Hatch SeedsIf you love Hatch green chile, then grow your own Hatch seeds and have the freshest best tasting Hatch green chiles around! While technically you have to grow our Hatch varieties in the Hatch region in New Mexico to be considered true "Hatch" chiles, these are the same varieties grown by Hatch farmers and we think they taste just as great when homegrown in gardens around the world! We have happy customers bringing a little New Mexico to their gardens and farms everywhere, from Florida...
I don't always put Green Chile on everything...I don't always put Green Chile on everything...Just kidding, I do! I don't know if you're like us, but we LOVE chile. We put hot sauce and green chile on everything! That's why we love to grow our own Hatch chile Seeds and Hot Pepper Seeds, so we can have an abundance of chile peppers to season all of our dishes. Looking for Green Chile and Hot Pepper recipes? Check out our Pinterest page »
Faith in Pepper SeedsWe love this quote from Thoreau: I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. ~ Henry David Thoreau
How Tomatoes Should Really Taste!'Good News' #3 April 2017 from Sandia Seed Company Signup for our Good News emails » There is nothing quite like a Real Tomato... a tomato as it was meant to be grown and eaten. What is a Real Tomato? A ripe tomato should have a fragile skin that is under pressure to contain the juice and seeds within, splitting open easily and explosively. It should almost dissolve as you eat it, filling your mouth with intensely refreshing flavor. Unfortunately, there is the abundant fake t...
Composting for HUGE Green ChilesPeppers and vegetables love compost! Compost is nature's FREE fertilizer. Adding this rich organic material to your soil will help your vegetable plants grow larger and more bountiful. In fact, many organic gardeners use only compost to fertilize their vegetables. Rather than buying the bags of compost in the store – save plastic and money, plus recycle your household and landscaping waste by making your own compost. Homemade compost is also filled with a ton of living soil microorganisms...
Create a Pollinator GardenVeggie plants, like tomatoes and peppers, are self-pollinating, but others such as zucchini, pumpkins, and other vine crops produce both male and female flowers on the same plant and require pollinators. Almost all flowering plants need to be pollinated and depend on bees, butterflies, and other animals for pollination. Pollinators need our help. Biologists fear several butterfly and bumblebee species have disappeared from parts of their range, including the once common western bumble bee. W...
Grow Your Own Hot SauceIt's so rewarding to cook something from ingredients growing right in your garden. Making hot sauce and salsa has always been the perfect thing to do with fresh peppers when they arrive in abundance in your garden. Even if you only have a few peppers, you can make hot sauce! These mixtures always taste good and can be made a little differently each time. Hot sauce is a smooth purée or strained sauce that is cooked or fermented. Salsa is a chopped or diced mixture that is served fresh. ...
Green Chile Gazpacho with TomatillosYou have to try this delicious variation of gazpatcho, made with green chiles and tomatillos: 4-6 HATCH GREEN CHILES, ROASTED, PEELED 2 POUNDS TOMATILLOS – REMOVE HUSK & RINSE (or you can use Heirloom Tomatoes for a classic Tomato gazpatcho!) 1/2 ONION, FINELY CHOPPED, SOAK IN COLD WATER FOR 15 MINUTES 1 STALK CELERY 1 CUCUMBER 1 JALAPEÑO FRESH, SEEDED 1/3 CUP RED WINE VINEGAR 1/4 CUP EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 1/3 TEASPOON GROUND CUMIN 2 TABLESPOONS OF MAPLE SYRUP OR HONEY SA...
Bring Italy to your Pepper GardenJimmy NardelloHeirloom - Sweet Italian Frying Pepper - Peperone! Giuseppe Nardello brought this heirloom from Italy to the states, where it was introduced in 1887. This variety has been grown and cherished for generations. Its almost uncanny sweet, fruity flavor makes it so tempting and delightful to be eaten straight off the plant, but traditional Italian cuisine typically uses them for frying. Open-pollinated, Non-GMO. Buy Jimmy Nardello Seeds » Giant MarconiHybrid – Sweet Italian Roas...
Hatch Chile SeedsAre you looking for Hatch Chile seeds? We have several varieties of green chile seeds from the Hatch region, so you can grow them around the world! Technically, Hatch chiles can only be called "Hatch" if they're from the Hatch region in New Mexico. The combination of the Hatch valley's climate and local soils are what make the Hatch chile seeds grow into the famous Hatch chiles that people around the world crave. But, that doesn't mean you can't grow Hatch chile seeds...
Chili PepperLet's clear up the confusion about the spelling of chile. Here in New Mexico, chile with an 'e' refers to the pepper. It can also refer to a soup, a sauce or a stew made with green or red chiles. Now, chili with an 'i' at the end is a dish of meat and beans. Think Wolf brand chili. Many people refer to a chile as a chile pepper. It is both a chile and a pepper, so it is ok to say chile pepper when describing a pepper with heat. The search term 'chili pepper' is se...
