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 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...
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...
It's not too late to start Hatch & Pueblo Chile seeds!It's not too late to start Hatch Chile and Pueblo Chile seeds! These fast growing varieties were perfected by farmers over generations to grow well in the short seasons of the West. They germinate quickly, and grow fast, where you'll get pods in about 70 days after transplanting into the garden. Another added perk is that if you live in a dry growing region, these Western peppers don't need as much water as many other vegetables and fruits, so they work well in hot, dry climates....
Seed Discounts: 20% off our Fastest Growing Peppers!SORRY, THIS SALE HAS ENDED!Signup for our newsletter to get our future deals! 20% OFF OUR FASTEST GROWING PEPPER SEEDS Use discount code: FASTERPEPPERS to save big on all of our Fastest Growing Pepper Seeds CollectionNow through Sunday, May 10, 2026. (EXPIRED) The secret to harvesting peppers faster is to grow the fastest growing varieties including: Chocolate Bell, Early Jalapeño, Lemon Spice Jalapeño, Serrano Tampiqueño, Shishito, Hatch Big Jim, 6-4 Mild Hatch Green Chile, Banana Peppers an...
Discount Seeds: Get 15% off our Seed Bundles!Sandia Seed has lots of Discount Seeds! Get 15% off our Seed Bundles now. We have a great selection of fun new bundles that are perfect for any gardener to get started growing specialty peppers and other vegetables. Shown Above: Our popular Heat Progression Hatch Chile Seeds BundleThis 15% off bundle features the four most popular chile varieties, Hatch Green Mild NM 6-4, Hatch Green Medium Big Jim, Hatch Green Hot Doublecross, and Hatch Green X Hot Barker's Hot. Perfect for gardeners a...
Lemitar Chile SeedsHave you been searching for Lemitar Chile seeds and have not been able to find a place that sells to grow as a home gardener? Well, that's because technically there is not just one specific chile variety for Lemitar chile, they grow several varieties of New Mexico Chile Varieties, including: Espanola Improved Joe E Parker Big Jims New Mexico 6-4 Ms. Junie Lumbre Barker's Hot What makes these chiles "Lemitar chiles" is the growing region in New Mexico. It's all about the ...
Beginner‑Friendly Hot PeppersAt Sandia Seed we LOVE peppers, and we enjoy helping people grow their own peppers from seed! We think some of the best peppers for beginners to grow are the fastest growing peppers, including Jalapeños, Green Chiles, and Serranos. Why? Because they germinate fast, grow quickly, and produce a lot of peppers for a longer season so beginners are more likely to have success! And who doesn't like MORE peppers? Beginner's and experts alike will like all of these peppers we mention below. ...
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...
Zero Waste GardeningBest Zero-Waste Gardening Ideas: • Store your veggies in glass dishes! We steam our fresh roasted chiles in our favorite pyrex cooking dish, no plastic needed! Works great, and you can reuse it again and again. Don't have one? Go buy one at a thrift store, they have tons of these beautful, long-lasting dishes that you can use to store cooked vegetables without the use of plastic.Fresh-roasted homegrown green chiles are the BEST!! Any glass dish with glass lid will work, we love ...
Garden MemesCheck out our Garden Memes for those who love gardening! I googled my symptoms and it turns out I’m past due for dilly dallying in the garden. 😄 Learn to identify seedlings in the Cucurbitaceae family by their first set of leaves. 😄Garden Meme: If you're not happy single, you won't be happy married. Happiness comes from gardening, not relationships. What did you do this weekend? Plant people: Gardened. August 8th is National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch D...
Cheap Vegetable SeedsLooking for cheap vegetable seeds? Check out our discounted seed 3-packs, with three of our most popular varieties. Our Chimayo, Big Jim & Sandia Select Green Chile Seeds 3-pack has 90 seeds total for just $6.35! Now that's a great deal, you can grow a huge plot of these famous New Mexican chiles in your backyard garden or urban farm for under $7. Check out this Wyoming gardener's massive chile garden and harvest photos below – she grows a HUGE harvest of Big Jim green chiles ev...
Chilli SeedsWelcome gardeners and farmers! Sandia Seed offers chilli seeds for sale from pepper varieties around the world – we specialized in New Mexican Hatch Chile seeds as well as other red and green chiles like the famous (and huge) Big Jim Chile, or the delicious Poblano Chile. Below are some of our green chile seeds we offer. We spell chile, with an 'e' at the end, but depending on where you live in the world, chile can be spelled as: chile, chili, or chilli. Whatever way you spell ...
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...
Guajillo, Fresno and Red Cherry Hot Peppers......are just a few of the new varieties we will offer for the 2016 season! Also included will be Trinidad Scorpion 'Butch T', 7 Pot Douglah, 7 Pot Jonah, 7 Pot Barrackpore, Yellow Brain Strain, Peach Bhut Jolokia, White Bhut jolokia, Sweet Banana, Golden Greek Pepperoncini, Pimiento, Legacy Big Jim, Jamaican Hot Chocolate and a few more! We are so excited to be adding these the great peppers to our collection. They will all be available the first week of November!
