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  1. 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 »
  2. When to Pick Peppers When are chile peppers ready to harvest?If you're not sure when to pick peppers, here is our advice: Harvest time depends on the pepper variety. With any variety, you can wait until many peppers fully ripen, or you can also pick many peppers (such as Jalapenos) when they are green once they reach full size. Hatch chiles usually take about 75-85 days before ready for harvest, so be patient as they ripen. Immature Hatch chiles will taste "green" and will be less flavorful and no...
  3. Top 15 questions about Bell Peppers We receive many questions about peppers and have written the answers to the most common questions about Bell Peppers here. Answers will include Bell Pepper growth, color, storage and health benefits. View all of our bell pepper seeds » 1. What is the best Bell Pepper variety for my area? Peppers are a warm season crop and need temperatures above 75 degrees throughout their growing season. Higher latitudes and altitudes can extend the start of growing season, wet areas can use raised beds, and...
  4. Can you eat Ornamental Peppers? Can you eat Ornamental Peppers?Are ornamental peppers good to eat? Yes, you can eat ornamental peppers! In fact, Ornamental Peppers are quite prolific and are perfect peppers for making hot sauces, pepper flakes, hot pepper powder like Carolina Reaper Powder, or spicy salt, or to use in any recipe such as salsa recipes. So yes, ornamental peppers are good to eat! We like to wait until the end of the show and season to pick them, then we use them to make any number of spicy salts While many...
  5. How to Dry Peppers without a Dehydrator Here are a few tips on How to Dry Peppers without a Dehydrator: 1. Make Chile Ristras!You can also make Ristras from your peppers, which are beautiful and very effective at drying out large amounts of peppers. They also are the perfect kitchen decoration & accessory as they keep your peppers ready to use anytime in any recipe. You can make Ristras from any peppers, not just the Hatch chile varieties. This is a great way to store your peppers for the winter.Learn how to make a Chile Rist...
  6. Carolina Reaper Powder Recipe If you grow Carolina Reapers, you probably aren't going to eat them whole. They're way too hot! While Carolina Reapers can't kill you, using too much can definitely make your head feel like it's burning off! So, since a little bit goes a long way, we think the best way to preserve our Carolina Reaper chile pepper harvest for year-round use is by drying out your chiles and making Carolina Reaper Powder! Here is our Carolina Reaper Powder Recipe – it's easy to make powder an...
  7. NEW Hot Pepper Seeds for 2019! Sandia Seed presents the Newest Peppers for 2019...Updated April 2, 2019Click on any of the pepper packets below to read more about these special hot pepper seeds, and to buy seeds: Rattlesnake Hatch Chile SeedsRattlesnake Green Chile is the new and very spicy variety joining the Hatch Green Chile compadres this growing season. The Rattlesnake chile was developed to be very hot and very delicious. Pods can be 4" - 8" long with thick flesh and plants grow to 30" tall. Ora...
  8. Can you grow peppers in London? Some of our customers ask us, can you grow peppers in London? Sure! Of course you can grow peppers in London and the UK. We have customers growing our chile seeds around the world with great success, from everywhere from Florida to the UK. The trick is to start chile pepper seeds with lots of heat indoors first to get them to germinate quickly, and grow into strong seedlings before planting outside after it warms up to 60-70˚ consistently. Then, make sure to harden them off before planting o...
  9. Can you eat NuMex Twilight Peppers? Check out the NuMex Twilight Pepper – this beautiful, eye-catching pepper plant produces a rainbow array of bright purple fruits that ripen to yellow, orange, then red.Since they are so prolific... we often have customers ask: Can you eat NuMex Twilight Peppers? Yes! While these peppers are very HOT and the pungency level of this ornamental has not been evaluated, you can still eat them as you would with any hot pepper. NuMex Twilight Recipes:We chop our NuMex Twilight peppers into sa...
  10. Big Jim Seeds - Grown around the world! Our NuMex Heritage Big Jim green chile seeds are one of our top-selling seeds. The plants yield large meaty pods can reach up to 12” in length, growing on productive and large 36” plants. You can easily grow Big Jim green chiles, as well as any of our Hatch chile seed varieties all over the world!One of our customers recently wrote this review below on the infamous Big Jim seeds that he orders from us each year and grows them in Ontario, Canada. A lot of customers ask us if they can grow gre...
