Best Seed CatalogDiscover the Best Seed Catalog! Grow Peppers of the World with Sandia Seed! Our Sandia Seed catalog is widely considered one of the best seed catalogs for pepper lovers and Southwestern-style gardens, especially if the gardener enjoys chiles, hot peppers, and New Mexico–style vegetables. It stands out for its beautiful design, huge pepper selection, and practical growing info, making it both a useful tool and a fun gift. View our full online seed catalog to see every seed featured in our prin...
Tomato Sauce & other Tomato Recipes: Sauces, Salads, Salsas & MoreIf you're looking for tomato recipes, we have you covered! Next to chiles, tomatoes are our favorite vegetable garden pick! Like peppers, tomatoes come in a huge variety of different flavors, sizes and colors. And heirloom tomatoes offer some of the most exceptional flavor on the planet! Here are some of our favorite recipes that will use your delicious tomato harvest: Tomato Sauces Make these two sauces below to use for making dishes like lasagna, pasta, and pizza. Homemade sauce has ex...
Caprese Salad RecipeA Caprese salad is one of the best things summer has to offer! It's a simple and delicious way to make use of all those tomatoes and basil that are abundant in the garden in mid-to-late summer. Just add fresh mozzarella, and a balsamic vinegar & maple syrup glaze and you're in for a treat! This is a great recipe to bring to summer parties and picnics, as it is so colorful & fresh and travels well. Make a lot, as it won't last long! Ingredients: Heirloom Tomatoes, sliced ...
What are the best tasting sweet peppers?Customers ask often, what are the best tasting sweet peppers? We recommend to grow peppers beyond the classic bell peppers, which are also great when homegrown and come in a variety of sizes including the extra-early Chocolate Bell Pepper, but there are a ton of specialty sweet peppers from around the world that will wow your tastebuds and be very useful in the kitchen for all sorts of recipes. Whether you want sweet peppers to add to stir fries, burritos, sauces, or to pickle, marinate, roas...
Best Tomatoes for SauceGrow the best Sauce Tomatoes! If you love growing tomatoes to make your own sauce, we have some of our top recommendations for great tomato varieties to grow that will be bountiful and have nice meaty flesh that make beautifully thick tomato and marinara sauces. Of course, don't stop at this list below, all tomatoes can make an amazing sauce!!We'll start out with the classic tomatoes that are known for using for tomato sauce, which include Romas and Marzanos: San Marzano Roma Tom...
Free Seeds with a Seed Catalog Order!Order our printed Seed Catalog and get some FREE SEEDS*! For a limited time, get a FREE PACKET OF SEEDS with every print seed catalog ordered ($3 includes domestic shipping). We will pick the variety, so it will be a surprise! This is your chance to grow something new, and share with gardening friends and family. What seed packet will you get with your catalog? *Free seeds will be added to your order automatically, varieties vary. With over 100+ peppers of the world, this is a fun seed ...
Interesting Sweet Pepper Varieties with Zero HeatIf you want to share your pepper harvest with friends and family (including kids) who don’t tolerate spiciness... but you still want some flavorful, unusual specialty peppers, check out this list of interesting sweet peppers. At Sandia Seed, we carry sweet peppers from around the world so you can taste the rainbow of pepper colors and flavors picked fresh from your garden. Cubanelles are loved by chefs and are sweet and crispy with thin skins - great for stir fries or salads. Fushimis are ...
Martha Stewart's Biquinho Peppers Post - Grow your own Sweety Drops!In November this year, Biquinho peppers got a nod from Martha Stewart in her Instagram post about harvesting & pickling them. We love these Sweety Drop Brazilian peppers, too! She includes a simple recipe idea in her post, but you can see our full recipe below if you want to make some Sweety Drops from your own garden! The famous Biquinho is a sweet yellow Brazilian pepper that is a real treat and super easy to grow in your garden—they're as charming as they are tasty! Their flavor...
Growing Peppers in ColoradoThere are many different growing zones in Colorado, and you can grow peppers in any areas that you can grow tomatoes and other veggies! For Colorado gardeners, starting peppers indoors is a must with short season gardening, we recommend starting your pepper seeds at least 6-8 weeks before mid-to-late May when you will transplant them into the garden. Use a seedling heat mat to keep the pepper seeds warm during germination, they like to germinate around 80˚F! Choose short season peppers for...
Companion Planting HerbsHerbs, like Sage, make great companion plants for vegetable gardens! Ladybugs love herbs like Sage (shown above). Yes, herbs are excellent companion plants because they can attract beneficial insects, repel pests, improve soil quality, and even enhance the flavor of other vegetables! Herb seeds are easy to start and many of our herbs are perennial (Oregano, Sage, and Garlic Chives) so you can plant them once and they'll provide you with an endless supply of flavor for years to come.Plan...
