10 Heat-Tolerant Tomato VarietiesTomato growers in warmer areas, like the Southeastern part of the United States, often choose heat-tolerant tomato varieties for summer and fall production. Growers farther north may want to emulate this strategy too, now that climate change is causing hotter summers in most regions. When growing tomatoes in hot temperatures, you can boost your success rate by planting deeper, where the soil temperatures are cooler, providing afternoon shade, watering in the morning and using thick organic mu...
Marigold TomatoesMarigolds + Tomatoes: Companion Planting Flowers are good for Vegetable GardensThey work as natural pest control and attract pollinators. We grow lots of flowers with our Chile Peppers & Tomatoes and other vegetables. Perennials and self-sowing annuals like Marigolds and Nasturtiums benefit the vegetable garden by offering lots of food and shelter for native pollinators and honeybees. Which means: more PEPPERS & TOMATOES! If you grow Hot Pepper Seeds, Hatch Chile Seeds, Sweet Pep...
Seed LibraryWE LOVE SEED LIBRARIES!Many libraries are starting to offer Seed Libraries, which is a wonderful trend! A seed library is a place where the community can get seeds for free (or sometimes with a nominal fee). Many seed libraries are now opening up in public libraries and community centers, and we love the idea of sharing seeds! Seed Libraries encourage everyone to try to grow their own food, even if their budget is limited. What's also great about a seed library is that you can donate your...
Yellow JalapeñoYellow Jalapeño Yellow Jalapeño seeds are easy to grow, and these yellow beauties will certainly please in the garden! Our NuMex Lemon Spice Yellow Jalapeño is a yellow jalapeño that ripens as early as 65 days after germinating – which means you can enjoy these yellow gems earlier than most other peppers! They're great in salsas, stuffed as poppers, on tacos, or any other dish you want to add spice to! These novel Yellow Jalapeños are sure to attract attention as they are so bright an...
New Year’s Resolutions for GardenersHere are some of our favorite Gardener Resolutions to aspire to this coming year! Gardener Resolutions: Build a Compost Bin (or a compost pile!) – Compost is natures FREE fertilizer and works better than anything you can buy. Read more about Peppers & Compost » Plant More Perennials– to feed the birds and the bees and beautify your landscape. What's great about perennials is that they come back bigger and better every year and they also provide some of the earliest blooms for bea...
Stocking Stuffers for GardenersLooking for some ideas for Stocking Stuffers for Gardeners? Well, you may have already guessed, but seeds are always the best gifts for gardeners, even those who have everything. Because you can never have too many seeds! Just ask any gardener. While we can't guarantee Christmas delivery for 2019 anymore, you can buy our Gift Cards which are instantly emailed so you can print and stuff into a stocking or wrap up in a box to give to your favorite gardener. Sandia Seed specializes in New ...
Last Minute Gardener GiftsGift Cards for seeds make great last minute gifts for gardeners!Sandia Seed will email your purchased gift cards immediately after you buy them so you can email to the recipient or print and wrap as a present or use as a stocking stuffer! The gift card can be used immediately online to purchase any of our seeds. Ask anyone who grows vegetables from seed, and they'll tell you: you can never have too many seeds! So gift cards for seeds are always welcome as we all dream of growing new var...
Seed Promo CodeSeed Promo Codes: Save Money on SandiaSeed.com with Promo Codes and Coupons! Read how below: Looking for Seed Promo Codes? We will be posting Promo Codes here on this page for discounts on our seeds. Get $5 off at SandiaSeed.com, just follow us on Instagram. All new followers in 2018 will receive a $5 Off Promo Code for any seeds in our store! ($5 Off Seed Promo Code good on orders over $10, one per customer). instagram.com/sandiaseed Then, stay tuned here, or on our Facebook or Instagr...
Growing Peppers from SeedHere are some of our top tips for growing peppers from seed: Keep seeds warm & moist with bright light: Pepper seeds are notoriously slow at germination, and they need to be kept moist and warm, around 80˚ - 90˚ F, for best success. This is especially true of super hot pepper seeds, which can take anywhere from 7-22 days to germinate (some people have reported that some seeds take over 40 days. Where to Grow Peppers from Seed: Chile peppers grow best in the heat, with a relativel...
