Early Tomato VarietiesLooking for Early Tomato Varieties? We have lots of early tomato seeds to grow in your garden. For gardeners with short season climates with early cold weather wiping out the summer garden in early autumn, rather than growing tomatoes that have a long growing season, it's best to grow short season tomatoes. Tomatoes are very tender plants that are easily damaged by frosts, so growing early tomato seeds and starting the indoors to give them a head-start is the best way to get red tomatoes ...
Short Season PeppersGrow Short-Season Peppers! We often wish summer would last forever... that way, we can grow more peppers. For those of us in short-season climates, it's great to grow the fastest growing peppers so you can harvest lots of peppers sooner than later. Even if you live in areas with longer growing seasons, these are also great to grow as they come to harvest sooner – and who doesn't want peppers sooner? Also, be sure to check out our Short-Season Tomatoes » If you have a short gardenin...
Short Season TomatoesIf you live in a short season climate with early frosts, rather than growing tomatoes that have a long growing season, it's best to pick short season tomatoes so that you'll get your harvest before the cold weather arrives in autumn. Want to grow Short Season Heirloom Tomatoes? An heirloom tomato is an open-pollinated, non-hybrid heirloom cultivar of tomato. Check out our list of our favorite short season heirloom tomatoes »The tomato is a tender plant that is easily damaged by cold w...
Can you leave skin on tomatoes when making sauce?Can you leave skin on tomatoes when making sauce? Why yes, you can!NO-PEEL TOMATO SAUCE RECIPE:INGREDIENTS:• Tomatoes (as many as you have) • Diced onion • Diced garlic (more is better!) • Minced carrots and celery (optional but good!) • Fresh (or dried) Herbs such as Basil, Parsley Thyme, Rosemary • Salt and Pepper to taste Just core, slice in half and process the tomatoes in a food processor until smooth. Fry up some diced garlic, celery and onions (and carrots too for sweetness) in a ...
Types of Hot PeppersThere are a ton of different types of hot peppers! Sandia Seed is all about chile peppers, and we carry over 100 types of peppers from around the world. Try growing a new type of hot pepper this year! We add new varieties each season, so you can grow peppers of the world in your garden! Looking for mild or super spicy peppers or somewhere in-between?View our List of Peppers by Heat » View our full list of all the types of peppers we carry in one place on our online seed catalog »Technical...
Homegrown National Park in your Yard!We recently read the wonderful book, Nature's Best Hope by Doug Tallamy, and it has inspired us to plant even more native plants in our garden to create what he calls, own very own “Homegrown National Park.” The idea is that if you plant native plants, you create an wildlife oasis no matter if you're in the heart of a busy city, or if you're out more in the countryside. Native plants are best suited to the birds, the bees, butterflies and other wildlife in your area. As home veg...
Grow a Victory GardenGrow Lots of Food This Year!If you haven't started your vegetable garden yet, now is a great time! Here are our top tips on How to Start a Garden: 1. Grow a Variety of Seeds! Growing different types of vegetables is a great way to harvest over a longer season! While peppers and tomatoes are great for summer growing for fresh eating, pickling, and lots of recipes to use year-round, you can also grow other veggies throughout the seasons. Lettuce, onions, cabbages, radishes, kale, cila...
Fastest Growing TomatoesDiscover our Fastest Growing Tomatoes so you can get to eating those juicy gems from your garden earlier this summer! Whether you're planting late, or live in a short season climate with late spring frosts and early fall frosts, growing short season tomatoes that harvest in under 75 days can really make a difference! What tomatoes have the shortest days to maturity?All of these short season tomatoes have the least amount of days to harvest so if you're looking for more tomatoes soo...
Is it too late to plant tomato seeds?Is it too late to start tomatoes? Definitely not. You can plant tomato seeds anytime in the spring. Many people around here don’t sow them until April, as they are fast germinators and fast growers. We find they do even better when they are planted in the ground when they're younger (after it warms up and all chance of frost has passed, of course). We are in the West, so we typically start our Tomato seeds in late March or in April. How early you start them depends on how much room you ...
Should I Plant a Garden?Of course you should plant a garden! Gardening is one of the most wonderful things you can do with your time. Once you plant a seed and watch it grow into beautiful flowers, or a huge tomato plant or a robust pepper plant loaded with green chiles, you will fall in love with gardening. When you pick your first vegetable or fruit to eat, it's an amazing feeling of accomplishment and gratitude. When you see the first bumblebee visiting the flowers blooming in your native garden, you will ex...
Vegetable Seed CatalogLooking for a vegetable seed catalog? Sandia Seed carries tons of seeds of what we think are the best vegetables you can grow – Chile Peppers and Tomatoes! Our new Vegetable Seed Catalog has over 100 peppers of the world, and over 44 tomato seeds including heirlooms and hybrids, you're sure to find tons of vegetable seeds to choose from! Try growing something new this year, if you like spicy we have lots of hot peppers including the hottest peppers in the world such as the Carolina Reape...