Unusual Gifts for GardenersPepper Seeds from around the world make the perfect unusual gift for gardeners in your life. Gardeners always love growing something new, and most of us are seed-collectors (maybe seed-hoarders), haha! But we know that seeds are a wonderful gift of magic – they grow into delicious homegrown vegetables that are a treat for the tastebuds! New Mexican Green Chile is a hard-to-find delicacy that belongs in every garden around the world! When you roast these large pods on the grill they have th...
Green Chile Scalloped Potatoes RecipeBest Green Chile Scalloped Potatoes Recipe This is a spicy twist on one of our favorite potato dishes! When you add Hatch chiles to this recipe, the flavor is AMAZING!! 5-8 Potatoes (thinly sliced) 1.5 Cups of Heavy Whipping Cream or Coconut Milk Roasted Hatch Green Chiles (frozen or fresh roasted) 1/3 Cup Mild Cheddar Cheese (optional, freshly grated) 1/3 Cup Monterey Jack Cheese (optional, freshly grated) 1 Onion (sliced thin, any onion will work, white, yellow or Red) Chopped Herb...
Best Vegetables to Grow in ColoradoWe think that some of the best vegetables to grow in Colorado are Chile peppers and Tomatoes. We of course love growing all other vegetables as well including zucchini, squash, pumpkins, herbs, eggplant, and cucumbers of course, for making spicy pickles with the hot peppers! But tomatoes and peppers are hard to top. Any Colorado vegetable garden is likely to include several varieties of peppers and tomatoes, they bring such a wide variety of flavors and colors to the garden.Just think about...
So, as a life long BOC fan and an avid gardener who loves the quality of seeds I’ve always received from Sandia Seeds. I just had to have this shirt. It rocks! I ordered a couple more for some fellow BOC fans as well. Great quality and the graphic is outstanding!
I'm going to grow these every year, they are HOT!! They make great poppers and salsa. Very productive, easy to grow, quick germination and fast growing plants. Thank you for the stellar seeds.
I planted several cultivars from wholesale seed. These were prolific. See all that RED (and green)?!? Looking forward to harvesting in a few days. Thank You Sandia Seed!
I pretty much use Sandia seeds exclusively! A few years ago I just happened to order your Jalapeño M. To me it's the perfect Jalapeño! Really nice size! Perfect heat for what we like! Wonderful flavor with a meatyness that's perfect for many different uses! I make my own Sriracha so I wait for them to turn red. They're one of my base peppers for my sauce! I praise them to all my personal friends and to members of groups that I belong to!
Serrano Hidalgo Seeds fromSandia Seed produce even in the HOT drought of central Illinois this year! I love adding a little Mexican kick to my salsa but also tossing these on the grill! They have great flavor and produce all summer long!
I had looked high & low, and searched the web with many word combinations ‘looking’ specifically for my favorite chili, the Dynamite xx Hot… so I could grow my own. The peppers were sold in Colorado at select places during roasting season, but you couldn’t buy seeds for them… anywhere!
Finally, as luck and persistence would have it, I discovered Sandia Seed Company.
Thank you Sandia! I planted them and had a great crop this year. I plan on growing them every year as well as trying some of their other seeds,
There's just something fun about growing a jalapeno that is light enough in color that some people think it's a banana pepper. LOL! I picked these just for color variety, and I'm very pleased that my plants have been loaded with them all season! We donated about 50 lbs of mixed peppers this year from our garden and I still had enough to freeze some and can more jars of recipes than we'll probably be able to use before next season. All my peppers were from Sandia Seed Company. I've never had such great pepper production before using these seeds!!
This spinach germinated well, and produced way more spinach than I'd initially expected. It grew really well, was slow to bolt in the summer, and has a really nice mild flavor for salads or steamed.
This was my first time growing these and I will definitely be growing them from now on. Great germination and very sturdy plants that have withstood some really high winds. Huge long peppers that are excellent green or red, very easy to peel skin.
Growing these in Florida, (Recent transplant of NM).
Lovely peppers. Took a couple weeks is all and wow! I have several budding; 2 large enough to nickname. They're still in their infancy, but I can tell they are going to be great! Love the seeds!
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...
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...
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...
It's not too late to start Hatch & Pueblo Chile seeds!
It's not too late to start Hatch Chile and Pueblo Chile seeds! These fast growing varieties were perfected by farmers over generations to grow well in the short seasons of the West. They germinate quickly, and grow fast, where you'll get pods in about 70 days after transplanting into the garden. Another added perk is that if you live in a dry growing region, these Western peppers don't need as much water as many other vegetables and fruits, so they work well in hot, dry climates....
Seed Discounts: 20% off our Fastest Growing Peppers!
SORRY, THIS SALE HAS ENDED!Signup for our newsletter to get our future deals! 20% OFF OUR FASTEST GROWING PEPPER SEEDS Use discount code: FASTERPEPPERS to save big on all of our Fastest Growing Pepper Seeds CollectionNow through Sunday, May 10, 2026. (EXPIRED) The secret to harvesting peppers faster is to grow the fastest growing varieties including: Chocolate Bell, Early Jalapeño, Lemon Spice Jalapeño, Serrano Tampiqueño, Shishito, Hatch Big Jim, 6-4 Mild Hatch Green Chile, Banana Peppers an...
