How to Make Peppers Grow FasterWondering how to make peppers grow faster? Here are our top tips for faster growing pepper plants. 1. Start Fast-Growing Pepper Seeds Early: Keep the seeds very warm for germinating. Keeping pepper seeds warm at 80-90˚ F is best for fast and successful germination. Most pepper seeds germinate within 7-21 days, but some can take longer than that so be patient and keep them consistently warm. Seedling heat mats can help greatly! Pepper Seed Germination Time:Starting peppers earlier than other...
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...
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...
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. Jalap...
Sweet Chocolate Bell Pepper - the earliest pepper!This Sweet Chocolate Bell Pepper is our earliest pepper! Ripening at just 57 days, this delicious pepper goes from green to dark brown on the outside with brick-red flesh on the inside. Very beautiful when chopped and put on salads, on sandwiches or in flash-fried for fajitas. If you like sweet peppers, you have to try this little delicious gem. These Sweet Chocolate Bell Peppers are about 3-4" in size, and the plants tolerate cool nights – making them good for earlier growing in the spr...
Best Heirloom Tomato Seeds on Sale!Best Heirloom Tomato Seeds on Sale for Leap Year! Get 29% off all of our of our Best Heirloom Tomato Seeds, plus lots of Hybrids, too! Our Leap Year 29% seed discount is good now through Saturday night, Feb. 29, 2020! No discount code needed. Shop our Heirloom Tomato Seeds » Homegrown tomatoes go grrrreat with chiles. Our Heirloom Tomatoes are open-pollinated (non-hybrid), and include some of the best-tasting tomatoes in the world. These tomatoes often have been carried down from many genera...
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...
Purple PeppersSandia Seed has a wide variety of purple peppers that you can grow easily from seed! Purple in the garden is always a welcome sight! And, when you use purple peppers in your salads and recipes, they really add some great flavor and color! Our favorite purple peppers include both sweet and hot peppers. To start, we'll introduce you to our purple hot peppers. Our Purple Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers start out in beautiful purple then ripen to white/pale green and eventually turn to a deep pur...
Hot Pepper Seeds: Helmet HeadIf you grow Hot Pepper Seeds, Super Hot Pepper Seeds, Sweet Pepper Seeds, or any chile seeds from around the world, you have likely have encountered “helmet heads” at some point. These are seeds that start to germinate but fail to break open the pepper seed shell, so they get stuck inside and have what we call a “helmet head.”Helmet heads in pepper seedlings are common when the humidity is low, and it also just happens sometimes to some seeds. Old seeds, particularly, can be more prone to get...
Best Peppers for Pickles & KimchisCustomer Question: “I'm looking for for low-medium Scoville chiles for pickling and kimchis. Good growing season to you & yours.” - Ken from Oregon Here are our top picks for good peppers for pickling and kimchis:Mild/Sweet:Fushimi PepperSweet Hungarian Yellow Wax PepperSweet Banana PepperPaprikaBeaver Dam PepperMedium Heat:PepperonciniHot Hungarian Yellow Wax SeedsTry any of our Jalapeno SeedsHotter Peppers:Santa Fe GrandeCayenne - Las Cruces NuMexGoat Horn PepperThai Hot PepperOf c...
Pueblo Chile from ColoradoPueblo Chile Peppers from Colorado: Meet our latest two latest additions to our peppers of the world seed collection: The Pueblo Mosco Chile (shown above) and the Pueblo Giadone Chile. We're so excited about these delicious chiles from Colorado! Both of these chiles have different flavor from the New Mexican Hatch chile varieties, and they have more heat and tend to have thicker walls, making them very easy to roast. We love growing them alongside our Hatch patch so we can enjoy all the ...
Pueblo Chile SeedsDiscover Pueblo Chile Seeds from Colorado! We are excited to share two new Pueblo Chiles that we just added to our seed collection: the tasty Pueblo Mosco Chile (shown above) and the spicier sister, the Pueblo Giadone Chile. Both of these Pueblo Chiles have a different flavor from the New Mexican Hatch chile varieties, (some say they taste better than Hatch, but we think both Hatch chiles and Pueblo Chiles taste amazing, they're just different. It's like comparing jalapeños to serraño...