Ghost Pepper Salsa RecipeIf you are a salsa connoisseur, then you have to try this amazing Ghost Pepper Salsa Recipe. You can use any of our ghost peppers for this recipe, this salsa recipe would even be fun to make with several different colors of Ghost Peppers so that you can taste the subtle differences between each one. See our other colors that we carry in our Ghost Pepper Seeds collection. For example, the Chocolate Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper is just as evil as Red Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper, but it is sweeter –...
How to Grow Chile Peppers in ColoradoHow to grow Chile Peppers in Colorado It's easy to grow Hatch Green Chile, Hot Peppers or Sweet Peppers in Colorado. Well, that is, unless you live on the top of a fourteener! All of our chile peppers, hot peppers and sweet peppers grow great in Colorado's hot and arid climate, providing that you start them early, and make sure they get enough water (but not too much water) throughout their growing season. The plains of Colorado have similar growing conditions to New Mexico, and so g...
Canned Chiles & Tomatoes RecipeWant to can your tomato and chile harvest? Here's a great recipe that will use up your abundance of Heirloom tomatoes and chiles. This is kind of like Rotel, but WAY better as it's homegrown! INGREDIENTS 12 cups cored, peeled, and quartered Heirloom Tomatoes* 1 Onion, finely chopped 1-2 Cups of Diced Roasted Hatch Green Chile (or you can also use fresh Jalapeños or other hot peppers – use more or less to taste, we like it spicy!) 3 Sweet Peppers, finely chopped (use Pimento Peppe...
Trinidad Scorpion Salsa RecipeSandia Seed's Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe INGREDIENTS: 4-5 Large Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes(use any fresh Heirloom Tomatoes)~or~ 1 Large (28oz) can Organic Whole Tomatoes1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you'd like)1 Trinidad Scorpion Pepper (adjust to taste*)1/2 Onion (diced)3-4 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)1/2 teaspoon of Sugar (optional)1 teaspoon of Cumin & Chile PowderSalt & Pepper to taste DIRECTIONS:Process everything (excluding onions) in a f...
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...
Hand Pollinate PeppersDo you need to hand pollinate peppers?If growing outdoors in a pollinator-friendly garden, you shouldn't have any problems with your pepper flowers' pollination. Usually the bees and the breeze pollinate your peppers with great success. If you are finding that your pepper plants keep dropping blossoms without any peppers, below are some tips to keep the peppers coming all summer long: Create a Pollinator Garden:If you want a great harvest of peppers, enlist your pollinator friends!...
Can you grow peppers in London?Some of our customers ask us, can you grow peppers in London? Sure! Of course you can grow peppers in London and the UK. We have customers growing our chile seeds around the world with great success, from everywhere from Florida to the UK. The trick is to start chile pepper seeds with lots of heat indoors first to get them to germinate quickly, and grow into strong seedlings before planting outside after it warms up to 60-70˚ consistently. Then, make sure to harden them off before planting o...
Fantastic! I will be ordering from Sandiaseed from now on.
Germination for nearly all of my varieties was 3-5 days (95% - 100% success rate). My varieties include: Red Ghost, Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Scorpion, Devils Tongue, Cayenne Ring of Fire, Habenero Red, Yellow Jamaican, Paprika Numex, and Bolivian Rainbow. Another thing that I really appreciated is that each packet seemed to contain 20% more seeds than indicated (each 10 seed pack contained 12 seeds) - Not sure if that is standard but it was a nice bonus.
I've found that when you combine roasted carrots, habaneros, lime juice and garlic, it will make the best hot sauce of your life. I think it's the sweetness and depth of the carrots that make the sauce even better, and pairs perfectly with the habanero heat. I got the inspiration from one of my favorite store-bought hot sauces, Marie Sharp's Habanero hot sauce. Sometimes I add some of your Chef's orange tomatoes too to make more of it, and they also give more flavor to the hot sauce and help tame the heat a bit. I grow these in my garden every year along with your orange habaneros, orange tomatoes and other hot peppers and veggies. Very reliable.
