalii Peppers that add a great citrus heat. Fatalii peppers are also famous for making a fruity flavored hot sauce, check out our Easy Fermented Hot Sauce recipe » Fatalii peppers are hard to find at grocery stores, so if you can grow your own, you will have so many that you can share them with friends and dry or freeze some for year-round and winter use. This Fatali...
Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa Recipe
Canned Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa /Sauce Recipe This is a delicious way to use up all your unripe, green tomatoes before the first frost of winter. Don't throw them away! This makes for a great sauce for enchiladas, casseroles and burritos! 10-20+ chopped cored green tomatoes (any size, type, or feel free to use a mix of green tomatoes, just use all the green ones that you have!) 10-20+ Habañeros, Jalapeños or any hot peppers or even super hot peppers (to taste, add a lo...
Hot Pepper Salsa Tasting Party Idea
Salsa Tasting Party If you like salsa like we do, here's an idea: Try our Carolina Reaper Salsa Recipe and other Salsa Recipes, and make three salsas using different hot peppers for each salsa, and then have a salsa tasting party! Make 3 salsas, or more, depending on how many different types of peppers you have to taste. Dried peppers also work great for making salsas, so you can have salsa parties in the off-season months, too! :) Discover our Favorite Salsa Recipes » You could hav...
Carolina Reaper Salsa Recipe
Sandia Seed's Carolina Reaper Salsa Recipe This is the hottest salsa you can make with the world's hottest pepper, the wicked Carolina Reaper! Of course, if you like to taste your salsa, you can also add less of the reaper to this recipe. We like to add some, then add more after tasting until we get it just right. Remember, it can also get hotter overnight! We like to make a big batch of this salsa and refrigerate it for snacking on anytime with chips or on tacos, but don't worr...
One of our Favorite Salsa Recipes
Sandia Seed's Favorite Salsa Recipe 3-4 Large Fresh Tomatoes such as the Abe Lincoln Heirloom TomatoOR 1 Large (28oz) can Whole Tomatoes 1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you like)1-2 Jalapenos (I leave in the seeds and rinds to make it spicier)1-2 Green Chiles (any variety, roasted & peeled is always nice!)1/2 Onion (diced, soak in cold water 20+ minutes to sweeten)1-2 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)Teaspoon of Cumin, Chili Powder, and Hot Pepper Flakes to you...
Gardening Challenges
What are your biggest garden challenges? Every gardener has challenges, it's part of what makes gardening fun! Learning something new every year, gardeners accumulate lots of knowledge over time via experience. What are some of your top challenges in your garden? WeatherWeather can be harsh sometimes, especially with late spring storms, hurricanes and tropical storms, non-stop rain, freezing cold temperatures, super hot 90˚F+ temperatures, you name it. We like to start many vegetables suc...
Best Seed Displays
Seed Displays Sandia Seed sells Wholesale Seeds and Seed Displays so you can become a seed retailer in your city! Our huge collection of peppers of the world, plus tomatoes and vegetables too are the perfect addition to your garden center, hardware store or gift shop. Our seed displays for sale come pre-assembled so you can start selling right away. Our seed display racks are eye-catching and hold lots of varieties of seed packets so it's easy to become a seed retailer. With our Wholesale...
Fastest Growing Vegetables
Do you want to grow the Fastest Growing Vegetables? Here are our top suggestions for the fastest growing crops that you can start from seed: Radish – Harvest in 22+ Days!The classic Cherry Bell Radish is super easy to grow and it is one of the fastest growing vegetables you can plant!. Simply direct sow the seeds in fluffy soil, keep them moist and watch them sprout in just 5-7 days depending on soil and weather conditions. They grow quickly into pretty 1" cherry red globes that a...
Green Chile Sauce Recipe
Green Chile Sauce Goes great on everything! Use it on top of burritos, roasted vegetables, potatoes, tacos, sandwiches, burgers, or use it as a salsa with chips. Ingredients:4 Tbs butter1/2 yellow onion (diced)6 Tbs all purpose flour1Tbs chicken bullion1 1/2 C water 1/2 cup chopped hatch green chile (roasted)salt and pepper to taste Directions:1. In a medium saucepan, melt butter and add in onions. Saute onions until they become fragrant and translucent. 2. Once onions are cooked, turn down t...
When to Harvest Carolina Reapers
Wondering when to Harvest Carolina Reapers? You can harvest Carolina Reaper pods when they mature to red, typically after at least 90+ days of growing from seed. The Carolina Reaper is a super hot pepper – in fact, it still holds the Guinness world record for being the hottest pepper. However, just because they are the hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper isn't harder to grow than other peppers! Most importantly, Carolina Reaper plants need a long growing season. Consequently,...
Ornamental Hot Peppers
Ornamental hot peppers are a great addition to any garden. They add beauty and spice and everything nice! As a vegetable gardener, you probably want to have a beautiful veggie garden! So why not grow some ornamental peppers to add pops of color and beauty! We have a whole selection of ornamental hot peppers that will look great in your landscape, plus you can harvest them for spicing up salsas, hot sauces, sandwiches, burgers, burritos, soups, stews, stir fries, you name it! The rainb...
Pepper Seeds
Pepper Seeds Sandia Seed carries over 100 peppers of the world that you can grow in your garden! Our seeds have very high germination rates and grow into a variety of peppers that are sure to please any pepper lover! We also specialize in New Mexican Chile seeds such as Hatch Chile seeds, Poblano seeds, and other New Mexican favorites.Want sweet, mild, hot or super hot pepper seeds?We got you covered on pepper seeds with every heat level, from no heat at all to wicked hot. Here is a list of o...
Early Tomatoes: Varieties
Looking for early tomato varieties? Sandia Seed has several ultra early tomato plants that are sure to please any tomato-lover. Our fastest growing tomatoes are also some of the best tasting tomatoes, too, so make sure to grow a few of these early tomato varieties in your garden to enjoy a longer tomato harvest season. These tomatoes are also great to grow if you're starting seeds later than you wanted, tomato seeds sprout fast and grow into robust plants quickly, so these short season ...
Gifts for Pepper Lovers
Here are our top 14 Gift Ideas for Pepper Lovers, Growers and Chileheads: Hot Pepper Seeds - find an unusual color, or give our short season peppers which are sure to please pepper lovers as they grow quickly and produce abundantly! Super Hot Pepper Seeds (for those chileheads who love the heat!) Sweet Pepper Seeds Hot Sauce (homemade hot sauce or find locally-made hot sauce!) Artist-made Fermentation Crock (for making fermented hot sauce) Seedling Mix (for starting seeds!) Gift Card f...