Hot Pepper Seeds make HOT Valentine's Day Gifts!Get that special gardener in your life some hot pepper or green chile pepper seeds! They're sure to please. We have a huge selection of super hot pepper seeds, hot pepper seeds, sweet peppers and heirloom tomato seeds that that special someone will LOVE! Keep it spicy this year!
Bhut Jolokia SeedsWant to grow something HOT!!? Our Bhut Jolokia Seeds grow into the infamous Bhut Jolokia Red Ghost Pepper plants which will supply you with all the heat you need! Bhut Jolokia peppers are native to India and need a long growing season or can also be grown indoors or in greenhouses. The chile paste made from these super hot peppers is used for hot sauce, and even for bear spray and tear gas, having a whopping 1,000,000 Scoville Heat Units! This chile became famous because it was the first ho...
Red Chile Sauce RecipeRED CHILE SAUCE from New Mexico Red chile sauce is the best thing ever on a cold January winter day. Make this recipe with your dried red chiles from last seasons harvest of Guajillo Chile and Hatch Red Hot Chile. Of course you can also use any dried chiles you have on hand for this recipe. Grow oregano and onions alongside your peppers this year to use in this recipe. Yield: Makes about 2 1/2 cups ACTIVE TIME: 1 hr TOTAL TIME: 1 hr INGREDIENTS 2 ounces whole dried Hatch Red Hot chi...
The 6 Most Popular TomatoesThese six tomatoes are the most popular for all the right reasons. Five are hybrids that have proved themselves over several decades of growing seasons. The sixth, Cherokee Purple, is the only non-hybrid on the list. It is one of the most delicious open-pollinated heirloom tomatoes and a winning favorite at taste contests. Better Boy Hybrid – This improved version of Big Boy is more resistant to common tomato diseases, but still has Big Boy's extra-large fruit. Expect an abundant crop of ...
Pepper Seeds for SaleIf you're looking for pepper seeds for sale, you have come to the right place! Sandia Seed offers many varieties of New Mexican Green Chile pepper seeds as well as lots of other hot pepper seeds for sale, plus a selection of sweet pepper seeds and heirloom tomato seeds too! Patsy Coles, our founder, started Sandia Seed in order to offer a better variety of pepper seeds to home gardeners. Her passion has always been gardening, and she graduated from Arizona State University with a...
How to Start Green Chile SeedsThe most important part of getting green chile and pepper seeds to grow is warmth. The soil temperature must remain between 80° F – 90° F for successful germination. The seeds need to know that the timing is right, and it is now warm enough to grow into a plant and produce fruit. The easiest way to trigger seeds to grow is to warm them on a Hydrofarm Seedling Mat. It will provide 24 hours of warmth, sits on a counter top and plugs into a regular electric socket. Simply place your tray or pots...
Carolina Reaper SeedsThe hottest pepper in the world is officially the Carolina Reaper. It has been reported to have over 2 million Scoville Heat Units, that's HOT!! If you're looking to buy Carolina Reaper seeds and grow your own, we only have one warning – use gloves when cutting up these chiles! :) Fun Carolina Reaper facts: This chile pepper gets it's heat from being a cross between a Pakastani Naga and a Red Habanero. Carolina Reaper consumers sometimes experience something like a runner’s hi...
Christmas Bell - Bishop Crown PepperThe heirloom Bishop Crown: or "Christmas Bell" is originally from Brazil. This variety produces one of the most unusual pod shapes of any chile pepper. Bishop Crown is a unique thin-skinned red pepper with the unusual appearance of a tri-cornered hat like a Catholic Bishop’s Crown. The heat level has a very wide range from a medium 5,000 scoville heat units (SHU), all the way up to a very hot 15,000 SHU. Its small size is 1-1/2” long by 2”- 3“ wide with a sweet and fruity taste. B...
Jwala - India finger Hot is Back!This phenomenal pepper is back in our product line up and we could not be more pleased! We've waited 2 years to acquire a dependable seed source and now we can offer it for 2017 and beyond. This is the most popular pepper in India and a must have for preparing Indian cuisine. The plant gets covered in white flowers.They are one of the first peppers to set blooms in Spring and continue to set even when the plant is full of pods. Jwala has a unique flavor raw, but an excellent flavor when r...
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!
Hatch Seeds
If you love Hatch green chile, then grow your own Hatch seeds and have the freshest best tasting Hatch green chiles around! While technically you have to grow our Hatch varieties in the Hatch region in New Mexico to be considered true "Hatch" chiles, these are the same varieties grown by Hatch farmers and we think they taste just as great when homegrown in gardens around the world! We have happy customers bringing a little New Mexico to their gardens and farms everywhere, from Florida...
I don't always put Green Chile on everything...
I don't always put Green Chile on everything...Just kidding, I do! I don't know if you're like us, but we LOVE chile. We put hot sauce and green chile on everything! That's why we love to grow our own Hatch chile Seeds and Hot Pepper Seeds, so we can have an abundance of chile peppers to season all of our dishes. Looking for Green Chile and Hot Pepper recipes? Check out our Pinterest page »
Composting for HUGE Green Chiles
Peppers and vegetables love compost! Compost is nature's FREE fertilizer. Adding this rich organic material to your soil will help your vegetable plants grow larger and more bountiful. In fact, many organic gardeners use only compost to fertilize their vegetables. Rather than buying the bags of compost in the store – save plastic and money, plus recycle your household and landscaping waste by making your own compost. Homemade compost is also filled with a ton of living soil microorganisms...