Pepper Plant CarePepper plant care is not all that complicated, you just have to know a few things: Keep the seeds warm when germinating, they like to be between 80-90˚ F for fastest sprouting. Movement: Once germinated, make sure pepper seedlings have good air circulation and movement. Yes, you can pet your pepper seedlings by brushing or "petting" the pepper plants with your hands. This is good for your indoor seedlings as it will stimulate them to grow thicker stems, and be stockier (less l...
Prevent Damping OffMany gardeners experience issues with their seedlings mysteriously wilting, flopping over, and dying – most of the time this is caused by damping off, an invisible killer that is caused by water molds and fungi that kill seedlings after they germinate. Damping off usually occurs in damp, cool, still-air conditions – and be easily prevented. When affected by damping off, the seedling will usually have a shriveled base or the stem will have lesions at the ground level, and it will flop over and...
Birds Eye Chilli SeedsLooking to grow Birds Eye Chilli Seeds?We offer Birds Eye Chilli seeds under the Tepin / Chiltepin name. These are also known by the name: Thai Birds Eye Chilli Pepper. Capsicum annuum is native to southern North America and northern South America. This variety is considered the "mother of all peppers" and also goes by chiltepin, chiltepe, and chile tepin, bird’s eye chilli, or simply bird peppers, as wild birds love to eat them! Yes, despite the spiciness of these peppers, birds aren...
Companion Plants for Tomatoes and PeppersThere are a lot of great companion plants that you can pair with tomatoes and peppers in the garden. If you have a small space, companion planting other vegetables and herbs is a great way to get more harvest out of your garden! Can you plant peppers and tomatoes together? While it is said you should plant them apart because they do share pests and diseases and can compete for the same nutrients, often times gardeners just don't have much room in a home garden so we plant peppers and to...
What is eating my cucumber seedlings?If you've had the problem of direct seeding cucumber seeds in your garden, and they germinate and look great, but then before they even grow true leaves their heads get eaten, leaving just a stem behind? Well, you're not alone. There are a lot of insects and creatures that enjoy cucumber sprouts. They must be tasty! The culprit we think in this case was a cutworm, as we found one curled up nearby in the leaf mulch. To get around this issue, there are a few techniques: Sow seeds i...
What month do you plant hot peppers?Wondering when to plant hot pepper seeds? It depends on your growing region and gardening plan. We generally like to sow pepper seeds indoors about 8 weeks before the last frost date. However, if you're planting hot peppers, you can plant them earlier, up to 12+ weeks indoors before your last expected frost date. This is because hot peppers, especially the hottest peppers seeds take a long time to germinate (7-21+ days) and they also need a long growing season to produce a lot of pods. So...
Hot Peppers From Seeds - a great customer review!Thanks to David who shared his great post with us about growing our seeds! Read on.... During our travels through New Mexico on an Alien Tour—from the Meteor Crater to Roswell, where even the most ordinary dishes come with a fiery kick—I found myself falling under the spell of Hatch chili peppers. It seemed fitting that our journey took us straight through Hatch, New Mexico, the undisputed mothership of peppers. The moment we got home, I went online to feed my new obsession, which led me to ...
So, as a life long BOC fan and an avid gardener who loves the quality of seeds I’ve always received from Sandia Seeds. I just had to have this shirt. It rocks! I ordered a couple more for some fellow BOC fans as well. Great quality and the graphic is outstanding!
I'm going to grow these every year, they are HOT!! They make great poppers and salsa. Very productive, easy to grow, quick germination and fast growing plants. Thank you for the stellar seeds.
I planted several cultivars from wholesale seed. These were prolific. See all that RED (and green)?!? Looking forward to harvesting in a few days. Thank You Sandia Seed!
I pretty much use Sandia seeds exclusively! A few years ago I just happened to order your Jalapeño M. To me it's the perfect Jalapeño! Really nice size! Perfect heat for what we like! Wonderful flavor with a meatyness that's perfect for many different uses! I make my own Sriracha so I wait for them to turn red. They're one of my base peppers for my sauce! I praise them to all my personal friends and to members of groups that I belong to!
Serrano Hidalgo Seeds fromSandia Seed produce even in the HOT drought of central Illinois this year! I love adding a little Mexican kick to my salsa but also tossing these on the grill! They have great flavor and produce all summer long!
I had looked high & low, and searched the web with many word combinations ‘looking’ specifically for my favorite chili, the Dynamite xx Hot… so I could grow my own. The peppers were sold in Colorado at select places during roasting season, but you couldn’t buy seeds for them… anywhere!
