Big Jim Chiles Seed Review with Photo"First harvest, today, of Big Jims from three of my home garden plants grown from your seed. I’m sure the taste isn’t as good as if they were Hatch-grown but I’ve already roasted a few from these plants and they are damn close. I transplanted the seedlings on April 9, 2026 in Cornelius, NC and looking forward to many more harvests to come as they are loaded with new fruit and blossoms. Thanks so much for the high quality seed!" ~ James from NC Thanks James, for sharing your photo an...
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...
The New Big Jim Heritage Seed is Now AvailableWe are excited to be the only source to offer the NEW Heritage Big Jim seed. We just acquired this much sought after re-selected 'breeder's seed' for the NuMex Heritage Big Jim of 2016! The plants were grown under covers to prevent cross-pollination and to provide the purest of seed. Breeder's seed is costly and is usually only used to propagate crops for bulk seed sales, but we are offering it to you, the home grower. New Big Jim Heritage is an improved version of the origina...
Big Jim ChileDid you know that the Big Jim Chile holds the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest chile pepper in the world? These chiles are HUGE averaging around 8-10" but have been known to grow to 14" in length! The beautiful & huge Legacy Big Jim Chile pods have great flavor and thick flesh. The record-holder peppers produces an abundant crop on 30” tall Big Jim chile plants. When full size and green in color, this New Mexico chile is perfect for big stuffed rellenos. After roa...
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...
Big Jim Pepper SeedsGrow your own Big Jim Chile! Sandia Seed offers the best selection of New Mexico chile varieties, including the deliciously huge Big Jim Legacy. Big Jim Pepper Seeds are easy to start, and grow into nice sized pepper plants with huge chile pods for roasting and enjoying. Big Jim Legacy is an all-around winner when it comes to green chile. It has incredible New Mexican chile flavor, thick flesh, and mild to medium heat. A favorite for chile rellenos. The 8-10“ pods are very large, making the...
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...
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...
What kind of pepper is used for chile rellenos?Question: Could you recommend an interesting & delicious pepper to grow that I can eventually use to make chile rellenos? Answer: There is not just one perfect chile pepper for Chile Rellenos! While poblano peppers are historically the most commonly used peppers for rellenos, there are many varieties that are perfect for them. Our recommendation is to use any in-season variety of Hatch Chile, Poblano, or Anaheim Chile – you can enjoy any of them as chile rellenos! You can choose super h...
The Best Peppers to Grow from Seed: Sandia Seed’s Most Popular Varieties for Every GardenPeppers are one of the most rewarding crops to grow from seed! Sandia Seed offers options for beginners, salsa-makers, chile lovers, and heat seekers. Peppers are great for food gardens as they are productive and there are so many ways to preserve the harvest – you can make pickled peppers, hot sauces, salsas, or dry peppers to use for hot pepper flakes and sauces all year long. Shishito peppers, above, are super easy to grow and SO productive, perfect for beginners! These Japanese peppers ...
When to Start Pepper Seeds in ColoradoCustomer question:I'm in Colorado Springs, and I want to start some sweet and mildly spicy peppers indoors. Should I start them indoors in February or March? Growing peppers in the Colorado is a great idea! Many varieties do grow well here, depending on where you are. The Front Range including most of Colorado Springs is usually around Zone 5b, and can have a relatively short growing season depending on the weather conditions in the spring and fall. You can start pepper seeds in Colora...
Types of Peppers to GrowAt Sandia Seed we have seeds for over 101 peppers of the world to grow in your garden! There are many types of peppers to grow, ranging from sweet to super hot, so there is a pepper for everyone. What is the Best Pepper to Grow? Golly, it's really hard to choose just one pepper considering the huge range of flavors, heat levels and colors they provide. Sorry, but it's just too hard to narrow down to just one pepper, so here are a few of our top favorites for the best peppers to ...
What is special about Hatch chile?What is special about Hatch chile? The reason Hatch Chile are so special is that they are considered by many to be the best tasting of all chile peppers - especially when roasted! The roasting really brings out the delicious flavors – the thick flesh of roasted Hatch Chile has the best buttery, smokey, intense flavor! You can smell the delicious aromas when you roast them, which gets your mouth watering, and after peeling. you can add them to a huge variety of recipes!The famous Hatch Chil...
