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  1. Leap Year Sale – 29% off Jalapeños, Serranos & Cayennes! Happy Leap Year – cheers for an extra day! Jump start your salsa recipes with our Leapfrog Sale! Get 29% off our Leapfrog collection of Jalapeños, Serranos & Cayennes! Use Discount code: LEAPFROG2024 Sale goes through Sunday, March 3, 2024
  2. Best Chile Seeds Looking to grow the best chile seeds? Sandia Seed offers over 100 seeds for peppers of the world so you can grow a rainbow of flavors and heat in your garden. We have sweet chiles, super hot chiles, hot chiles, and mild chiles, so you can grow chile plants that are perfect for your spice-level. Of course watch out, once you start eating spicy you'll likely crave even more spice! We have the best chile seeds for sale: Chile seeds are easy to grow – but you do have to follow a few g...
  3. How to grow jalapeno peppers from seeds Here are our top tips for growing jalapeño seeds: 1. Use Fresh Jalapeno SeedsWhen perfectly stored, jalapeno seeds can be viable for 25+ years, but realistically they'll last about 2-5 years with the best germination rates. Older seeds won't have as good of germination but that doesn't mean you can't use them, if they germinate you're off to the jalapeno races. Store jalapeno seeds in a cool, dark, dry environment to help them last longer.2. Keep Jalapeno Seeds War...
  4. GMO Purple Tomato vs. Traditional Breeding Indigo Rose GMO Purple Tomatoes: As home gardeners page through seed catalogs and pick out their favorite heirlooms, there is a new seed that has never been available to them before: a GMO tomato the color of a concord grape with bright fluorescent-like plum-colored flesh. This purple fruit, named the ‘Purple Tomato’, is the first genetically modified food crop that is now directly marketed to home gardeners. Historic. The tomato is purple because its creators at Norfolk Plant Sciences worked for about 2...
  5. How to care for container-grown peppers Growing peppers in containers is a great way to expand your gardening space. As long as you have an area with 6+ hours of sun, you can grow peppers, even on a balcony in the city. First, make sure to pick good pepper varieties that grow well in containers as they are well-suited to growing in pots. Here are our top tips for the best care for container-grown peppers: Container Size: Select a large pot or container with a 12" + diameter and about 5 gallons in size to allow room for the ro...
  6. Vegetable Container Gardening Vegetable Container Gardening:The best seeds to grow Even if you don't have a lot of space, vegetable container gardening is possible so you can have your own homegrown veggies and herbs. Starting Seeds for Vegetable Container Gardens: You can start many seeds in a sunny window, or get some inexpensive led or flourescent grow lights and start seeds under the lights to get them growing strong for transplanting into their final containers or pots come spring. The cost of starting your cont...
  7. When is the best time to plant seeds? First, what is your area’s last expected frost date? If you don’t know, ask a local gardener, a nearby plant nursery, or do a web search for the frost dates in your zip code. The Farmer’s Almanac has an easy Frost Dates Calculator here www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates Once you know your frost date, check the seed packet. It will typically tell you when to sow your seeds in relation to your frost date. Vegetable seeds like tomatoes seeds and pepper seeds should be started indoors 6-8 w...
  8. Garden Sports Happy Superbowl Sunday! My favorite sport is gardening. What are your favorite garden sports?Digging, planting, transplanting, cleaning trays, fertilizing, composting, pruning, thinning, boy the garden sports list goes on and on. :) Happy sporting out there!
  9. Gardening by the Zodiac Signs When it comes to planting in your garden, soil, sun and seasons aren't the only factors to consider. It turns out the the zodiac signs can be just as important. For the best results, they should be considered when choosing plants for your garden. What to plant in your garden according to your zodiac sign. ARIES (March 21 to April 20) You are a fiery, energetic, and quick individual who likes spicy, invigorating plants and foods. Growing onion, garlic chives, basil, cayenne peppers, a...
  10. What are the best peppers to grow indoors? We recently had a customer ask: What is a good pepper to grow indoors? Many peppers can grow great indoors if you have the space and good lighting! If you have limited space, we think that the best pepper plants for indoor growing are smaller peppers such as Pequins, Chiltepins, Habaneros, Mini Bell Peppers, Aji, Carolina Reapers, Thai peppers, or small ornamental peppers like Fire and Ice. Of course, don't limit yourself to just these peppers, you can really grow any peppers indoors if y...
  11. What is a Hatch Chile? What is a Hatch chile pepper? Wondering why they are called Hatch chiles? These unique green chiles are called Hatch Chile because they are grown in in the Hatch region of New Mexico. Technically, to be called a true Hatch Chile, these have to be grown in the Hatch region of New Mexico. The soil and climate in the Hatch region is known to create the perfect conditions for the best tasting chile unlike any other. If you get a chance to taste Hatch Green Chile grown in the Hatch region in New ...
  12. Seed Store Locator - Find our Seeds at Garden Centers near you! Sandia Seed Store Locator:Find our Pepper Seeds near you! Did you know that garden centers and shops around the country carry our seeds? Check out our Seed Store Locator Map to find one near you. If your local garden shop or hardware store doesn't carry our seeds, ask them about possibly carrying our seeds. We love working selling Wholesale seeds to retailers to help spread the love of peppers of the world! Lots of retailers like garden centers, nurseries, hardware st...
  13. Double Cup Seed Starting Double Cup Seed Starting is a super easy way to start pepper seeds and vegetable seeds! These red Dixie cups are large and nice and deep, allowing for deep root growth. Of course seedling trays work well too, with the 4" pots, but sometimes you gotta work with what you've got! You can grow nice healthy seedlings in these cups under supplemental lights (a very sunny window that gets sun all day could work, too!) Use well-draining seedling starter mix for the growing medium. Don't ...
  14. Pumpkin Chili Soup Recipe Pumpkin Chili Soup Recipe INGREDIENTS: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, chopped 6 cloves garlic, minced 1 can of diced tomatoes 1.5 cups of roasted Green Chile, peeled and diced 1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 can pinto beans, rinsed and drained 1.5 cups chopped or mashed pumpkin (or 1 can) 1 cup vegetable broth (or water and salt) 1 cup frozen corn (optional) 1.5 tablespoons chili powder 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon of oregano 1 tablespoon cumin salt & pepper to taste ...
  15. Best Peppers to Grow Best Peppers to Grow in 2024! Here are our top picks for peppers to grow in your garden. These delicious selections are productive and easy to grow so you'll enjoy a colorful and tasty harvest of peppers in 2024. 1. Jimmy Nardello So delicious and so productive. It is an old-school heirloom that is just an absolute winner. These tasty sweet peppers can be used for stir fry and pasta sauces. 2. Cayenne Ring of Fire Beautiful pepper that matures early and is spicy! It has a wonderful cayen...
  16. Seed Donations We love seed libraries and community gardens!! Sandia Seed often provides seed donations to seed libraries, community gardens, non-profits and fundraisers each fall. If your organization is looking for seed donations, reach out to us in the autumn months and we can see what we can do! We've donated to many seed libraries, fundraisers, community gardens and more over the years – and we're happy to share seeds with communities all over the United States. We also offer Bulk Seeds and Wh...