Finally, as luck and persistence would have it, I discovered Sandia Seed Company.
Thank you Sandia! I planted them and had a great crop this year. I plan on growing them every year as well as trying some of their other seeds,
There's just something fun about growing a jalapeno that is light enough in color that some people think it's a banana pepper. LOL! I picked these just for color variety, and I'm very pleased that my plants have been loaded with them all season! We donated about 50 lbs of mixed peppers this year from our garden and I still had enough to freeze some and can more jars of recipes than we'll probably be able to use before next season. All my peppers were from Sandia Seed Company. I've never had such great pepper production before using these seeds!!
This spinach germinated well, and produced way more spinach than I'd initially expected. It grew really well, was slow to bolt in the summer, and has a really nice mild flavor for salads or steamed.
This was my first time growing these and I will definitely be growing them from now on. Great germination and very sturdy plants that have withstood some really high winds. Huge long peppers that are excellent green or red, very easy to peel skin.
Growing these in Florida, (Recent transplant of NM).
Lovely peppers. Took a couple weeks is all and wow! I have several budding; 2 large enough to nickname. They're still in their infancy, but I can tell they are going to be great! Love the seeds!
How to Make Peppers Grow Faster
Wondering how to make peppers grow faster? Here are our top tips for faster growing pepper plants. 1. Start Fast-Growing Pepper Seeds Early: Keep the seeds very warm for germinating. Keeping pepper seeds warm at 80-90˚ F is best for fast and successful germination. Most pepper seeds germinate within 7-21 days, but some can take longer than that so be patient and keep them consistently warm. Seedling heat mats can help greatly! Pepper Seed Germination Time:Starting peppers earlier than other...
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...
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...
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. Jalap...
Sweet Chocolate Bell Pepper - the earliest pepper!
This Sweet Chocolate Bell Pepper is our earliest pepper! Ripening at just 57 days, this delicious pepper goes from green to dark brown on the outside with brick-red flesh on the inside. Very beautiful when chopped and put on salads, on sandwiches or in flash-fried for fajitas. If you like sweet peppers, you have to try this little delicious gem. These Sweet Chocolate Bell Peppers are about 3-4" in size, and the plants tolerate cool nights – making them good for earlier growing in the spr...
Best Heirloom Tomato Seeds on Sale!
Best Heirloom Tomato Seeds on Sale for Leap Year! Get 29% off all of our of our Best Heirloom Tomato Seeds, plus lots of Hybrids, too! Our Leap Year 29% seed discount is good now through Saturday night, Feb. 29, 2020! No discount code needed. Shop our Heirloom Tomato Seeds » Homegrown tomatoes go grrrreat with chiles. Our Heirloom Tomatoes are open-pollinated (non-hybrid), and include some of the best-tasting tomatoes in the world. These tomatoes often have been carried down from many genera...
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...
Purple Peppers
Sandia Seed has a wide variety of purple peppers that you can grow easily from seed! Purple in the garden is always a welcome sight! And, when you use purple peppers in your salads and recipes, they really add some great flavor and color! Our favorite purple peppers include both sweet and hot peppers. To start, we'll introduce you to our purple hot peppers. Our Purple Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers start out in beautiful purple then ripen to white/pale green and eventually turn to a deep pur...
Hot Pepper Seeds: Helmet Head
If you grow Hot Pepper Seeds, Super Hot Pepper Seeds, Sweet Pepper Seeds, or any chile seeds from around the world, you have likely have encountered “helmet heads” at some point. These are seeds that start to germinate but fail to break open the pepper seed shell, so they get stuck inside and have what we call a “helmet head.”Helmet heads in pepper seedlings are common when the humidity is low, and it also just happens sometimes to some seeds. Old seeds, particularly, can be more prone to get...
Best Peppers for Pickles & Kimchis
Customer Question: “I'm looking for for low-medium Scoville chiles for pickling and kimchis. Good growing season to you & yours.” - Ken from Oregon Here are our top picks for good peppers for pickling and kimchis:Mild/Sweet:Fushimi PepperSweet Hungarian Yellow Wax PepperSweet Banana PepperPaprikaBeaver Dam PepperMedium Heat:PepperonciniHot Hungarian Yellow Wax SeedsTry any of our Jalapeno SeedsHotter Peppers:Santa Fe GrandeCayenne - Las Cruces NuMexGoat Horn PepperThai Hot PepperOf c...
