Yellow Pepper SeedsYellow Pepper Seeds grow into beautiful plants and chile peppers – Sandia Seed has a great variety of yellow peppers that you can easily grow from seeds. Check out some of favorite varieties below or you can also click here to do a Search for Yellow Peppers » The Yellow Brain Strain / Yellow 7 Pot Pepper is extremely hot and rivals some of the hottest peppers in the world. It looks like a brain because of its lumpy appearance, but brain strain is actually what happens when you eat it! Buy Y...
Homegrown Chile-Garlic Sauce RecipeHomegrown Chile-Garlic Sauce Recipe: 1 Cup Hot Peppers (choose any red peppers* you want, mix and match!)6-8 cloves garlic, chopped2 Tbsp sesame oil2 tablespoon sugar or maple syrup4 tablespoons white vinegarSalt and pepper as desired Add everything to a food processor to process until smooth. Put pepper mix into a small non-reactive pot and heat to simmer for about 10 minutes. Let it cool, then put into a small jar and refrigerate for at least a couple hours before using to let the flavors ...
Purple Bell PeppersLooking for Purple Bell Peppers or other Purple Pepper seeds? If you love purple like we do, you always want to plant purple flowers... but did you know you can also plant purple vegetables like Purple Bell Peppers or Purple Tomatoes? Purple is one of the best colors in your garden, it compliments the green leaves and everyone who sees a purple pepper or fruit are delighted! View all our beautiful Ornamental Peppers » If you like hot peppers like us, check out the Bhut Jolokia Purple pe...
Canned Hot Pepper Salsa RecipeCanned Hot Pepper Salsa Recipe • 6 Cups Tomatoes; cored, chopped and peeled • 2 Cups Chopped Onion • 6 Cups Jalapeño & Hot Peppers*; chopped • Cider vinegar (2 tablespoons per pint, 4 tablespoons per quart jar) • 3 Teaspoons Salt • 3 teaspoons Oregano • 1 Teaspoon Ground cumin • 12+ Garlic cloves – minced • 4+ tablespoons fresh Cilantro, minced • Optional: You can also add peeled & cored Apples to this recipe to give it a bit of sweetness. (See bottom of this post)You...
Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa RecipeCanned Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa /Sauce Recipe This is a delicious way to use up all your unripe, green tomatoes before the first frost of winter. Don't throw them away! This makes for a great sauce for enchiladas, casseroles and burritos! 10-20+ chopped cored green tomatoes (any size, type, or feel free to use a mix of green tomatoes, just use all the green ones that you have!) 10-20+ Habañeros, Jalapeños or any hot peppers or even super hot peppers (to taste, add a lo...
Carolina Reaper Pepper Seeds for SaleAre you looking for Carolina Reaper Pepper seeds for sale? The Carolina Reaper pepper is still the champion for being the hottest pepper in the world, according to Guinness World Records. There have been rumors of other peppers contending for being the hottest pepper, including the Dragon's Breath pepper and Pepper X, but these have NOT yet received any official awards for being hotter than the Reaper. We have been trying to grow out smoe Dragon's Breath pepper seeds, however, we are ...
Is the Carolina Reaper the Hottest Pepper in the World?It was. Until August 2023, the Carolina Reaper was the Hottest Pepper in the World. But, Pepper X recently won the crown in August 2023 – averaging at 2.69 million SHU in Winthrop University's past five years of tests. Now, Pepper X is now the champion of hot peppers according to Guinness World Records. There have been other peppers rumoured to be hotter than the Reaper, but none have been proven or have been awarded the Guinness World Record prize until August 2023. Among these peppers ...
Bulk Seed StoreIf you are looking for a Bulk Seed Store, Sandia Seed offers a large variety of New Mexican Chiles such as bulk Hatch Chile seeds, plus we sell bulk Hot Pepper seeds and Sweet Pepper Seeds. View our Bulk Seeds » We carry a great selection of seeds in our bulk seed store, such as the famous best-selling Bulk Carolina Reaper Seeds (the hottest pepper in the world), Bulk Trinidad Scorpion Seeds (another super hot pepper), or popular New Mexican chile varieties such as Hatch Green Medium C...
Do Green Chillies turn Red?Do Green Chillies* turn Red after picking? If you are growing New Mexican Chiles such as the Chimayo or Hatch Red Chiles, and, they are close to being ripe (after about 75 days from seed to harvest), they'll sometimes turn red after you pick them. Sometimes, you will find chile ristras that are made out of multi-color peppers in various stages of ripeness, and sometimes (if ripe enough) these will turn red as they dry. But this is not always the case, and we recommend using red, mature ...
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...