Tomato Plant Problems - Yellow LeavesCommon Seed Customer Question:“Why are some of my tomato seedlings are looking yellow?” If your tomato plants leaves are turning yellow, this could be from a wide variety of reasons, however, before we go on, we have one thing to note: If the first leaves on your tomato seedings (called “cotyledons”) are turning yellow and falling off, don't worry! This is a normal part of seedling development, once the raggedy “true” tomato leaves appear, the first two cotyledon leaves may drop off on...
Easiest Peppers to GrowIf you haven't planned a garden yet, now is a great time. We have picked out some of the fastest growing peppers which are also of course the easiest to grow so that you can get your garden growing quickly! Here Is Our Favorites List Of TheEasiest Peppers To Grow: Early Jalapeño Seeds Early Jalapeño - The best pepper for short seasons and cooler climates! These are one of the earliest peppers, and everybody loves jalapeños because they can be prepared in so many different ways. Jalapeñ...
Free Shipping on SeedsSignup for Free Shipping! We'll email free shipping coupon codes tomorrow (Friday, March 6, 2020) to our newsletter subscribers. If you're already signed up, stay tuned tomorrow, or signup above to get on our list. Newsletter Signup »Don't worry, we only send out occasional emails, we won't bombard your inbox! We carry over 100 pepper seeds from around the world plus 44 of our favorite tomatoes including lots of heirloom and organic varieties! View our full online seed ca...
Aleppo Spice MixLooking for the Aleppo Pepper to grow in your garden? Sandia Seed is thrilled to be adding Aleppo Seeds to our 2024 seed catalog!Aleppo Heirloom PepperThe Aleppo pepper, also known as the Halaby pepper, is commonly used as chile flakes in Mediterranean cuisine. It has a beautiful deep red color, rich fruity undertones and an aromatic flavor. It is popular around the world as an alternative to crushed red pepper flakes and paprika powder. Aleppo peppers have a sweet taste with a nice kick of ...
Mild Hatch Chile SeedsA customer recently asked us: “Hello I'm looking to grow hatch chilli's this year and have never grown them before, I like really spicy food but looking for something on the mild side so that my family can enjoy them as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.” - Cody Answer: There are several mild green chiles you can grow to please the whole family! The Anaheim Chile, one of our customer favorites, is a superb-flavored New Mexican Chile with milder heat at only 500-1000 Scovi...
Early Tomato Varieties
Looking for Early Tomato Varieties? We have lots of early tomato seeds to grow in your garden. For gardeners with short season climates with early cold weather wiping out the summer garden in early autumn, rather than growing tomatoes that have a long growing season, it's best to grow short season tomatoes. Tomatoes are very tender plants that are easily damaged by frosts, so growing early tomato seeds and starting the indoors to give them a head-start is the best way to get red tomatoes ...
Short Season Peppers
Grow Short-Season Peppers! We often wish summer would last forever... that way, we can grow more peppers. For those of us in short-season climates, it's great to grow the fastest growing peppers so you can harvest lots of peppers sooner than later. Even if you live in areas with longer growing seasons, these are also great to grow as they come to harvest sooner – and who doesn't want peppers sooner? Also, be sure to check out our Short-Season Tomatoes » If you have a short gardenin...
Short Season Tomatoes
If you live in a short season climate with early frosts, rather than growing tomatoes that have a long growing season, it's best to pick short season tomatoes so that you'll get your harvest before the cold weather arrives in autumn. Want to grow Short Season Heirloom Tomatoes? An heirloom tomato is an open-pollinated, non-hybrid heirloom cultivar of tomato. Check out our list of our favorite short season heirloom tomatoes »The tomato is a tender plant that is easily damaged by cold w...
Can you leave skin on tomatoes when making sauce?
Can you leave skin on tomatoes when making sauce? Why yes, you can!NO-PEEL TOMATO SAUCE RECIPE:INGREDIENTS:• Tomatoes (as many as you have) • Diced onion • Diced garlic (more is better!) • Minced carrots and celery (optional but good!) • Fresh (or dried) Herbs such as Basil, Parsley Thyme, Rosemary • Salt and Pepper to taste Just core, slice in half and process the tomatoes in a food processor until smooth. Fry up some diced garlic, celery and onions (and carrots too for sweetness) in a ...
Types of Hot Peppers
There are a ton of different types of hot peppers! Sandia Seed is all about chile peppers, and we carry over 100 types of peppers from around the world. Try growing a new type of hot pepper this year! We add new varieties each season, so you can grow peppers of the world in your garden! Looking for mild or super spicy peppers or somewhere in-between?View our List of Peppers by Heat » View our full list of all the types of peppers we carry in one place on our online seed catalog »Technical...
Homegrown National Park in your Yard!
