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  1. Yellow Pepper Seeds Yellow Pepper Seeds grow into beautiful plants and chile peppers – Sandia Seed has a great variety of yellow peppers that you can easily grow from seeds. Check out some of favorite varieties below or you can also click here to do a Search for Yellow Peppers » The Yellow Brain Strain / Yellow 7 Pot Pepper is extremely hot and rivals some of the hottest peppers in the world. It looks like a brain because of its lumpy appearance, but brain strain is actually what happens when you eat it! Buy Y...
  2. Plant Flowers for more Peppers! If you grow lots of peppers from seeds like we do, you probably are excited for the coming harvest! In addition to growing peppers, we also love to grow lots of other herbs and vegetables. We especially love to have lots of flowers to bring in bees for pollination as well as other beneficial insects to help protect our chiles and other veggies from pests. Plus, flowers bring beauty and joy to every garden! Great plants to include in your garden include perennial flowers & shrubs, and ann...
  3. Grow your own Hatch Chile! “Whoever said the best things in life are free... obviously grew their own Hatch Chile.” We agree, growing your own veggies is nearly free if you make your own compost and save or share seeds! You can even keep many chile pepper plants alive year-round if you bring them inside for the winter or live in a warm frost-free zone. Some pepper plants are know to live Peppers can have LONG Lives!Although peppers are considered annuals, Capsicum annum is actually perennial in its native environ...
  4. Growing Peppers in Cold Climates Peppers are heat loving vegetables, and so if you want to grow them in cooler climates, here are our tips for greater success. 1. Choose Shorter Season Peppers: Make sure to choose peppers that mature quickly. A few good faster maturing peppers include:Sweet Chocolate Bell PepperOur earliest pepper, ripening around 57 days! Jalapeño Early SeedsThe best pepper for short seasons and cooler climates. Jalapeño Lemon SpiceShishito Pepper SeedsBanana Pepper SeedsPadron Pepper SeedsAnaheim Green Chi...
  5. Simple Pickled Banana Peppers Recipe Simple Pickled Banana Peppers Recipe Growing some of our delicious Sweet Banana Pepper seeds or any of our other Wax Peppers? Use this recipe for a simple way to store them a little longer, though they still never last long in our fridge! We like to add some Jalapeños or other hot peppers for heat. :) Yield: 1-2 Jars 1 pound Sweet Banana Peppers, washed and sliced. You can also use other Wax Peppers such as our sweet Sweet Hungarian Wax Peppers or our spicy Hot Hungarian Wax Peppers in this ...
  6. Gazpacho Recipe with Peppers This is a great Gazpacho recipe for using up some of your fresh peppers and tomatoes! Gazpacho Recipe 2 cucumbers, halved & seeded, unpeeled4-8 peppers, cored and seeded (mix sweet pepper varieties such as Purple Bell Peppers, Giant Marconis, or even some roasted green chiles are delicious!)1 Jalapeño, seeded, finely diced (if spice is desired)8 tomatoes (plum, or any tomatoes you have)1 red or white onion4+ garlic cloves, minced23 ounces tomato juice (3 cups)Fresh Juice of 1 Lemon + ...
  7. African Peppers Looking for African peppers? At Sandia Seed, we love offering peppers from around the world to gardeners everywhere. If you want to grow African peppers, make sure to check out the Fatalii pepper.This extremely hot heirloom chile has a delicious fruity citrus flavor. Both Fatalii and habaneros have extreme heat and belong to the Capsicum chinense species that is native to Central America, the Yucatan, and the Caribbean. The Fatalii pepper is considered African currently as it was transported ...
  8. Cheap Vegetable Seeds Looking for cheap vegetable seeds? Check out our discounted seed 3-packs, with three of our most popular varieties. Our Chimayo, Big Jim & Sandia Select Green Chile Seeds 3-pack has 90 seeds total for just $6.35! Now that's a great deal, you can grow a huge plot of these famous New Mexican chiles in your backyard garden or urban farm for under $7. Check out this Wyoming gardener's massive chile garden and harvest photos below – she grows a HUGE harvest of Big Jim green chiles ev...
  9. 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...
  10. National Hot Sauce Day Happy National Hot Sauce Day! Annually on: January 22 Grow your own hot sauce from seeds! Sandia Seed offers a ton of different hot pepper seeds that make for amazing hot sauce. Grow our super hot pepper seeds for wicked hot sauces, or grow our hot pepper seeds for sauces with a milder heat. You can also grow Hatch chile seeds or even sweet pepper seeds and add them into your hot sauce recipes to give the sauce more sweetness, flavor and depth. National Hot Sauce Day is observed annually on...
  11. Gifts for Gardeners who have Everything Trying to think up some great gifts for gardeners who have everything? Well, we think there is one universal gardener rule: You can never have too many seeds! :) New for 2020/2021 is our Organic Food Garden Seed Gift Collection! This is the perfect gift that is sure to please any gardener in your life! With 20 types of veggies to grow (over 2,000 total seeds) this collection also comes with growing tips and a garden tote that is perfect for collecting veggies in the garden or sharing the ...
  12. How to Grow Chilli Plants Faster If you're wondering how to grow chilli plants faster, there are a lot of ways to do this. Make sure to start your seeds early, keep them warm, and use season extenders or indoor lights to help them grow faster until the warm weather comes to stay. Make sure to grow them in full sun, too, as peppers need lots of sun to grow big and strong. Read more of our top tips for How to Grow Chilli Plants Faster below... Here are our top tips to grow chilli plants faster: 1. Grow Short Season Peppers...
  13. Discounted Pepper Seed 3-Packs We offer Discounted Pepper Seed 3-Packs with three popular pepper seeds in each at a 15% discount. No promo code needed! We put together our customer favorites for the most prolific and tasty or spicy peppers that people grow every year. This is a great way to save some money with 15% off discounts on the 3-packs and harvest some of the best chiles that you can easily grow in your own garden. Wondering how to grow these chile peppers in your garden? We have included lots of secrets to succes...
  14. Orange Pepper Seeds - An Orange Habanero with no Heat! Grow Orange pepper seeds for some delightful color in your recipes! We have lots of different orange peppers to choose from – ranging from hot to sweet. Looking for a sweet orange pepper? Our Habanada is a sweet habanero pepper with crisp, thin skin and great exotic, floral flavor – all the great parts of a hot Habanero but without even a hint of heat.The Habanada has all the great flavor and the aroma of a hot Orange Habanero, but without any capsaicin to burn your tongue. These are great...
  15. When to Pick Peppers When are chile peppers ready to harvest?If you're not sure when to pick peppers, here is our advice: Harvest time depends on the chile pepper. Hatch chiles usually take about 85 days before ready for harvest, so be patient as they ripen. Immature Hatch chiles will taste "green" and will be less flavorful and not as thick compared to a chile that has been allowed to ripen longer on the plant. some Hatch chiles are picked green like the Hatch Green Hot Doublecross Chile, and some, ...
  16. Purple Pepper Seeds Are you looking for Purple Peppers? Or Purple Tomatoes? Purple peppers and tomatoes are nutrient-dense. Purple colored peppers are rich in vitamins A and C, and eating just one cup of purple peppers a day can provide 100% of your daily needs of these two vitamins! Purple peppers also have a whole range of Vitamin B, and minerals like zinc, folate, potassium, manganese and others important nutrients. Our new Purple Jalapeno delights the eyes and the palate! The Purple Jalapeno plant is gorgeou...