Murphy's Law of Peeling ChileMURPHY'S LAW OF PEELING HATCH CHILE: As soon as your hands are covered in chile juice, your nose will begin to itch, you will want to rub your eyes, and you will have to pee. True. So true. Grow your own Hatch Chile seeds for the freshest green chile you can get!Just be careful when you peel them! :)
Pumpkin Spice ain't got nothing on Green Chile!Pumpkin Spice ain't got nothing on Green Chile! The smell of roasting chile in the air can't be beat this time of year! And, green chile goes great on EVERYTHING!! Unlike Pumpkin Spice, which, we're not sure goes that great with most things... but they do seem to flavor everything with it this time of year! We'd rather they use HATCH CHILE! ;) Grow your own Hatch Chile seeds »
Toilet Paper Pots for Chile Peppers!This is the ultimate idea for making your own FREE pots with recycled toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls. Who doesn't have these around? Instead of throwing them away, use them to start your vegetable seeds! While some people fold the bottoms of their rolls, we use these paper "pots" with their open bottoms so that the roots can grow deeper, then I just plant right in the ground when ready. Pictured below are some sandiaseed.com Hatch chile pepper seedlings from last year...
Grow your own Hatch Chile!“Whoever said the best things in life are free... obviously grew their own Hatch Chile.” We agree, growing your own veggies is nearly free if you make your own compost and save or share seeds! You can even keep many chile pepper plants alive year-round if you bring them inside for the winter or live in a warm frost-free zone. Some pepper plants are know to live Peppers can have LONG Lives!Although peppers are considered annuals, Capsicum annum is actually perennial in its native environ...
Purple Pepper SeedsAre you looking for Purple Peppers? Or Purple Tomatoes? Purple peppers and tomatoes are nutrient-dense. Purple colored peppers are rich in vitamins A and C, and eating just one cup of purple peppers a day can provide 100% of your daily needs of these two vitamins! Purple peppers also have a whole range of Vitamin B, and minerals like zinc, folate, potassium, manganese and others important nutrients. Our new Purple Jalapeno delights the eyes and the palate! The Purple Jalapeno plant is gorgeou...
Hottest Peppers in the WorldAre you looking for the Hottest Peppers in the World? THE HOTTEST PEPPER: Our hottest pepper is of course the Carolina Reaper, which WAS the Guinness World Record holder up until August 23, 2023. The new world record holder for being the world's hottest pepper is Pepper X. BUT – there's a huge catch – you can't grow the plants or buy the seeds! Learn more...So, currently in 2025, the Carolina Reaper is still the world's hottest pepper that you can grow in your garden. The Ca...
Happy St. Patrick's Day – Celebrate with Green Chile!Happy St. Patrick's Day - Celebrate with Green Chile! We are making up a batch of homegrown, homemade green chile to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!Grow your own green chile seeds » Here's one of our favorite recipes for Green Chile: NEW MEXICO HATCH GREEN CHILE STEW 1½ tbsp olive oil 1 cup roasted Hatch green chiles, diced 2 lbs of pork shoulder or potatoes*, cubed 1 onion medium, diced 2 tsp salt 1½ tsp cumin 1½ tsp oregano 1 tsp pepper (white or regular) 2 tbsp flour 2 cups wat...
Egg Salad with Green Chile RecipeHAPPY EASTER! If you're like us, you eat green chile everyday. Here's a great way to use up your dyed Easter eggs in these two delicious green chile recipes: EGG SALAD WITH GREEN CHILE RECIPE: 1/2 cup Diced green chiles 4-6 large hard-cooked eggs, mashed1⁄4 cup mayonnaise2 tablespoons green onions, sliced1⁄4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce1/3 cup of Diced Celery (optional for crunch!) Mix together and spread on bread or bagels for a spicy twist on an egg salad sandwich! ALTERNATIVE N...
Pet your Pepper SeedlingsDid you know that “petting” or brushing your chile pepper or tomato seedlings (or any seedlings for that matter) will help them grow stockier, stronger stems and also not get as leggy? It's true, gently brushing your seedlings with your hands or "patting" them will help stimulate them to grow thicker stems, and they won't get as tall as fast – it basically tricks plants into thinking they're in wind, so they grow thicker versus taller to withstand windy conditions. Basical...
Growing New Mexico Chile PeppersDo you want to grow Hatch New Mexico Chile Peppers? Well, you can! Our Hatch Chile and Green Chile seeds can be grown around the world! The most important thing for most areas is to start your seeds in a warm place indoors to get them to hatch, and then plant outside after all danger of frost and cold weather has past. Read our How to Grow Peppers page for lots of great tips for chile success! Wondering if you can grow Hatch chiles outside of New Mexico? Sure you can! We sell lots of Hatch c...
