Hot Honey RecipeRed Chile Infused Honey Recipe This Hot Honey Recipe is great for spicing up your biscuits! Ingredients: 5 dried Chile de Arbol 2 dried Chipotle peppers (smoke-dried Jalapenos) 2 dried Guajillo 2 c Wildflower honey or honey of your choice ¼ tsp salt Directions: Rough chop all your chiles to mor heat and flavor. In medium saucepan bring honey, chile, and salt up to 180 degrees. Let cook at 180 degrees for 20 minutes, make sure the heat is not to high or else your honey will boil over and ...
Pickled Fresno Peppers RecipePickled Fresno Peppers: Must try pickled Fresno Peppers that’ll have you eating them out of the jar! Ingredients: Yield: 1 pint 1 C unseasoned rice vinegar 1 ½ tsp coriander seeds 1 ½ tsp sugar (or skip if you're cutting out sugar!) 1 ½ tsp kosher salt ½ teaspoon peppercorns 5 red Fresno peppers, thinly sliced Directions: Bring all ingredients except peppers up to boil, stir to ensure sugar has been dissolved. Then put peppers into a canning jar and add boiled vinegar mixture on top,...
Big Jim Pepper Plants started from SeedBig Jim Peppers Pictured: Hatch Green Medium Big Jim next to Doublecross Hatch Green Chile Grow Big Jim Pepper Plants Growing Big Jim Pepper plants from seed is the way to go! You can plant as many chile plants as you have room for (and believe us, you'll think you need more room no matter how much you have, haha!) Our Hatch Green Medium Big Jim Chile is easy to grow, and starts producing in 75 days, and then keeps going on strong. Check out this review on Big Jim Pepper Plants start...
Hottest Pepper in the World in 2023Oct 2023 Update:Pepper X just won the Guinness crown in late 2023.Read about this NEW Hottest Pepper in the World in 2023 » The Hottest Pepper in the World in before October 2023 was the Carolina Reaper* This world-record-holding popular super hot pepper is the star of many hot sauces and salsas as it adds intense heat and flavor and makes your taste buds sing (or scream, depending on how much you consume!) Carolina Reaper PepperScoville Heat Units:1,500,000 - 2,000,000The hottest pepper...
How to grow Tomatillos from SeedHow to grow Tomatillos from Seed Tomatillo seeds are surprisingly easy to start from seed! We simply sow the seeds directly into the ground or in large pots and keep them watered and moist until they sprout. They take off quite quickly, and it's good to thin out the extra seedlings. You can start them indoors, but starting them outdoors can be very successful, too, and requires no transplanting. The seedlings do seem to have some cold-hardiness when very young if started outdoors, but if...
Growing peppers in ContainersGrowing peppers in Containers - Top 10 Tips: 1. Grow peppers that do well in containers and pots!This is one of the most important tips, as some peppers do much better in pots than others. Here are the best peppers to grow in containers » 2. Use large pots, 5 gallons or more is ideal. Larger pots don't dry out as fast, and allow for deep roots. They also don't tend to get top heavy, so they won't blow over in high winds. You can also plant more than one pepper plant in large pots...
Win Free Seeds with a Seed Review!THANK YOU FOR YOUR SEED REVIEWS! Congratulations to Lauren, Greta, and Dan, our three winners of $25 ! This contest is now over... stay tuned for coming contests! We’d still love if you Reviewed our Seeds What did well for you this year? What were your favorites? Details of Contest (now past): REVIEW OUR SEEDS $25 GIFT CARD CONTEST We picked 3 Lucky Gift Card winners on Nov. 22, 2022 Step 1:Review our Seeds » Just click on any seed variety, and on the right-hand side, under the se...
Hot Sauce RecipesHere are some of our favorite hot sauce recipes to make with your abundant hot pepper harvests! Hot sauce is a great way to preserve your peppers and their spiciness for year-round use, and long after the snow starts flying! Nothing beats homegrown, homemade hot sauce. Favorite Hot Sauce Recipes: Easy Hot Sauce »Fermentation Crock Hot Sauce Recipe »Louisiana Hot Sauce Recipe »Roasted Jalapeno Hot Sauce Recipe »Easy Fermented Hot Sauce Recipes »Chocolate, White, Yellow & Red Hot Sa...
Homemade Chili Powder RecipeHomemade Chili Powder Recipe: ½ C Cumin ½ C Clove ½ C Cayenne 1½ C Paprika 1½ C Dried Pasilla 1½ C Dark Chile Powder 1½ C Light Chile Powder ¼ C Oregano ¼ C Garlic Powder 1 Handful Dried Chile de Arbol 1 Handful Dried Guajillo DIRECTIONS: Bring a medium sauce pan up to heat and quick roast your non-powder chiles until fragrant, this brings out the flavors and will enhance the flavor of your Chile powder. Remove from pan and let cool. Once cool, grind Chiles in blender and transfer to a...