Can you Grow Green Chile in Wyoming?Yes, you can grow Green Chile in Wyoming. In fact, we have a customer in northern Wyoming who grows our Heritage Big Jim seeds in Sheridan, Wyoming with great success. Check out her photos she sent us, and her beautiful expansive chile garden. We're impressed! “I hope that you get these photos. I started your Heritage Big Jim seed in a sunshed in mid March, planted around 600 to the garden! As you see, we made quite a haul! I do have a small chile roaster and many chile loving friends...
When to Pick PeppersWhen 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...
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...
How to grow Hatch ChileDid you know that you can grow Hatch chile all over the world? While it's true that to officially call it a "Hatch chile" it needs to be grown in the Hatch region in New Mexico, you can grow the same varieties in other areas or states, and they still taste amazing! However, like Champagne, if not grown in the Hatch area, then it isn't a true Hatch chile. People say that the special Hatch flavor comes from chile plants grown in the the unique soil and climate of this part of N...
Hatch Green Chile Seeds in Denver, ColoradoAttention Denver Gardeners!Looking for Hatch Green Chile Seeds in Denver, Colorado? Make sure to stop by City Floral off of Colfax and Kearney near downtown Denver or Nick's Garden Center in Aurora to pick up your favorite Hatch chile varieties. Our Sandia Seed display features lots of green chiles, plus super hot peppers like the infamous Carolina Reaper plus lots of other hot and sweet peppers that are sure to bring joy and spice to your Denver vegetable garden! Learn more about how to...
Sell Pepper Seeds - Wholesale SeedsSandia Seed offers our seed displays and Wholesale Seeds to Garden Nursery stores and other shops so our seeds can be sold locally around the world! Anyone can be a seed retailer! Whether you are a gift shop in New Mexico looking for the perfect useful souvenir, or a garden shop across the country wanting to offer New Mexican Hatch green chile seed varieties so your customers can grow Hatch chiles wherever they live, our seed collections and displays become top sellers everywhere they are fea...
Tumbling Tomatoes for PotsOne of our all-time favorite tomatoes is the Tumbling Tom Tomato. This cascading tomato plant is perfect for pots, and is a good producer of larger-sized orange-yellow cherry tomatoes that are meaty and great for salads or making sauces. Tumbling Tom pairs perfectly in pots with pepper plants, so you can have a salsa garden in a container! Plant Tumbling Tom, and a Jalapeno plant, and then tuck in some cilantro or green onions. Or grow it with basil or bush beans for the perfect food garden...
Big Jim Chiles Seed Review with Photo
"First harvest, today, of Big Jims from three of my home garden plants grown from your seed. I’m sure the taste isn’t as good as if they were Hatch-grown but I’ve already roasted a few from these plants and they are damn close. I transplanted the seedlings on April 9, 2026 in Cornelius, NC and looking forward to many more harvests to come as they are loaded with new fruit and blossoms. Thanks so much for the high quality seed!" ~ James from NC Thanks James, for sharing your photo an...
Big Jim Chile
Did you know that the Big Jim Chile holds the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest chile pepper in the world? These chiles are HUGE averaging around 8-10" but have been known to grow to 14" in length! The beautiful & huge Legacy Big Jim Chile pods have great flavor and thick flesh. The record-holder peppers produces an abundant crop on 30” tall Big Jim chile plants. When full size and green in color, this New Mexico chile is perfect for big stuffed rellenos. After roa...
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...
Big Jim Pepper Seeds
Grow your own Big Jim Chile! Sandia Seed offers the best selection of New Mexico chile varieties, including the deliciously huge Big Jim Legacy. Big Jim Pepper Seeds are easy to start, and grow into nice sized pepper plants with huge chile pods for roasting and enjoying. Big Jim Legacy is an all-around winner when it comes to green chile. It has incredible New Mexican chile flavor, thick flesh, and mild to medium heat. A favorite for chile rellenos. The 8-10“ pods are very large, making the...
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...
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...
What kind of pepper is used for chile rellenos?
Question: Could you recommend an interesting & delicious pepper to grow that I can eventually use to make chile rellenos? Answer: There is not just one perfect chile pepper for Chile Rellenos! While poblano peppers are historically the most commonly used peppers for rellenos, there are many varieties that are perfect for them. Our recommendation is to use any in-season variety of Hatch Chile, Poblano, or Anaheim Chile – you can enjoy any of them as chile rellenos! You can choose super h...