These fabulous peppers added lots of color to our patio pots. So pretty in multiple colors, plus you can pick them and add to salsa for a nice spicy kick. These are fun in any ornamental edible garden.
We let these hang dry, then ground them up – they made the tastiest pepper flakes. They have a nice kick, but good flavor too. Easy to grow plants, pretty peppers.
Great seeds, good germination, plants grow quickly and produce lots of pods for roasting. Great flavor and just the right amount of spice. We grow these every year in our garden in Utah.
I tried these purple Cherokee seeds on 2024. This is the first time growing these purple Cherokees and were amazed at the ease of germination and taste
These germinated in two days. I started them in midsummer and they fruited by late fall in my zone 10b garden and are overwintering just fine. I’ll have more to harvest by late spring. I made my red sauce for pozole for Christmas with my harvest!
Big Chiles with just enough heat to add to green enchilada's. The flavor after roasting is fantastic. Since green chile roasting is not a local thing in Eastern Washington we us a weed burner. The smell of roasting peppers is heavenly.
My favorite green chili to grow. Plenty of heat and after roasting sit perfectly on a hamburger. Also my wonderful wife makes Puelo Chili jam that is a real crowd pleaser
10 Heat-Tolerant Tomato Varieties
Tomato growers in warmer areas, like the Southeastern part of the United States, often choose heat-tolerant tomato varieties for summer and fall production. Growers farther north may want to emulate this strategy too, now that climate change is causing hotter summers in most regions. When growing tomatoes in hot temperatures, you can boost your success rate by planting deeper, where the soil temperatures are cooler, providing afternoon shade, watering in the morning and using thick organic mu...
Marigold Tomatoes
Marigolds + Tomatoes: Companion Planting Flowers are good for Vegetable GardensThey work as natural pest control and attract pollinators. We grow lots of flowers with our Chile Peppers & Tomatoes and other vegetables. Perennials and self-sowing annuals like Marigolds and Nasturtiums benefit the vegetable garden by offering lots of food and shelter for native pollinators and honeybees. Which means: more PEPPERS & TOMATOES! If you grow Hot Pepper Seeds, Hatch Chile Seeds, Sweet Pep...
Seed Library
WE LOVE SEED LIBRARIES!Many libraries are starting to offer Seed Libraries, which is a wonderful trend! A seed library is a place where the community can get seeds for free (or sometimes with a nominal fee). Many seed libraries are now opening up in public libraries and community centers, and we love the idea of sharing seeds! Seed Libraries encourage everyone to try to grow their own food, even if their budget is limited. What's also great about a seed library is that you can donate your...
Yellow Jalapeño
Yellow Jalapeño Yellow Jalapeño seeds are easy to grow, and these yellow beauties will certainly please in the garden! Our NuMex Lemon Spice Yellow Jalapeño is a yellow jalapeño that ripens as early as 65 days after germinating – which means you can enjoy these yellow gems earlier than most other peppers! They're great in salsas, stuffed as poppers, on tacos, or any other dish you want to add spice to! These novel Yellow Jalapeños are sure to attract attention as they are so bright an...
New Year’s Resolutions for Gardeners
Here are some of our favorite Gardener Resolutions to aspire to this coming year! Gardener Resolutions: Build a Compost Bin (or a compost pile!) – Compost is natures FREE fertilizer and works better than anything you can buy. Read more about Peppers & Compost » Plant More Perennials– to feed the birds and the bees and beautify your landscape. What's great about perennials is that they come back bigger and better every year and they also provide some of the earliest blooms for bea...
Stocking Stuffers for Gardeners
Looking for some ideas for Stocking Stuffers for Gardeners? Well, you may have already guessed, but seeds are always the best gifts for gardeners, even those who have everything. Because you can never have too many seeds! Just ask any gardener. While we can't guarantee Christmas delivery for 2019 anymore, you can buy our Gift Cards which are instantly emailed so you can print and stuff into a stocking or wrap up in a box to give to your favorite gardener. Sandia Seed specializes in New ...