Carolina Reaper Seeds are Back in Stock!Our Carolina Reaper Seeds are back in stock at Sandia Seed! Get them while they last... these are one of our best selling seeds – as they grow the hottest peppers in the world! Carolina Reapers are still the hottest pepper in the world in 2022 and going into 2023. Time will tell if another stable strain can be put to the test to beat out the Reaper, but for now she is queen of the hot peppers!We also have a lot of other super hot pepper seeds back in stock for some of your favorite hot pepper...
Red Chile Powder RecipeRed Chile Powder - Homemade This red chile powder recipe is quick and easy to make from scratch. It has an incredibly robust and vibrant flavor when compared to store bought powders. INGREDIENTS 4-6 cups Dried Red Chile peppers or 4-6 ounces (We recommend a combination of hatch red chiles, ancho, guajillo and any other variety you like, and if you want heat add some arbol or cayenne.) 2 tablespoons Garlic Powder or freshly dehydrated garlic 2 tablespoons Onion Powder or freshly dehydrate...
2023 Seed CatalogMake sure to check out our colorful 2023 Seed Catalog that is filled with seeds, recipes and more. We are so proud of our Sandia Seed Seed Catalog that is packed with heirloom seeds and organic seeds for peppers of the world, plus tons of tomato seeds and vegetable seeds, too! The new seed catalog also features new pepper recipes to try with your harvest! Order our Seed Catalog today! Our 2023 Seed Packets & Seed Catalogs are ready to ship! Here's a sneak peak at some of our Seed C...
What to do with Hatch Chile after RoastingRecent seed customer question: I am asking for suggestions for what to do with my hatch chilies after I roast them? Well, the possibilities are endless! Roasted Hatch chile can be added to all sorts of recipes. Here are some of our top suggestions on what to do with roasted hatch chile: After roasting, steam them and then deseed and peel the skin off the roasted chile. We like to steam them in a pyrex glass dish with a glass lid to cut down on plastic use. Dice the chile and put them in a ...
How to Grow Peppers from SeedHow to Grow Peppers from Seed: Growing peppers from seed is one of the best ways to grow a wide variety of peppers from super spicy to sweet! One of the best reasons to grow peppers from seed is that you can pick the best peppers for your garden and taste. For example, if you live in a short season climate, you can grow the Fastest Growing Peppers for a more successful harvest. Or, if you love super hot peppers, you can grow a wide variety of hot peppers like Habaneros or the famous hottest p...
Jalapeno - Black Seeds?Recent Customer Question: Can you eat a jalapeno that has black seeds? Answer: Yes, as long as you don't see any mold! If peppers have black seeds inside, there are a few reasons this could happen: 1. Immature Seeds If peppers don't fully mature, sometimes you'll see brown or black seeds inside when cut open - or they may look shriveled. These are seeds that simply didn't fully develop.This doesn't mean they are bad, we usually remove and compost the black shriveled seed...
Can you overwinter New Mexico Chile plants?We were recently asked: Is it a 100% no for overwintering NM Chile plants? If so why? We've found that New Mexico chile plants don't produce as well after being overwintered – they will survive if kept from frost, but they are not usually anywhere near as productive as fresh started plants the next year. Some pepper plants are more suited to overwintering and can live and produce for many years, but New Mexico chile plants seem to be best in their first year. The super hot Rattl...
Homegrown Chile Relleno RecipeIf you grow our Hatch Chile, Poblano, or Anaheim Chile varieties, one of the best ways to enjoy them is in the form of a chile relleno! A delicious serving suggestion is to plate your rellenos and then drizzle warm Ranchero Salsa over the top of them (see the recipe below). Rellenos are usually topped with red or green chile sauce, other additions include guacamole, sour cream, or salsa. There's no wrong way to enjoy them! Here's an authentic recipe to make your own Chile Rellenos f...
Homegrown Sriracha Sauce RecipeHomegrown Sriracha Sauce 1.5 pounds Sriracha Peppers, or other red hot peppers such as cayenne, goat horn, fresno, bishop crown, thai hot, or jalapeno peppers ⅓ cup water 6 cloves garlic, peeled 3 tablespoons brown sugar 1 tablespoon kosher salt ½ cup white vinegar Cut off stems of peppers, add to a food processor or blender and add water, garlic, brown sugar, and salt.Pulse, then blend until smooth. Add puree into a large glass jar or pitcher, and keep covered in a cool dark location for 3 ...
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!