  11. Hot Pepper Salsa Tasting Party Idea Salsa Tasting Party If you like salsa like we do, here's an idea: Try our Carolina Reaper Salsa Recipe and other Salsa Recipes, and make three salsas using different hot peppers for each salsa, and then have a salsa tasting party! Make 3 salsas, or more, depending on how many different types of peppers you have to taste. Dried peppers also work great for making salsas, so you can have salsa parties in the off-season months, too! :) Discover our Favorite Salsa Recipes » You could hav...
  12. Pepper Pollination Proper pollination is the key to having lots of peppers for harvest! Encourage bees and other beneficial insects by growing lots of flowers in your garden, and avoid any use of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. This will ensure that the bees and other pollinators thrive. Use Perennial Flowers in your Garden:Try planting lots of perennial flowers like Lavender, Echinacea, Oregano, Beebalm, Chives, Black-eyed Susans, Asters, Sage and others to bring the bees to your garden. Perennial fl...
  13. 8 Reasons That Chiles Are Good For Your Health Here are Eight Reasons that Chiles are Good for You*: Assists prevention of diabetes (of course, eating lots of veggies is good for you!) Good for Heart Health (yes, veggies are good for you!) Assists with Weight Loss (eating more veggies and less junk food will do that!) Anti-inflammatory (unless you eat a Carolina Reaper, then your mouth will be inflamed!) Clears congestion (have you ever ate something spicy to de-congest? It works!) Boosts immunity Pain Reliever (or pain inducer, ...
  14. Hand Pollinate Peppers Do you need to hand pollinate peppers?If growing outdoors in a pollinator-friendly garden, you shouldn't have any problems with your pepper flowers' pollination. Usually the bees and the breeze pollinate your peppers with great success. If you are finding that your pepper plants keep dropping blossoms without any peppers, below are some tips to keep the peppers coming all summer long: Create a Pollinator Garden:If you want a great harvest of peppers, enlist your pollinator friends!...
  15. Plant Flowers for more Peppers! If you grow lots of peppers from seeds like we do, you probably are excited for the coming harvest! In addition to growing peppers, we also love to grow lots of other herbs and vegetables. We especially love to have lots of flowers to bring in bees for pollination as well as other beneficial insects to help protect our chiles and other veggies from pests. Plus, flowers bring beauty and joy to every garden! Great plants to include in your garden include perennial flowers & shrubs, and ann...
  16. Pepper Seeds - Labels made from Wine Corks! Here's a clever idea of recycling your wine corks, use them for your seedling labels! Just write on them with a pen or marker, then stick them onto an old flower stalk or old wood skewers to post into the soil, or just set them in front of your seedlings so you know what's what in your garden. Grow peppers seeds!You can grow any of the hundreds of chile pepper varieties by growing them from seeds, so you can pick unusual or different colored peppers that add spice and flavor to pick...
  17. Mulching Peppers Did you know that mulching your vegetables is one of the best things you can do for plant health and production? That's right, mulch helps keep the soil moisture in and more consistent, and it also helps cut down on disease (especially on Heirloom tomatoes) as it prevents soil from splashing up on the leaves. If you have a lawn, one of your best free sources of mulch is grass clippings! You can spread them out in your garden beds (make sure not to pile the mulch too close to the stems of...
  18. Join the Hatch Chile Growers Group on Facebook Join our Hatch Chile Growers Group on Facebook and help us share Hatch chile growing tips, stories, photos, and successes with growing Hatch chiles around the world. We will share our favorite tips throughout the chile growing season to help you know how to manage pepper problems, pests or questions. We know technically a "Hatch chile" has to be grown in Hatch to be called a Hatch, but we find that people grow our Hatch chile seeds all over the world – from Florida to California to...
  19. How to Grow Heirloom Tomato Seeds Want to learn How to Grow Heirloom Tomato Seeds? Here are our tips: Germination Tip: Start seeds indoors 6 -8 weeks before transplant date. Sow 1/8” deep and keep soil moist and warm at 70-80˚F. Germination takes 5-10 days. Move to bright light once the first seedling emerges. Transplant to larger containers when the first two true leaves appear. Fertilize once or twice with dilute organic solution. Harden off plants outside before transplanting to garden.
  20. 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...