Discount Seeds: Get 15% off our Seed Bundles!
Sandia Seed has lots of Discount Seeds! Get 15% off our Seed Bundles now. We have a great selection of fun new bundles that are perfect for any gardener to get started growing specialty peppers and other vegetables. Shown Above: Our popular Heat Progression Hatch Chile Seeds BundleThis 15% off bundle features the four most popular chile varieties, Hatch Green Mild NM 6-4, Hatch Green Medium Big Jim, Hatch Green Hot Doublecross, and Hatch Green X Hot Barker's Hot. Perfect for gardeners a...
Lemitar Chile Seeds
Have you been searching for Lemitar Chile seeds and have not been able to find a place that sells to grow as a home gardener? Well, that's because technically there is not just one specific chile variety for Lemitar chile, they grow several varieties of New Mexico Chile Varieties, including: Espanola Improved Joe E Parker Big Jims New Mexico 6-4 Ms. Junie Lumbre Barker's Hot What makes these chiles "Lemitar chiles" is the growing region in New Mexico. It's all about the ...
Beginner‑Friendly Hot Peppers
At Sandia Seed we LOVE peppers, and we enjoy helping people grow their own peppers from seed! We think some of the best peppers for beginners to grow are the fastest growing peppers, including Jalapeños, Green Chiles, and Serranos. Why? Because they germinate fast, grow quickly, and produce a lot of peppers for a longer season so beginners are more likely to have success! And who doesn't like MORE peppers? Beginner's and experts alike will like all of these peppers we mention below. ...
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...
Zero Waste Gardening
Best Zero-Waste Gardening Ideas: • Store your veggies in glass dishes! We steam our fresh roasted chiles in our favorite pyrex cooking dish, no plastic needed! Works great, and you can reuse it again and again. Don't have one? Go buy one at a thrift store, they have tons of these beautful, long-lasting dishes that you can use to store cooked vegetables without the use of plastic.Fresh-roasted homegrown green chiles are the BEST!! Any glass dish with glass lid will work, we love ...
Garden Memes
Check out our Garden Memes for those who love gardening! I googled my symptoms and it turns out I’m past due for dilly dallying in the garden. 😄 Learn to identify seedlings in the Cucurbitaceae family by their first set of leaves. 😄Garden Meme: If you're not happy single, you won't be happy married. Happiness comes from gardening, not relationships. What did you do this weekend? Plant people: Gardened. August 8th is National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch D...
Cheap Vegetable Seeds
Looking for cheap vegetable seeds? Check out our discounted seed 3-packs, with three of our most popular varieties. Our Chimayo, Big Jim & Sandia Select Green Chile Seeds 3-pack has 90 seeds total for just $6.35! Now that's a great deal, you can grow a huge plot of these famous New Mexican chiles in your backyard garden or urban farm for under $7. Check out this Wyoming gardener's massive chile garden and harvest photos below – she grows a HUGE harvest of Big Jim green chiles ev...
Chilli Seeds
Welcome gardeners and farmers! Sandia Seed offers chilli seeds for sale from pepper varieties around the world – we specialized in New Mexican Hatch Chile seeds as well as other red and green chiles like the famous (and huge) Big Jim Chile, or the delicious Poblano Chile. Below are some of our green chile seeds we offer. We spell chile, with an 'e' at the end, but depending on where you live in the world, chile can be spelled as: chile, chili, or chilli. Whatever way you spell ...
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...
Unusual Gifts for Gardeners
Pepper Seeds from around the world make the perfect unusual gift for gardeners in your life. Gardeners always love growing something new, and most of us are seed-collectors (maybe seed-hoarders), haha! But we know that seeds are a wonderful gift of magic – they grow into delicious homegrown vegetables that are a treat for the tastebuds! New Mexican Green Chile is a hard-to-find delicacy that belongs in every garden around the world! When you roast these large pods on the grill they have th...
Green Chile Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
Best Green Chile Scalloped Potatoes Recipe This is a spicy twist on one of our favorite potato dishes! When you add Hatch chiles to this recipe, the flavor is AMAZING!! 5-8 Potatoes (thinly sliced) 1.5 Cups of Heavy Whipping Cream or Coconut Milk Roasted Hatch Green Chiles (frozen or fresh roasted) 1/3 Cup Mild Cheddar Cheese (optional, freshly grated) 1/3 Cup Monterey Jack Cheese (optional, freshly grated) 1 Onion (sliced thin, any onion will work, white, yellow or Red) Chopped Herb...
Best Vegetables to Grow in Colorado
We think that some of the best vegetables to grow in Colorado are Chile peppers and Tomatoes. We of course love growing all other vegetables as well including zucchini, squash, pumpkins, herbs, eggplant, and cucumbers of course, for making spicy pickles with the hot peppers! But tomatoes and peppers are hard to top. Any Colorado vegetable garden is likely to include several varieties of peppers and tomatoes, they bring such a wide variety of flavors and colors to the garden.Just think about...