We recently read the wonderful book, Nature's Best Hope by Doug Tallamy, and it has inspired us to plant even more native plants in our garden to create what he calls, own very own “Homegrown National Park.” The idea is that if you plant native plants, you create an wildlife oasis no matter if you're in the heart of a busy city, or if you're out more in the countryside. Native plants are best suited to the birds, the bees, butterflies and other wildlife in your area. As home veg...
Grow a Victory Garden
Grow Lots of Food This Year!If you haven't started your vegetable garden yet, now is a great time! Here are our top tips on How to Start a Garden: 1. Grow a Variety of Seeds! Growing different types of vegetables is a great way to harvest over a longer season! While peppers and tomatoes are great for summer growing for fresh eating, pickling, and lots of recipes to use year-round, you can also grow other veggies throughout the seasons. Lettuce, onions, cabbages, radishes, kale, cila...
Fastest Growing Tomatoes
Discover our Fastest Growing Tomatoes so you can get to eating those juicy gems from your garden earlier this summer! Whether you're planting late, or live in a short season climate with late spring frosts and early fall frosts, growing short season tomatoes that harvest in under 75 days can really make a difference! What tomatoes have the shortest days to maturity?All of these short season tomatoes have the least amount of days to harvest so if you're looking for more tomatoes soo...
Is it too late to plant tomato seeds?
Is it too late to start tomatoes? Definitely not. You can plant tomato seeds anytime in the spring. Many people around here don’t sow them until April, as they are fast germinators and fast growers. We find they do even better when they are planted in the ground when they're younger (after it warms up and all chance of frost has passed, of course). We are in the West, so we typically start our Tomato seeds in late March or in April. How early you start them depends on how much room you ...
Should I Plant a Garden?
Of course you should plant a garden! Gardening is one of the most wonderful things you can do with your time. Once you plant a seed and watch it grow into beautiful flowers, or a huge tomato plant or a robust pepper plant loaded with green chiles, you will fall in love with gardening. When you pick your first vegetable or fruit to eat, it's an amazing feeling of accomplishment and gratitude. When you see the first bumblebee visiting the flowers blooming in your native garden, you will ex...
Vegetable Seed Catalog
Looking for a vegetable seed catalog? Sandia Seed carries tons of seeds of what we think are the best vegetables you can grow – Chile Peppers and Tomatoes! Our new Vegetable Seed Catalog has over 100 peppers of the world, and over 44 tomato seeds including heirlooms and hybrids, you're sure to find tons of vegetable seeds to choose from! Try growing something new this year, if you like spicy we have lots of hot peppers including the hottest peppers in the world such as the Carolina Reape...
Tomato Plant Problems - Yellow Leaves
Common Seed Customer Question:“Why are some of my tomato seedlings are looking yellow?” If your tomato plants leaves are turning yellow, this could be from a wide variety of reasons, however, before we go on, we have one thing to note: If the first leaves on your tomato seedings (called “cotyledons”) are turning yellow and falling off, don't worry! This is a normal part of seedling development, once the raggedy “true” tomato leaves appear, the first two cotyledon leaves may drop off on...
Easiest Peppers to Grow
If you haven't planned a garden yet, now is a great time. We have picked out some of the fastest growing peppers which are also of course the easiest to grow so that you can get your garden growing quickly! Here Is Our Favorites List Of TheEasiest Peppers To Grow: Early Jalapeño Seeds Early Jalapeño - The best pepper for short seasons and cooler climates! These are one of the earliest peppers, and everybody loves jalapeños because they can be prepared in so many different ways. Jalapeñ...
Free Shipping on Seeds
Signup for Free Shipping! We'll email free shipping coupon codes tomorrow (Friday, March 6, 2020) to our newsletter subscribers. If you're already signed up, stay tuned tomorrow, or signup above to get on our list. Newsletter Signup »Don't worry, we only send out occasional emails, we won't bombard your inbox! We carry over 100 pepper seeds from around the world plus 44 of our favorite tomatoes including lots of heirloom and organic varieties! View our full online seed ca...
Aleppo Spice Mix
Looking for the Aleppo Pepper to grow in your garden? Sandia Seed is thrilled to be adding Aleppo Seeds to our 2024 seed catalog!Aleppo Heirloom PepperThe Aleppo pepper, also known as the Halaby pepper, is commonly used as chile flakes in Mediterranean cuisine. It has a beautiful deep red color, rich fruity undertones and an aromatic flavor. It is popular around the world as an alternative to crushed red pepper flakes and paprika powder. Aleppo peppers have a sweet taste with a nice kick of ...
Mild Hatch Chile Seeds
A customer recently asked us: “Hello I'm looking to grow hatch chilli's this year and have never grown them before, I like really spicy food but looking for something on the mild side so that my family can enjoy them as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.” - Cody Answer: There are several mild green chiles you can grow to please the whole family! The Anaheim Chile, one of our customer favorites, is a superb-flavored New Mexican Chile with milder heat at only 500-1000 Scovi...