Ristra Pepper SeedsGrow your own red chile and you never have to buy a ristra again... every strand starts with a seed in your soil! From seed to ceiling. 🌶️ What kind of pepper do you grow to make your own Ristra? While many types of peppers can be dried in ristras, the most common peppers used are New Mexico Chile varieties.The best peppers for a ristra are typically New Mexico Chile varieties, especially varieties like Sandia Hot or the mild 6-4 chile, which are known for their excellent drying quality, vi...
Why grow Squash?Why grow squash? Every gardener should plant squash because they are nutritious, easy to grow, and produce a high yield. Squash are a great source of vitamins A and C, and fiber. They are also very resilient and can produce a large amount of food, even in the heat of summer when other crops struggle. Zucchini is especially fast growing, so it's great for short seasons. The plants will provide you with an endless supply of versatile zucchini that can be used to make spicy fritters, bread...
Best Vinegar for Hot SauceMaking your own hot sauce recipes from homegrown hot peppers? Some people like to make fermented hot sauce recipes (and SOMETIMES they add vinegar at the end after it's fermented), some like to cook hot peppers down in a sauce pan and add vinegar for a quick hot sauce, and some people like to pickle whole hot peppers in vinegar for a spicy vinegar treat. You can even add lime or lemon juice to hot sauces for a tropical burst of flavor and acidity. There is no wrong way to make hot sauce, ...
Pickling Biquinho PeppersPickling Biquinho peppers is the best way to enjoy these delicious morsels. Here is a simple recipe to use up your abundant harvest of Biquinho pods! Pickled Biquinho Peppers Recipe(Also known as Pickled Sweety Drops) 2 cups+ Biquinho peppers (ranging from yellow to red) 1 Part (1 cup) white wine vinegar or other clear vinegar 1 Part (1 cup) water 3 garlic cloves 10 black peppercorns 1 dried bay leaf or fresh 1 pinch salt (to taste) 1 pinch white sugar (to taste) InstructionsWash and dry th...
BLACK FRIDAY SALE!Spice up your garden this season! 🌶️ Our premium pepper seeds are ready to heat things up with bold flavors and easy growth. Grab yours at special limited-time prices for our Black Friday Sale!We're having our Black Friday Sale at SandiaSeed.com so you can save on all of our seeds. Seed packets make great stocking stuffers and gifts for every gardener!25% OFF Sitewide!USE CODE: BLACK25 to save 25% on all non-discounted seedsExpires on 12/1/25 at Midnight MSTBy clicking here, the BLACK25 d...
Order Seeds by Dec 15th for Christmas delivery!For the best chance for delivery before Christmas, order any of our seeds by December 15th (today!). Seeds make great stocking stuffers and gifts. Shop our Seed Bundles for a gift set of seeds that any gardener is sure to love.
Is it ok to reuse potting soil? Here are our Tips for reusing potting soil in pots for growing peppers.Recent customer question:“HELP! I garden in containers and have a nice amount of soil left from growing peppers this past year. I would like to revitalize the soil to use next year for my peppers and tomatoes. I plan on adding new soil too, but what nutrients would you suggest adding?” Answer: Yes, you can reuse potting soil for growing peppers, but it must be amended to replenish nutrients and structure. To replenish the soil, it's good to mix in some slow-release organic fertilizers, wo...
Seed Shipping to Canada Resumed!Hey, good news! We're able to ship to Canada once again! 🙂🇨🇦 Lots of our customers are from Canada, and they love growing our New Mexico Chile varieties as well as other peppers of the world! We also have some of the best vegetables to grow in Canada that thrive in cooler weather and shorter growing seasons, making them ideal for the country's climates. These include leafy greens including lettuce or spinach, root vegetables including beets and carrots, plus peas, radishes, cabbages, ...
November is National Pepper Month!Happy National Pepper Month! All month long we can celebrate peppers! While we love peppers all year long, November is a great time to give these delicious fruits the attention they deserve. Right now, loads of hot sauces, salsas, roasted chile and hot pepper flakes are being enjoyed by people around the world. Sandia Seed loves National Pepper Month because we love peppers! In fact, in 2008, we were the first seed packet company to focus exclusively on pepper seeds from around the world. At ...
Best Sweet Peppers to GrowIf you are looking for the best sweet peppers to grow in your garden, we have you covered. With over 100 peppers of the world, we have tons of sweet peppers that are packed with flavor and nutrition. These peppers are favored by chefs and home cooks for the wide range of exceptional flavors and colors that they bring to the kitchen. So don't limit yourself to just Bell Peppers – make sure to discover the world of flavors that sweet peppers have to offer. Here are our top favorites: Padró...
