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Organic Control for Tomato Hornworms on Peppers Tomato Hornworms are really big green caterpillars that can devastate your pepper garden. Giant brown moths lay pearl-like eggs on your pepper leaves, from which the monsters will hatch and start to eat voraciously. They can decimate all the leaves on a plant overnight. The best organic control might be picking the caterpillars off the plants, but by then it could be too late to save your plants. Also, touching and pulling them off is gross, but depending on how mad you are, you won’t mind! ...

NuMex Sandia Select Chile Pepper Seeds are here! The long awaited NuMex Sandia Select pepper seeds are now available from Sandia Seed Company! This new variety has superior flavor, uniform high heat level, better plant and pod uniformity, higher yield and a thick fruit wall. Non-GMO. Approximately 30 seeds per seed packet and also available in bulk 1/2 oz. and 2 oz. quantities. Buy seeds here: NuMex Sandia Select Seeds » This pepper is fantastic! It has good flavor, thick flesh, a nice green color and the production is great. The original ...

Tombstone Ghost Pepper available in Tombstone, Arizona The new Tombstone Ghost pepper seed has been a huge success and demand has been great. They are available at the famous Bird Cage Theatre on Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona very close to where they are grown for seed production. The Bird Cage Theatre is the most authentic attraction in Tombstone, and offers a nightly ghost tour! But you don't have to go to Arizona for seeds! Buy Tombstone Ghost pepper seeds online.

Shishito Seeds in Bulk at Sandia Seed NEW! We are excited to announce that we have expanded our growing network and can now offer Shishito seeds in a larger quantity.Now you can buy Bulk Shishito seeds for $20 for 100 seeds.This Japanese sweet pepper is delicious and one of our most popular seed varieties for good reason. It is super easy to grow and continues to produce an abundance of peppers all season long. It is such a pleasure to go into the garden and pick about 15 mature Shishito peppers and fry them in olive oil and spri...

Plant Spacing in the Garden There are so many choices when you plant vegetable varieties from seed. Peppers and tomatoes are some of the easiest to grow from seed for transplanting into your home garden. Start seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before the date you intend to set peppers and tomatoes into the garden. As the season gets later, your seeds can also be placed directly in the garden after the soil temperature has risen to at least 65°F at night. Plant spacing for peppers is usually the same distance measurement as the...

Time for Fresh Roasted Green Chile It’s time again for New Mexico to be blanketed by the perfume of roasting green chiles. Hatch green chiles are grown in a small hot dry valley in the southwest corner of New Mexico. Green chile, which ranges in temperature from spicy to incendiary, are to New Mexican food what tomatoes are to Italian food. They are found everywhere in sauces, stews, salsas, and delicious stuffed and fried for chile rellenos. If you don’t grow your own green chiles from seed, you can try to find them at farme...

Bhut jolokia is viciously HOT! The famous Bhut jolokia at over 1,000,000 scoville heat units is so popular. Could it be that it is rare and unique? Or that only insane people place it on their lips? It is fun to grow and quite a conversation piece. I grow hundreds of them and collect the seeds. It is fun to hand someone a whole pepper, and watch them jump back as if the blistering heat inside the pepper will attack them from 3 ft away. But, once the pepper has been broken open. Watch Out! You must have hand protection, ...

Tomato Tip to Thwart Birds! TOMATO TIP “I put decoys out well before my tomatoes begin to ripen. Big, red Christmas ornaments hanging here and there among my tomato plants. Birds will see those pretty red balls and think they are about to get a tasty meal. But all the peck, peck, pecking gets them nowhere. They might try several of them over a period of days until they figure out that there is nothing worth eating in THIS garden!” – CINDY AT PINEYWOODS HERB FARM We found this great tip on thwarting birds from eating y...

10 Things to Make with Hot Peppers Hot Pepper Oil Hot Pepper Jelly Salsa Hot Wing / BBQ Sauce Stuffed Roasted Pickles Marinade Relish Hot Pepper Vinegar

Growing Tomatoes from Seed It takes about six to eight weeks to grow tomatoes from a seed to a seedling plant that is ready to transplant outside. Start seeds indoors for best results. In 5 to 12 days your tomato seeds should germinate. Germination is best in warm temperatures (70° to 80° Fahrenheit). A heat mat for seed starting will dramatically hasten tomato seed germination. Sow seeds in cells filled with seedling mix and lightly sprinkle a bit on top to cover. Gently moisten the cells with water and place on a see...