Yellow Pepper Seeds
Yellow Pepper Seeds grow into beautiful plants and chile peppers – Sandia Seed has a great variety of yellow peppers that you can easily grow from seeds. Check out some of favorite varieties below or you can also click here to do a Search for Yellow Peppers » The Yellow Brain Strain / Yellow 7 Pot Pepper is extremely hot and rivals some of the hottest peppers in the world. It looks like a brain because of its lumpy appearance, but brain strain is actually what happens when you eat it! Buy Y...
Homegrown Chile-Garlic Sauce Recipe
Homegrown Chile-Garlic Sauce Recipe: 1 Cup Hot Peppers (choose any red peppers* you want, mix and match!)6-8 cloves garlic, chopped2 Tbsp sesame oil2 tablespoon sugar or maple syrup4 tablespoons white vinegarSalt and pepper as desired Add everything to a food processor to process until smooth. Put pepper mix into a small non-reactive pot and heat to simmer for about 10 minutes. Let it cool, then put into a small jar and refrigerate for at least a couple hours before using to let the flavors ...
Purple Bell Peppers
Looking for Purple Bell Peppers or other Purple Pepper seeds? If you love purple like we do, you always want to plant purple flowers... but did you know you can also plant purple vegetables like Purple Bell Peppers or Purple Tomatoes? Purple is one of the best colors in your garden, it compliments the green leaves and everyone who sees a purple pepper or fruit are delighted! View all our beautiful Ornamental Peppers » If you like hot peppers like us, check out the Bhut Jolokia Purple pe...
Canned Hot Pepper Salsa Recipe
Canned Hot Pepper Salsa Recipe • 6 Cups Tomatoes; cored, chopped and peeled • 2 Cups Chopped Onion • 6 Cups Jalapeño & Hot Peppers*; chopped • Cider vinegar (2 tablespoons per pint, 4 tablespoons per quart jar) • 3 Teaspoons Salt • 3 teaspoons Oregano • 1 Teaspoon Ground cumin • 12+ Garlic cloves – minced • 4+ tablespoons fresh Cilantro, minced • Optional: You can also add peeled & cored Apples to this recipe to give it a bit of sweetness. (See bottom of this post)You...
Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa Recipe
Canned Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa /Sauce Recipe This is a delicious way to use up all your unripe, green tomatoes before the first frost of winter. Don't throw them away! This makes for a great sauce for enchiladas, casseroles and burritos! 10-20+ chopped cored green tomatoes (any size, type, or feel free to use a mix of green tomatoes, just use all the green ones that you have!) 10-20+ Habañeros, Jalapeños or any hot peppers or even super hot peppers (to taste, add a lo...
Carolina Reaper Pepper Seeds for Sale
Are you looking for Carolina Reaper Pepper seeds for sale? The Carolina Reaper pepper is still the champion for being the hottest pepper in the world, according to Guinness World Records. There have been rumors of other peppers contending for being the hottest pepper, including the Dragon's Breath pepper and Pepper X, but these have NOT yet received any official awards for being hotter than the Reaper. We have been trying to grow out smoe Dragon's Breath pepper seeds, however, we are ...
Is the Carolina Reaper the Hottest Pepper in the World?
It was. Until August 2023, the Carolina Reaper was the Hottest Pepper in the World. But, Pepper X recently won the crown in August 2023 – averaging at 2.69 million SHU in Winthrop University's past five years of tests. Now, Pepper X is now the champion of hot peppers according to Guinness World Records. There have been other peppers rumoured to be hotter than the Reaper, but none have been proven or have been awarded the Guinness World Record prize until August 2023. Among these peppers ...
Bulk Seed Store
If you are looking for a Bulk Seed Store, Sandia Seed offers a large variety of New Mexican Chiles such as bulk Hatch Chile seeds, plus we sell bulk Hot Pepper seeds and Sweet Pepper Seeds. View our Bulk Seeds » We carry a great selection of seeds in our bulk seed store, such as the famous best-selling Bulk Carolina Reaper Seeds (the hottest pepper in the world), Bulk Trinidad Scorpion Seeds (another super hot pepper), or popular New Mexican chile varieties such as Hatch Green Medium C...
Do Green Chillies turn Red?
Do Green Chillies* turn Red after picking? If you are growing New Mexican Chiles such as the Chimayo or Hatch Red Chiles, and, they are close to being ripe (after about 75 days from seed to harvest), they'll sometimes turn red after you pick them. Sometimes, you will find chile ristras that are made out of multi-color peppers in various stages of ripeness, and sometimes (if ripe enough) these will turn red as they dry. But this is not always the case, and we recommend using red, mature ...
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...