Best Seed Catalog
Discover the Best Seed Catalog! Grow Peppers of the World with Sandia Seed! Our Sandia Seed catalog is widely considered one of the best seed catalogs for pepper lovers and Southwestern-style gardens, especially if the gardener enjoys chiles, hot peppers, and New Mexico–style vegetables. It stands out for its beautiful design, huge pepper selection, and practical growing info, making it both a useful tool and a fun gift. View our full online seed catalog to see every seed featured in our prin...
Tomato Sauce & other Tomato Recipes: Sauces, Salads, Salsas & More
If you're looking for tomato recipes, we have you covered! Next to chiles, tomatoes are our favorite vegetable garden pick! Like peppers, tomatoes come in a huge variety of different flavors, sizes and colors. And heirloom tomatoes offer some of the most exceptional flavor on the planet! Here are some of our favorite recipes that will use your delicious tomato harvest: Tomato Sauces Make these two sauces below to use for making dishes like lasagna, pasta, and pizza. Homemade sauce has ex...
Caprese Salad Recipe
A Caprese salad is one of the best things summer has to offer! It's a simple and delicious way to make use of all those tomatoes and basil that are abundant in the garden in mid-to-late summer. Just add fresh mozzarella, and a balsamic vinegar & maple syrup glaze and you're in for a treat! This is a great recipe to bring to summer parties and picnics, as it is so colorful & fresh and travels well. Make a lot, as it won't last long! Ingredients: Heirloom Tomatoes, sliced ...
What are the best tasting sweet peppers?
Customers ask often, what are the best tasting sweet peppers? We recommend to grow peppers beyond the classic bell peppers, which are also great when homegrown and come in a variety of sizes including the extra-early Chocolate Bell Pepper, but there are a ton of specialty sweet peppers from around the world that will wow your tastebuds and be very useful in the kitchen for all sorts of recipes. Whether you want sweet peppers to add to stir fries, burritos, sauces, or to pickle, marinate, roas...
Best Tomatoes for Sauce
Grow the best Sauce Tomatoes! If you love growing tomatoes to make your own sauce, we have some of our top recommendations for great tomato varieties to grow that will be bountiful and have nice meaty flesh that make beautifully thick tomato and marinara sauces. Of course, don't stop at this list below, all tomatoes can make an amazing sauce!!We'll start out with the classic tomatoes that are known for using for tomato sauce, which include Romas and Marzanos: San Marzano Roma Tom...
Free Seeds with a Seed Catalog Order!
Order our printed Seed Catalog and get some FREE SEEDS*! For a limited time, get a FREE PACKET OF SEEDS with every print seed catalog ordered ($3 includes domestic shipping). We will pick the variety, so it will be a surprise! This is your chance to grow something new, and share with gardening friends and family. What seed packet will you get with your catalog? *Free seeds will be added to your order automatically, varieties vary. With over 100+ peppers of the world, this is a fun seed ...
Interesting Sweet Pepper Varieties with Zero Heat
If you want to share your pepper harvest with friends and family (including kids) who don’t tolerate spiciness... but you still want some flavorful, unusual specialty peppers, check out this list of interesting sweet peppers. At Sandia Seed, we carry sweet peppers from around the world so you can taste the rainbow of pepper colors and flavors picked fresh from your garden. Cubanelles are loved by chefs and are sweet and crispy with thin skins - great for stir fries or salads. Fushimis are ...
Martha Stewart's Biquinho Peppers Post - Grow your own Sweety Drops!
In November this year, Biquinho peppers got a nod from Martha Stewart in her Instagram post about harvesting & pickling them. We love these Sweety Drop Brazilian peppers, too! She includes a simple recipe idea in her post, but you can see our full recipe below if you want to make some Sweety Drops from your own garden! The famous Biquinho is a sweet yellow Brazilian pepper that is a real treat and super easy to grow in your garden—they're as charming as they are tasty! Their flavor...
Growing Peppers in Colorado
There are many different growing zones in Colorado, and you can grow peppers in any areas that you can grow tomatoes and other veggies! For Colorado gardeners, starting peppers indoors is a must with short season gardening, we recommend starting your pepper seeds at least 6-8 weeks before mid-to-late May when you will transplant them into the garden. Use a seedling heat mat to keep the pepper seeds warm during germination, they like to germinate around 80˚F! Choose short season peppers for...
Companion Planting Herbs
Herbs, like Sage, make great companion plants for vegetable gardens! Ladybugs love herbs like Sage (shown above). Yes, herbs are excellent companion plants because they can attract beneficial insects, repel pests, improve soil quality, and even enhance the flavor of other vegetables! Herb seeds are easy to start and many of our herbs are perennial (Oregano, Sage, and Garlic Chives) so you can plant them once and they'll provide you with an endless supply of flavor for years to come.Plan...