Hot Honey Recipe
Red Chile Infused Honey Recipe This Hot Honey Recipe is great for spicing up your biscuits! Ingredients: 5 dried Chile de Arbol 2 dried Chipotle peppers (smoke-dried Jalapenos) 2 dried Guajillo 2 c Wildflower honey or honey of your choice ¼ tsp salt Directions: Rough chop all your chiles to mor heat and flavor. In medium saucepan bring honey, chile, and salt up to 180 degrees. Let cook at 180 degrees for 20 minutes, make sure the heat is not to high or else your honey will boil over and ...
Pickled Fresno Peppers Recipe
Pickled Fresno Peppers: Must try pickled Fresno Peppers that’ll have you eating them out of the jar! Ingredients: Yield: 1 pint 1 C unseasoned rice vinegar 1 ½ tsp coriander seeds 1 ½ tsp sugar (or skip if you're cutting out sugar!) 1 ½ tsp kosher salt ½ teaspoon peppercorns 5 red Fresno peppers, thinly sliced Directions: Bring all ingredients except peppers up to boil, stir to ensure sugar has been dissolved. Then put peppers into a canning jar and add boiled vinegar mixture on top,...
The gardening season officially begins on January 1st, and ends on December 31.
"The gardening season officially begins on January 1st, and ends on December 31." - Marie HustonWe love this quote!! Happy New Year!
Big Jim Pepper Plants started from Seed
Big Jim Peppers Pictured: Hatch Green Medium Big Jim next to Doublecross Hatch Green Chile Grow Big Jim Pepper Plants Growing Big Jim Pepper plants from seed is the way to go! You can plant as many chile plants as you have room for (and believe us, you'll think you need more room no matter how much you have, haha!) Our Hatch Green Medium Big Jim Chile is easy to grow, and starts producing in 75 days, and then keeps going on strong. Check out this review on Big Jim Pepper Plants start...
Hottest Pepper in the World in 2023
Oct 2023 Update:Pepper X just won the Guinness crown in late 2023.Read about this NEW Hottest Pepper in the World in 2023 » The Hottest Pepper in the World in before October 2023 was the Carolina Reaper* This world-record-holding popular super hot pepper is the star of many hot sauces and salsas as it adds intense heat and flavor and makes your taste buds sing (or scream, depending on how much you consume!) Carolina Reaper PepperScoville Heat Units:1,500,000 - 2,000,000The hottest pepper...
How to grow Tomatillos from Seed
How to grow Tomatillos from Seed Tomatillo seeds are surprisingly easy to start from seed! We simply sow the seeds directly into the ground or in large pots and keep them watered and moist until they sprout. They take off quite quickly, and it's good to thin out the extra seedlings. You can start them indoors, but starting them outdoors can be very successful, too, and requires no transplanting. The seedlings do seem to have some cold-hardiness when very young if started outdoors, but if...
Growing peppers in Containers
Growing peppers in Containers - Top 10 Tips: 1. Grow peppers that do well in containers and pots!This is one of the most important tips, as some peppers do much better in pots than others. Here are the best peppers to grow in containers » 2. Use large pots, 5 gallons or more is ideal. Larger pots don't dry out as fast, and allow for deep roots. They also don't tend to get top heavy, so they won't blow over in high winds. You can also plant more than one pepper plant in large pots...
Win Free Seeds with a Seed Review!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SEED REVIEWS! Congratulations to Lauren, Greta, and Dan, our three winners of $25 ! This contest is now over... stay tuned for coming contests! We’d still love if you Reviewed our Seeds What did well for you this year? What were your favorites? Details of Contest (now past): REVIEW OUR SEEDS $25 GIFT CARD CONTEST We picked 3 Lucky Gift Card winners on Nov. 22, 2022 Step 1:Review our Seeds » Just click on any seed variety, and on the right-hand side, under the se...
Hot Sauce Recipes
Here are some of our favorite hot sauce recipes to make with your abundant hot pepper harvests! Hot sauce is a great way to preserve your peppers and their spiciness for year-round use, and long after the snow starts flying! Nothing beats homegrown, homemade hot sauce. Favorite Hot Sauce Recipes: Easy Hot Sauce »Fermentation Crock Hot Sauce Recipe »Louisiana Hot Sauce Recipe »Roasted Jalapeno Hot Sauce Recipe »Easy Fermented Hot Sauce Recipes »Chocolate, White, Yellow & Red Hot Sa...
Homemade Chili Powder Recipe
Homemade Chili Powder Recipe: ½ C Cumin ½ C Clove ½ C Cayenne 1½ C Paprika 1½ C Dried Pasilla 1½ C Dark Chile Powder 1½ C Light Chile Powder ¼ C Oregano ¼ C Garlic Powder 1 Handful Dried Chile de Arbol 1 Handful Dried Guajillo DIRECTIONS: Bring a medium sauce pan up to heat and quick roast your non-powder chiles until fragrant, this brings out the flavors and will enhance the flavor of your Chile powder. Remove from pan and let cool. Once cool, grind Chiles in blender and transfer to a...