The Best Peppers to Grow from Seed: Sandia Seed’s Most Popular Varieties for Every Garden
Peppers are one of the most rewarding crops to grow from seed! Sandia Seed offers options for beginners, salsa-makers, chile lovers, and heat seekers. Peppers are great for food gardens as they are productive and there are so many ways to preserve the harvest – you can make pickled peppers, hot sauces, salsas, or dry peppers to use for hot pepper flakes and sauces all year long. Shishito peppers, above, are super easy to grow and SO productive, perfect for beginners! These Japanese peppers ...
When to Start Pepper Seeds in Colorado
Customer question:I'm in Colorado Springs, and I want to start some sweet and mildly spicy peppers indoors. Should I start them indoors in February or March? Growing peppers in the Colorado is a great idea! Many varieties do grow well here, depending on where you are. The Front Range including most of Colorado Springs is usually around Zone 5b, and can have a relatively short growing season depending on the weather conditions in the spring and fall. You can start pepper seeds in Colora...
Types of Peppers to Grow
At Sandia Seed we have seeds for over 101 peppers of the world to grow in your garden! There are many types of peppers to grow, ranging from sweet to super hot, so there is a pepper for everyone. What is the Best Pepper to Grow? Golly, it's really hard to choose just one pepper considering the huge range of flavors, heat levels and colors they provide. Sorry, but it's just too hard to narrow down to just one pepper, so here are a few of our top favorites for the best peppers to ...
What is special about Hatch chile?
What is special about Hatch chile? The reason Hatch Chile are so special is that they are considered by many to be the best tasting of all chile peppers - especially when roasted! The roasting really brings out the delicious flavors – the thick flesh of roasted Hatch Chile has the best buttery, smokey, intense flavor! You can smell the delicious aromas when you roast them, which gets your mouth watering, and after peeling. you can add them to a huge variety of recipes!The famous Hatch Chil...
Can you Grow Green Chile in Wyoming?
Yes, you can grow Green Chile in Wyoming. In fact, we have a customer in northern Wyoming who grows our Heritage Big Jim seeds in Sheridan, Wyoming with great success. Check out her photos she sent us, and her beautiful expansive chile garden. We're impressed! “I hope that you get these photos. I started your Heritage Big Jim seed in a sunshed in mid March, planted around 600 to the garden! As you see, we made quite a haul! I do have a small chile roaster and many chile loving friends...
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...
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...
How to grow Hatch Chile
Did you know that you can grow Hatch chile all over the world? While it's true that to officially call it a "Hatch chile" it needs to be grown in the Hatch region in New Mexico, you can grow the same varieties in other areas or states, and they still taste amazing! However, like Champagne, if not grown in the Hatch area, then it isn't a true Hatch chile. People say that the special Hatch flavor comes from chile plants grown in the the unique soil and climate of this part of N...
Hatch Green Chile Seeds in Denver, Colorado
Attention Denver Gardeners!Looking for Hatch Green Chile Seeds in Denver, Colorado? Make sure to stop by City Floral off of Colfax and Kearney near downtown Denver or Nick's Garden Center in Aurora to pick up your favorite Hatch chile varieties. Our Sandia Seed display features lots of green chiles, plus super hot peppers like the infamous Carolina Reaper plus lots of other hot and sweet peppers that are sure to bring joy and spice to your Denver vegetable garden! Learn more about how to...
Sell Pepper Seeds - Wholesale Seeds
Sandia Seed offers our seed displays and Wholesale Seeds to Garden Nursery stores and other shops so our seeds can be sold locally around the world! Anyone can be a seed retailer! Whether you are a gift shop in New Mexico looking for the perfect useful souvenir, or a garden shop across the country wanting to offer New Mexican Hatch green chile seed varieties so your customers can grow Hatch chiles wherever they live, our seed collections and displays become top sellers everywhere they are fea...
Tumbling Tomatoes for Pots
One of our all-time favorite tomatoes is the Tumbling Tom Tomato. This cascading tomato plant is perfect for pots, and is a good producer of larger-sized orange-yellow cherry tomatoes that are meaty and great for salads or making sauces. Tumbling Tom pairs perfectly in pots with pepper plants, so you can have a salsa garden in a container! Plant Tumbling Tom, and a Jalapeno plant, and then tuck in some cilantro or green onions. Or grow it with basil or bush beans for the perfect food garden...