Create a Pollinator Garden
Veggie plants, like tomatoes and peppers, are self-pollinating, but others such as zucchini, pumpkins, and other vine crops produce both male and female flowers on the same plant and require pollinators. Almost all flowering plants need to be pollinated and depend on bees, butterflies, and other animals for pollination. Pollinators need our help. Biologists fear several butterfly and bumblebee species have disappeared from parts of their range, including the once common western bumble bee. W...
Grow Your Own Hot Sauce
It's so rewarding to cook something from ingredients growing right in your garden. Making hot sauce and salsa has always been the perfect thing to do with fresh peppers when they arrive in abundance in your garden. Even if you only have a few peppers, you can make hot sauce! These mixtures always taste good and can be made a little differently each time. Hot sauce is a smooth purée or strained sauce that is cooked or fermented. Salsa is a chopped or diced mixture that is served fresh. ...
Green Chile Gazpacho with Tomatillos
You have to try this delicious variation of gazpatcho, made with green chiles and tomatillos: 4-6 HATCH GREEN CHILES, ROASTED, PEELED 2 POUNDS TOMATILLOS – REMOVE HUSK & RINSE (or you can use Heirloom Tomatoes for a classic Tomato gazpatcho!) 1/2 ONION, FINELY CHOPPED, SOAK IN COLD WATER FOR 15 MINUTES 1 STALK CELERY 1 CUCUMBER 1 JALAPEÑO FRESH, SEEDED 1/3 CUP RED WINE VINEGAR 1/4 CUP EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 1/3 TEASPOON GROUND CUMIN 2 TABLESPOONS OF MAPLE SYRUP OR HONEY SA...
Bring Italy to your Pepper Garden
Jimmy NardelloHeirloom - Sweet Italian Frying Pepper - Peperone! Giuseppe Nardello brought this heirloom from Italy to the states, where it was introduced in 1887. This variety has been grown and cherished for generations. Its almost uncanny sweet, fruity flavor makes it so tempting and delightful to be eaten straight off the plant, but traditional Italian cuisine typically uses them for frying. Open-pollinated, Non-GMO. Buy Jimmy Nardello Seeds » Giant MarconiHybrid – Sweet Italian Roas...
Hatch Chile Seeds
Are you looking for Hatch Chile seeds? We have several varieties of green chile seeds from the Hatch region, so you can grow them around the world! Technically, Hatch chiles can only be called "Hatch" if they're from the Hatch region in New Mexico. The combination of the Hatch valley's climate and local soils are what make the Hatch chile seeds grow into the famous Hatch chiles that people around the world crave. But, that doesn't mean you can't grow Hatch chile seeds...
Bhut Jolokia Seeds
Want to grow something HOT!!? Our Bhut Jolokia Seeds grow into the infamous Bhut Jolokia Red Ghost Pepper plants which will supply you with all the heat you need! Bhut Jolokia peppers are native to India and need a long growing season or can also be grown indoors or in greenhouses. The chile paste made from these super hot peppers is used for hot sauce, and even for bear spray and tear gas, having a whopping 1,000,000 Scoville Heat Units! This chile became famous because it was the first ho...
Red Chile Sauce Recipe
RED CHILE SAUCE from New Mexico Red chile sauce is the best thing ever on a cold January winter day. Make this recipe with your dried red chiles from last seasons harvest of Guajillo Chile and Hatch Red Hot Chile. Of course you can also use any dried chiles you have on hand for this recipe. Grow oregano and onions alongside your peppers this year to use in this recipe. Yield: Makes about 2 1/2 cups ACTIVE TIME: 1 hr TOTAL TIME: 1 hr INGREDIENTS 2 ounces whole dried Hatch Red Hot chi...
How to Start Green Chile Seeds
The most important part of getting green chile and pepper seeds to grow is warmth. The soil temperature must remain between 80° F – 90° F for successful germination. The seeds need to know that the timing is right, and it is now warm enough to grow into a plant and produce fruit. The easiest way to trigger seeds to grow is to warm them on a Hydrofarm Seedling Mat. It will provide 24 hours of warmth, sits on a counter top and plugs into a regular electric socket. Simply place your tray or pots...
Carolina Reaper Seeds
The hottest pepper in the world is officially the Carolina Reaper. It has been reported to have over 2 million Scoville Heat Units, that's HOT!! If you're looking to buy Carolina Reaper seeds and grow your own, we only have one warning – use gloves when cutting up these chiles! :) Fun Carolina Reaper facts: This chile pepper gets it's heat from being a cross between a Pakastani Naga and a Red Habanero. Carolina Reaper consumers sometimes experience something like a runner’s hi...