Carolina Reaper Seeds are Back in Stock!
Our Carolina Reaper Seeds are back in stock at Sandia Seed! Get them while they last... these are one of our best selling seeds – as they grow the hottest peppers in the world! Carolina Reapers are still the hottest pepper in the world in 2022 and going into 2023. Time will tell if another stable strain can be put to the test to beat out the Reaper, but for now she is queen of the hot peppers!We also have a lot of other super hot pepper seeds back in stock for some of your favorite hot pepper...
Red Chile Powder Recipe
Red Chile Powder - Homemade This red chile powder recipe is quick and easy to make from scratch. It has an incredibly robust and vibrant flavor when compared to store bought powders. INGREDIENTS 4-6 cups Dried Red Chile peppers or 4-6 ounces (We recommend a combination of hatch red chiles, ancho, guajillo and any other variety you like, and if you want heat add some arbol or cayenne.) 2 tablespoons Garlic Powder or freshly dehydrated garlic 2 tablespoons Onion Powder or freshly dehydrate...
2023 Seed Catalog
Make sure to check out our colorful 2023 Seed Catalog that is filled with seeds, recipes and more. We are so proud of our Sandia Seed Seed Catalog that is packed with heirloom seeds and organic seeds for peppers of the world, plus tons of tomato seeds and vegetable seeds, too! The new seed catalog also features new pepper recipes to try with your harvest! Order our Seed Catalog today! Our 2023 Seed Packets & Seed Catalogs are ready to ship! Here's a sneak peak at some of our Seed C...
What to do with Hatch Chile after Roasting
Recent seed customer question: I am asking for suggestions for what to do with my hatch chilies after I roast them? Well, the possibilities are endless! Roasted Hatch chile can be added to all sorts of recipes. Here are some of our top suggestions on what to do with roasted hatch chile: After roasting, steam them and then deseed and peel the skin off the roasted chile. We like to steam them in a pyrex glass dish with a glass lid to cut down on plastic use. Dice the chile and put them in a ...
How to Grow Peppers from Seed
How to Grow Peppers from Seed: Growing peppers from seed is one of the best ways to grow a wide variety of peppers from super spicy to sweet! One of the best reasons to grow peppers from seed is that you can pick the best peppers for your garden and taste. For example, if you live in a short season climate, you can grow the Fastest Growing Peppers for a more successful harvest. Or, if you love super hot peppers, you can grow a wide variety of hot peppers like Habaneros or the famous hottest p...
Jalapeno - Black Seeds?
Recent Customer Question: Can you eat a jalapeno that has black seeds? Answer: Yes, as long as you don't see any mold! If peppers have black seeds inside, there are a few reasons this could happen: 1. Immature Seeds If peppers don't fully mature, sometimes you'll see brown or black seeds inside when cut open - or they may look shriveled. These are seeds that simply didn't fully develop.This doesn't mean they are bad, we usually remove and compost the black shriveled seed...
Can you overwinter New Mexico Chile plants?
We were recently asked: Is it a 100% no for overwintering NM Chile plants? If so why? We've found that New Mexico chile plants don't produce as well after being overwintered – they will survive if kept from frost, but they are not usually anywhere near as productive as fresh started plants the next year. Some pepper plants are more suited to overwintering and can live and produce for many years, but New Mexico chile plants seem to be best in their first year. The super hot Rattl...
Homegrown Chile Relleno Recipe
If you grow our Hatch Chile, Poblano, or Anaheim Chile varieties, one of the best ways to enjoy them is in the form of a chile relleno! A delicious serving suggestion is to plate your rellenos and then drizzle warm Ranchero Salsa over the top of them (see the recipe below). Rellenos are usually topped with red or green chile sauce, other additions include guacamole, sour cream, or salsa. There's no wrong way to enjoy them! Here's an authentic recipe to make your own Chile Rellenos f...
Homegrown Sriracha Sauce Recipe
Homegrown Sriracha Sauce 1.5 pounds Sriracha Peppers, or other red hot peppers such as cayenne, goat horn, fresno, bishop crown, thai hot, or jalapeno peppers ⅓ cup water 6 cloves garlic, peeled 3 tablespoons brown sugar 1 tablespoon kosher salt ½ cup white vinegar Cut off stems of peppers, add to a food processor or blender and add water, garlic, brown sugar, and salt.Pulse, then blend until smooth. Add puree into a large glass jar or pitcher, and keep covered in a cool dark location for 3 ...