Pueblo Chile from Colorado
Pueblo Chile Peppers from Colorado: Meet our latest two latest additions to our peppers of the world seed collection: The Pueblo Mosco Chile (shown above) and the Pueblo Giadone Chile. We're so excited about these delicious chiles from Colorado! Both of these chiles have different flavor from the New Mexican Hatch chile varieties, and they have more heat and tend to have thicker walls, making them very easy to roast. We love growing them alongside our Hatch patch so we can enjoy all the ...
Pueblo Chile Seeds
Discover Pueblo Chile Seeds from Colorado! We are excited to share two new Pueblo Chiles that we just added to our seed collection: the tasty Pueblo Mosco Chile (shown above) and the spicier sister, the Pueblo Giadone Chile. Both of these Pueblo Chiles have a different flavor from the New Mexican Hatch chile varieties, (some say they taste better than Hatch, but we think both Hatch chiles and Pueblo Chiles taste amazing, they're just different. It's like comparing jalapeños to serraño...
Pepper Plant Care
Pepper plant care is not all that complicated, you just have to know a few things: Keep the seeds warm when germinating, they like to be between 80-90˚ F for fastest sprouting. Movement: Once germinated, make sure pepper seedlings have good air circulation and movement. Yes, you can pet your pepper seedlings by brushing or "petting" the pepper plants with your hands. This is good for your indoor seedlings as it will stimulate them to grow thicker stems, and be stockier (less l...
Prevent Damping Off
Many gardeners experience issues with their seedlings mysteriously wilting, flopping over, and dying – most of the time this is caused by damping off, an invisible killer that is caused by water molds and fungi that kill seedlings after they germinate. Damping off usually occurs in damp, cool, still-air conditions – and be easily prevented. When affected by damping off, the seedling will usually have a shriveled base or the stem will have lesions at the ground level, and it will flop over and...
Birds Eye Chilli Seeds
Looking to grow Birds Eye Chilli Seeds?We offer Birds Eye Chilli seeds under the Tepin / Chiltepin name. These are also known by the name: Thai Birds Eye Chilli Pepper. Capsicum annuum is native to southern North America and northern South America. This variety is considered the "mother of all peppers" and also goes by chiltepin, chiltepe, and chile tepin, bird’s eye chilli, or simply bird peppers, as wild birds love to eat them! Yes, despite the spiciness of these peppers, birds aren...
Companion Plants for Tomatoes and Peppers
There are a lot of great companion plants that you can pair with tomatoes and peppers in the garden. If you have a small space, companion planting other vegetables and herbs is a great way to get more harvest out of your garden! Can you plant peppers and tomatoes together? While it is said you should plant them apart because they do share pests and diseases and can compete for the same nutrients, often times gardeners just don't have much room in a home garden so we plant peppers and to...
What is eating my cucumber seedlings?
If you've had the problem of direct seeding cucumber seeds in your garden, and they germinate and look great, but then before they even grow true leaves their heads get eaten, leaving just a stem behind? Well, you're not alone. There are a lot of insects and creatures that enjoy cucumber sprouts. They must be tasty! The culprit we think in this case was a cutworm, as we found one curled up nearby in the leaf mulch. To get around this issue, there are a few techniques: Sow seeds i...
What month do you plant hot peppers?
Wondering when to plant hot pepper seeds? It depends on your growing region and gardening plan. We generally like to sow pepper seeds indoors about 8 weeks before the last frost date. However, if you're planting hot peppers, you can plant them earlier, up to 12+ weeks indoors before your last expected frost date. This is because hot peppers, especially the hottest peppers seeds take a long time to germinate (7-21+ days) and they also need a long growing season to produce a lot of pods. So...
Hot Peppers From Seeds - a great customer review!
Thanks to David who shared his great post with us about growing our seeds! Read on.... During our travels through New Mexico on an Alien Tour—from the Meteor Crater to Roswell, where even the most ordinary dishes come with a fiery kick—I found myself falling under the spell of Hatch chili peppers. It seemed fitting that our journey took us straight through Hatch, New Mexico, the undisputed mothership of peppers. The moment we got home, I went online to feed my new obsession, which led me to ...