How to Germinate Pepper Seeds What You will need: Pepper seeds Indoor/Outdoor potting soil Plastic growing tray, at least 2” deep with holes for drainage Seed germination warming mat Grow light or bright window Distilled water Labels. Fill growing tray almost to the top with potting soil. Moisten thoroughly with water and allow to drain completely. Always use distilled water. Make an indentation with a pencil eraser approx. a quarter of an inch deep or less, about every 2 inches in the soil. Place one pepper seed int...

What makes a Hatch Chile Hatch? What makes a Hatch Chile, Hatch?New Mexico is home of the famous Hatch Chiles that are grown in the Hatch Valley. Hatch Chiles are special and unique to the Hatch region in New Mexico, you can grow the same varieties in other areas or states, but, like Champagne, then it isn't a true Hatch chile. What gives the Hatch chiles the special flavor is the unique soil and climate in this part of New Mexico along with the people who plant, nurture and harvest the chiles over many generations. But...

Shishito Pepper Appetizer Harvest about 15 peppers from your plant and rinse. Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in amedium hot skillet. Place peppers in skillet after poking each with a fork to prevent from exploding while they cook. Fry about 5 minutes until the peppers are a little brown and soft. Sprinkle with sea salt and serve warm. When eating, pick up the pepper by the stem and eat the entire pepper, seeds and all. Discard the stem. View more of our chile pepper recipes »

“I love these seeds!!” Here's a nice comment from one of our customers:“I love these seeds!! I have planted some of your seeds here in So. California and I have good things to report! First, the Heritage 6-4 plants are produced some BIG boys. I will be preparing rellenos tomorrow night to try them out—I am excited! The Sandias are lookin' good. But I think I may let them turn red for ristras— not sure. I can't wait to taste these chilies. It's been so long since I have savored real New Mexico chilie...

Gifts for Gardeners Gifts for your favorite gardener! We have tried everything listed, and I have wrote my personal opinion for each one. The pictures are at the bottom. I hope this list gives you an idea for your special gardener. ~ Patsy Coles - Owner Sandia Seed Company Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. Looking for the perfect gardening gift? This food garden seed col...

Pepper Seeds Sandia Seed has pepper seeds from all the chile peppers you can think of: hatch chile pepper seeds, anaheim pepper seeds, bhut jolokia ghost pepper seeds, habanero seeds, jalapeno seeds, and sweet pepper seeds such as shishito pepper seeds, which are wonderful japanese peppers that are very popular with chefs! Our GMO-free Pepper seeds are gathered fresh every year from New Mexican farms, bringing you the authentic New Mexican hatch chile varieties, as well as some of the hottest pepper seed...

Roasting Green Chile is Easy! Put fresh green chiles on a propane grill on medium high heat. Grill until the outer skin is brown and bubbly. Keep turning until entire chile has brown thin paper skin. Remove from grill and place into a plastic bag with 1/4 cup water. Steam for 5 minutes. Remove from bag and peel outer skin away! Yum! Grow your own Hatch chile seeds and you can harvest and roast chiles right from your own garden. Hatch Chiles are actually quite easy to grow around the world, the plants love summer heat. ...

Hybrid vs. Open-Pollinated and Heirloom Seeds This is the time of year that many gardeners start planning their spring gardens. It can be helpful to know the difference between hybrid, and open-pollinated (OP) seeds. The OP seeds are the best choice if seeds from the fruits will be saved and replanted the following year. The produce from OP seeds often tastes better, but the plants may not have the disease resistance that hybrids do. All heirlooms are OP, so the two words are often used synonymously. The main difference is that heirloom ...

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Look at all the hot capsacin inside this pepper! Capsicum chinense (120 days) Pods are 2-1/2" wide with wrinkled reddish orange skin.They have a fruit like flavor, with nuclear heat! This pepper contains so much capsacin that the chemical blasts past the numbing response and keeps activating receptors in the nerve endings in your mouth. This produces ferocious burning sensations. Chile burns and heat burns are similar at the molecular, cellular, and sensory levels...

Chile Peppers are a Hot Diet Food Hot Peppers help boost your metabolism and induces the body to burn off more fat instead of storing it in the body. So, if you want to lose weight, eating hot peppers as part of your diet will help boost your weight loss success.Several studies have shown that hot peppers can curb your appetite, burn fat, and inhibit fat cell growth.One representative clinical study conducted by scientists at the Laval University in Quebec found that eating cayenne at breakfast decreased appetite and led to l...