Murphy's Law of Peeling Chile
MURPHY'S LAW OF PEELING HATCH CHILE: As soon as your hands are covered in chile juice, your nose will begin to itch, you will want to rub your eyes, and you will have to pee. True. So true. Grow your own Hatch Chile seeds for the freshest green chile you can get!Just be careful when you peel them! :)
Pumpkin Spice ain't got nothing on Green Chile!
Pumpkin Spice ain't got nothing on Green Chile! The smell of roasting chile in the air can't be beat this time of year! And, green chile goes great on EVERYTHING!! Unlike Pumpkin Spice, which, we're not sure goes that great with most things... but they do seem to flavor everything with it this time of year! We'd rather they use HATCH CHILE! ;) Grow your own Hatch Chile seeds »
Toilet Paper Pots for Chile Peppers!
This is the ultimate idea for making your own FREE pots with recycled toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls. Who doesn't have these around? Instead of throwing them away, use them to start your vegetable seeds! While some people fold the bottoms of their rolls, we use these paper "pots" with their open bottoms so that the roots can grow deeper, then I just plant right in the ground when ready. Pictured below are some sandiaseed.com Hatch chile pepper seedlings from last year...
Grow your own Hatch Chile!
“Whoever said the best things in life are free... obviously grew their own Hatch Chile.” We agree, growing your own veggies is nearly free if you make your own compost and save or share seeds! You can even keep many chile pepper plants alive year-round if you bring them inside for the winter or live in a warm frost-free zone. Some pepper plants are know to live Peppers can have LONG Lives!Although peppers are considered annuals, Capsicum annum is actually perennial in its native environ...
Purple Pepper Seeds
Are you looking for Purple Peppers? Or Purple Tomatoes? Purple peppers and tomatoes are nutrient-dense. Purple colored peppers are rich in vitamins A and C, and eating just one cup of purple peppers a day can provide 100% of your daily needs of these two vitamins! Purple peppers also have a whole range of Vitamin B, and minerals like zinc, folate, potassium, manganese and others important nutrients. Our new Purple Jalapeno delights the eyes and the palate! The Purple Jalapeno plant is gorgeou...
Hottest Peppers in the World
Are you looking for the Hottest Peppers in the World? THE HOTTEST PEPPER: Our hottest pepper is of course the Carolina Reaper, which WAS the Guinness World Record holder up until August 23, 2023. The new world record holder for being the world's hottest pepper is Pepper X. BUT – there's a huge catch – you can't grow the plants or buy the seeds! Learn more...So, currently in 2025, the Carolina Reaper is still the world's hottest pepper that you can grow in your garden. The Ca...
Happy St. Patrick's Day – Celebrate with Green Chile!
Happy St. Patrick's Day - Celebrate with Green Chile! We are making up a batch of homegrown, homemade green chile to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!Grow your own green chile seeds » Here's one of our favorite recipes for Green Chile: NEW MEXICO HATCH GREEN CHILE STEW 1½ tbsp olive oil 1 cup roasted Hatch green chiles, diced 2 lbs of pork shoulder or potatoes*, cubed 1 onion medium, diced 2 tsp salt 1½ tsp cumin 1½ tsp oregano 1 tsp pepper (white or regular) 2 tbsp flour 2 cups wat...
Egg Salad with Green Chile Recipe
HAPPY EASTER! If you're like us, you eat green chile everyday. Here's a great way to use up your dyed Easter eggs in these two delicious green chile recipes: EGG SALAD WITH GREEN CHILE RECIPE: 1/2 cup Diced green chiles 4-6 large hard-cooked eggs, mashed1⁄4 cup mayonnaise2 tablespoons green onions, sliced1⁄4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce1/3 cup of Diced Celery (optional for crunch!) Mix together and spread on bread or bagels for a spicy twist on an egg salad sandwich! ALTERNATIVE N...
Pet your Pepper Seedlings
Did you know that “petting” or brushing your chile pepper or tomato seedlings (or any seedlings for that matter) will help them grow stockier, stronger stems and also not get as leggy? It's true, gently brushing your seedlings with your hands or "patting" them will help stimulate them to grow thicker stems, and they won't get as tall as fast – it basically tricks plants into thinking they're in wind, so they grow thicker versus taller to withstand windy conditions. Basical...
Growing New Mexico Chile Peppers
Do you want to grow Hatch New Mexico Chile Peppers? Well, you can! Our Hatch Chile and Green Chile seeds can be grown around the world! The most important thing for most areas is to start your seeds in a warm place indoors to get them to hatch, and then plant outside after all danger of frost and cold weather has past. Read our How to Grow Peppers page for lots of great tips for chile success! Wondering if you can grow Hatch chiles outside of New Mexico? Sure you can! We sell lots of Hatch c...