Last Minute Gardener Gifts
Gift Cards for seeds make great last minute gifts for gardeners!Sandia Seed will email your purchased gift cards immediately after you buy them so you can email to the recipient or print and wrap as a present or use as a stocking stuffer! The gift card can be used immediately online to purchase any of our seeds. Ask anyone who grows vegetables from seed, and they'll tell you: you can never have too many seeds! So gift cards for seeds are always welcome as we all dream of growing new var...
Seed Promo Code
Seed Promo Codes: Save Money on SandiaSeed.com with Promo Codes and Coupons! Read how below: Looking for Seed Promo Codes? We will be posting Promo Codes here on this page for discounts on our seeds. Get $5 off at SandiaSeed.com, just follow us on Instagram. All new followers in 2018 will receive a $5 Off Promo Code for any seeds in our store! ($5 Off Seed Promo Code good on orders over $10, one per customer). instagram.com/sandiaseed Then, stay tuned here, or on our Facebook or Instagr...
Growing Peppers from Seed
Here are some of our top tips for growing peppers from seed: Keep seeds warm & moist with bright light: Pepper seeds are notoriously slow at germination, and they need to be kept moist and warm, around 80˚ - 90˚ F, for best success. This is especially true of super hot pepper seeds, which can take anywhere from 7-22 days to germinate (some people have reported that some seeds take over 40 days. Where to Grow Peppers from Seed: Chile peppers grow best in the heat, with a relativel...
Ghost Pepper Salsa Recipe
If you are a salsa connoisseur, then you have to try this amazing Ghost Pepper Salsa Recipe. You can use any of our ghost peppers for this recipe, this salsa recipe would even be fun to make with several different colors of Ghost Peppers so that you can taste the subtle differences between each one. See our other colors that we carry in our Ghost Pepper Seeds collection. For example, the Chocolate Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper is just as evil as Red Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper, but it is sweeter –...
How to Grow Chile Peppers in Colorado
How to grow Chile Peppers in Colorado It's easy to grow Hatch Green Chile, Hot Peppers or Sweet Peppers in Colorado. Well, that is, unless you live on the top of a fourteener! All of our chile peppers, hot peppers and sweet peppers grow great in Colorado's hot and arid climate, providing that you start them early, and make sure they get enough water (but not too much water) throughout their growing season. The plains of Colorado have similar growing conditions to New Mexico, and so g...
Canned Chiles & Tomatoes Recipe
Want to can your tomato and chile harvest? Here's a great recipe that will use up your abundance of Heirloom tomatoes and chiles. This is kind of like Rotel, but WAY better as it's homegrown! INGREDIENTS 12 cups cored, peeled, and quartered Heirloom Tomatoes* 1 Onion, finely chopped 1-2 Cups of Diced Roasted Hatch Green Chile (or you can also use fresh Jalapeños or other hot peppers – use more or less to taste, we like it spicy!) 3 Sweet Peppers, finely chopped (use Pimento Peppe...
Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe
Sandia Seed's Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe INGREDIENTS: 4-5 Large Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes(use any fresh Heirloom Tomatoes)~or~ 1 Large (28oz) can Organic Whole Tomatoes1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you'd like)1 Trinidad Scorpion Pepper (adjust to taste*)1/2 Onion (diced)3-4 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)1/2 teaspoon of Sugar (optional)1 teaspoon of Cumin & Chile PowderSalt & Pepper to taste DIRECTIONS:Process everything (excluding onions) in a f...
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...
Hand Pollinate Peppers
Do you need to hand pollinate peppers?If growing outdoors in a pollinator-friendly garden, you shouldn't have any problems with your pepper flowers' pollination. Usually the bees and the breeze pollinate your peppers with great success. If you are finding that your pepper plants keep dropping blossoms without any peppers, below are some tips to keep the peppers coming all summer long: Create a Pollinator Garden:If you want a great harvest of peppers, enlist your pollinator friends!...
Can you grow peppers in London?
Some of our customers ask us, can you grow peppers in London? Sure! Of course you can grow peppers in London and the UK. We have customers growing our chile seeds around the world with great success, from everywhere from Florida to the UK. The trick is to start chile pepper seeds with lots of heat indoors first to get them to germinate quickly, and grow into strong seedlings before planting outside after it warms up to 60-70˚ consistently. Then, make sure to harden them off before planting o...