Ristra Pepper Seeds
Grow your own red chile and you never have to buy a ristra again... every strand starts with a seed in your soil! From seed to ceiling. 🌶️ What kind of pepper do you grow to make your own Ristra? While many types of peppers can be dried in ristras, the most common peppers used are New Mexico Chile varieties.The best peppers for a ristra are typically New Mexico Chile varieties, especially varieties like Sandia Hot or the mild 6-4 chile, which are known for their excellent drying quality, vi...
Why grow Squash?
Why grow squash? Every gardener should plant squash because they are nutritious, easy to grow, and produce a high yield. Squash are a great source of vitamins A and C, and fiber. They are also very resilient and can produce a large amount of food, even in the heat of summer when other crops struggle. Zucchini is especially fast growing, so it's great for short seasons. The plants will provide you with an endless supply of versatile zucchini that can be used to make spicy fritters, bread...
Best Vinegar for Hot Sauce
Making your own hot sauce recipes from homegrown hot peppers? Some people like to make fermented hot sauce recipes (and SOMETIMES they add vinegar at the end after it's fermented), some like to cook hot peppers down in a sauce pan and add vinegar for a quick hot sauce, and some people like to pickle whole hot peppers in vinegar for a spicy vinegar treat. You can even add lime or lemon juice to hot sauces for a tropical burst of flavor and acidity. There is no wrong way to make hot sauce, ...
Pickling Biquinho Peppers
Pickling Biquinho peppers is the best way to enjoy these delicious morsels. Here is a simple recipe to use up your abundant harvest of Biquinho pods! Pickled Biquinho Peppers Recipe(Also known as Pickled Sweety Drops) 2 cups+ Biquinho peppers (ranging from yellow to red) 1 Part (1 cup) white wine vinegar or other clear vinegar 1 Part (1 cup) water 3 garlic cloves 10 black peppercorns 1 dried bay leaf or fresh 1 pinch salt (to taste) 1 pinch white sugar (to taste) InstructionsWash and dry th...
BLACK FRIDAY SALE!
Spice up your garden this season! 🌶️ Our premium pepper seeds are ready to heat things up with bold flavors and easy growth. Grab yours at special limited-time prices for our Black Friday Sale!We're having our Black Friday Sale at SandiaSeed.com so you can save on all of our seeds. Seed packets make great stocking stuffers and gifts for every gardener!25% OFF Sitewide!USE CODE: BLACK25 to save 25% on all non-discounted seedsExpires on 12/1/25 at Midnight MSTBy clicking here, the BLACK25 d...
Order Seeds by Dec 15th for Christmas delivery!
For the best chance for delivery before Christmas, order any of our seeds by December 15th (today!). Seeds make great stocking stuffers and gifts. Shop our Seed Bundles for a gift set of seeds that any gardener is sure to love.
Is it ok to reuse potting soil? Here are our Tips for reusing potting soil in pots for growing peppers.
Recent customer question:“HELP! I garden in containers and have a nice amount of soil left from growing peppers this past year. I would like to revitalize the soil to use next year for my peppers and tomatoes. I plan on adding new soil too, but what nutrients would you suggest adding?” Answer: Yes, you can reuse potting soil for growing peppers, but it must be amended to replenish nutrients and structure. To replenish the soil, it's good to mix in some slow-release organic fertilizers, wo...
Seed Shipping to Canada Resumed!
Hey, good news! We're able to ship to Canada once again! 🙂🇨🇦 Lots of our customers are from Canada, and they love growing our New Mexico Chile varieties as well as other peppers of the world! We also have some of the best vegetables to grow in Canada that thrive in cooler weather and shorter growing seasons, making them ideal for the country's climates. These include leafy greens including lettuce or spinach, root vegetables including beets and carrots, plus peas, radishes, cabbages, ...
November is National Pepper Month!
Happy National Pepper Month! All month long we can celebrate peppers! While we love peppers all year long, November is a great time to give these delicious fruits the attention they deserve. Right now, loads of hot sauces, salsas, roasted chile and hot pepper flakes are being enjoyed by people around the world. Sandia Seed loves National Pepper Month because we love peppers! In fact, in 2008, we were the first seed packet company to focus exclusively on pepper seeds from around the world. At ...
Best Sweet Peppers to Grow
If you are looking for the best sweet peppers to grow in your garden, we have you covered. With over 100 peppers of the world, we have tons of sweet peppers that are packed with flavor and nutrition. These peppers are favored by chefs and home cooks for the wide range of exceptional flavors and colors that they bring to the kitchen. So don't limit yourself to just Bell Peppers – make sure to discover the world of flavors that sweet peppers have to offer. Here are our top favorites: Padró...
