Sport Pepper RecipeMake your own Chicago-style pickled Sport Peppers from your garden! For this recipe, you can use any slender, hot peppers like Sport Peppers, Serranos, Cascabellas, or Tabasco peppers. You can mix and match peppers too, if you don't have enough of one variety. Sport Peppers Recipe IngredientsSport peppers or green hot peppers of your choiceBrine:5 cups white vinegar 5% acidity1 cup water4 teaspoons pickling salt2 tablespoons sugar2 cloves garlic (optional)InstructionsWash peppers, then s...
Trick or Treat Pepper Seeds Sale!Use Discount Code: TRICKORTREAT on any of our pepper seeds in our Trick or Treat Collection to get 25% off seeds! Play trick or treat with your peppers by growing these look-a-likes. Will it be a spicy burn or a sweet treat? Trick or Treat vs Jalapeno Orange Spice, Habanada vs Habanero Orange, Nadapeno vs. Jalapeno M, Cow Horn Hot vs Jimmy Nardello, Hot Hungarian vs Sweet Hungarian, Hot Red Cherry vs Sweet Red Cherry... you decide which sweet and hot peppers to pair up! These would make a gre...
Best Seed Catalog for BeginnersSandia Seed is a great choice if you love growing peppers and tomatoes and easy-to-grow, tried and true vegetables. Why Sandia Seed Works for Beginners Beginner-Friendly Varieties: Sandia Seed offers easy-to-grow pepper varieties like jalapeños and New Mexican green chiles, along with non-GMO heirloom and hybrid tomatoes. Helpful Guidance: Our 36-page Seed Catalog includes growing tips, clear color photos, and recipes. High Quality: Our customers praise our high germination rates and tru...
Heat Loving Vegetables - grow from seed!This year was an exceptionally hot season for growing fruit and vegetables in Colorado. Some veggies thrived, while others struggled. Larger tomatoes had a hard time setting fruit when we had nearly two months of 95˚ F + temperatures straight. So while they are finally starting to come in now, during the heat of the summer many were dropping blossoms or if they had fruit a lot of it was getting blossom end rot, most likely from inconsistent soil moisture due to the super dry heat. There ar...
When to Harvest TomatillosWhen to Harvest Tomatillos One of the best indications that your Tomatillos are getting ripe is when you see a few start to fall off the plant. Tomatillos will often fall off when ready, or if you touch them they'll detach easily off of the plant when ripe. When ripe, the green husks also will turn to a pale light brown color and be more papery, and the fruit inside starts to turn more yellow-lime green from the original green color. If it's a purple tomatillo, it will turn more pur...
Wholesale Seeds - Sell Unique Varieties in your Garden Center– Wholesale Seeds - order a collection with display to sell seeds instantly! We have both table top and floor displays to fit your garden center or shop's space. All of Sandia Seed Company's seeds are non-GMO, untreated, and organically-sourced, so you know you're getting a quality product. Shop all of our Wholesale Seeds » Selling seeds from the Sandia Seed Company allows retailers and garden centers to offer unique, hard-to-find pepper and vegetable varieties that differentiate...
Corking on Jalapeño Peppers - good or bad?Corking on Jalapeño Peppers – is it a problem or an asset? Corking is just pepper stretch marks! For many pepper aficionados, corking is a sign of a great tasting mature pepper. Some say that they are hotter when they have corking, but it depends on the pepper in our experience. In many South American countries and in Mexico, corked peppers fetch a higher price, but they are not often sold in the US due to consumer obsession with appearance. These stretch marks are caused by the amount of wat...
2027 Seed Catalog - Peppers of the World!Our 2027 Seed Catalog is shipping!Your next garden adventure starts here!Manually flip through our seed catalog lower below. For nearly 20 years, Sandia Seed Company has been chasing one deliciously fiery dream: helping gardeners grow the world’s most amazing peppers right at home. Back in 2008, truly authentic green chiles and one-of-a-kind heirloom peppers were hard to track down on ordinary seed racks. So, we decided to bring the heat! We began with our favorite Hatch green chiles and ...
Grow Your Own Chipotle PeppersChipotle (chih-POHT-lay) peppers start as jalapeños! Grow your own jalapeños from seed, let them fully ripen to a deep red, then smoke and dry them to create rich, smoky homemade chipotle peppers. Grow: Start jalapeño seeds indoors 8–10 weeks before the last frost. Keep the soil warm, around 80–85°F, for best germination. Transplant outdoors after the danger of frost has passed. Ripen: Instead of picking your jalapeños green, leave them on the plant until they turn completely red. Fully ripe ...
Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe IIHere is a great recipe with only 7 ingredients and super easy to make. We suggest cooking it outdoors on a grill if possible, because when Ghost peppers are heated the fumes are intense! Ingredients 6 chopped Ghost peppers 1 small diced onion (or white parts of green onions) 2 medium chopped tomatoes 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup water 1 tablespoon olive oil Instructions Step 1: Sauté the Peppers and Onions. Put on nitrile gloves before handling the ghost pep...
Fresh Garden Tomato SaladHere’s a fresh, simple tomato salad that really lets garden tomatoes shine. Fresh Garden Tomato Salad Ingredients 4 large ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges or chunks ½ small red onion (or bunching green onions), very thinly sliced ½ cucumber, sliced ¼ cup fresh basil, torn 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 1 small garlic clove, finely minced ½ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ½ teaspoon dried oregano Optional: ½ cup crumbled feta Direct...
Roasted Giant Marconi Peppers with Garlic & ParmesanRoasted Giant Marconi Peppers with Garlic & Parmesan Recipe A delicious way to enjoy the wonderful taste of Giant Marconi peppers! 2-4 Giant Marconi Peppers 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced ¼ teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar, optional Heat oven to 425°F. Cut the Giant Marconi peppers in half lengthwise and remove the seeds and stems. Place them cut side up on a ba...
Tomatillo & Chile de Arbol Salsa RecipeSomething red and something green... makes a rich amber-colored salsa. A friend said they had a delicious "Brown Salsa" at a Mexican restaurant that they absolutely loved, and they asked what it could be made from. It was likely Tomatillos (or even purple tomatillos) and red chile de arbol, or some variation of it. See a recipe below. This combination of green and red ingredients creates a rich, thick, smoky brown or amber-toned salsa with a complex flavor profile. A Thicker Salsa: To...
Hot Sauce FestivalsHot Sauce Festivals are our jam! Here are some that are coming up. Share with us on Facebook if you know of any upcoming hot sauce or chile/chili or hot pepper festivals. NC Hot Sauce Contest & FestivalSeptember 11 & 12, 2026Downtown Oxford, North CarolinaCrowning North Carolina’s best hot sauce, live music, glow-in-the-dark putt-putt, and the Bailey Farms Pepper Eating Contest. Midwest Hops & Hot Sauce Festival Saturday, October 17, 2026 (Cancelled? Check their site)Aurora Athl...
Freeze Warning? Here's what to do in your GardenTonight they are predicting a freeze here in the West, here is what we recommend to harvest before your first frost: Pick any sensitive veggies like basil, tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, etc. Kale, and many Herbs like Oregano, Thyme, Chives, Green onions and Dill will be fine for a few light frosts. Pumpkins and squash sometimes won’t be damaged by a light frost, but the leaves will. Harvest winter squash like pumpkins before temperatures drop below 20°F, which can damage the fruit itsel...
Caribbean Red Habanero Pineapple Hot Sauce RecipeCaribbean Red Habanero Pineapple Hot Sauce If you have a lot of red habaneros, make sure to make this recipe for a spicy culinary delight! This hot sauce goes great on everything from tacos to pizza. Ingredients:20 Caribbean Red habaneros, stems removed1 medium sweet onion, chopped5 cloves garlic1½ cups white vinegar½ cup water2 tablespoons lime juice2 tablespoons honey or brown sugar1½ teaspoons salt1 cup fresh pineapple chunks Directions:Wear gloves when handling the habaneros. Cut them in ...
2027 Seeds are Shipping!Our 2027 Seed Packets are shipping, and a lot of our customer favorites that were out-of-stock are now back. Get your seeds early for the best selection. Shop all seeds » Our new Seed Catalog is also printed and shipping, check it out for lots of recipes, growing tips, and of course 100 peppers of the world plus tomato seeds and veggie seeds, too. Our 36- page full color Seed Catalog is packed with peppers for all gardeners. With over 100 pepers of the world, there's something for ever...
What are the benefits of garlic chives?Garlic Chives are very easy to grow, and are a perennial* herb that will last for years in the garden. They are very useful in the kitchen, plus the blooms are beautiful and attract a ton of pollinators and beneficial insects. If you love garlic, then you'll love garlic chives! Above: A beautiful gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) butterfly on Garlic Chives – not only are they useful in the kitchen, they also attract a ton of pollinators including bees, moths, hoverflies, and beneficial...
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...
Why grow cherry tomatoes?Cherry tomatoes are the easiest tomatoes to grow! They produce fruit faster, have better heat tolerance and offer a continuous harvest compared to most full-sized tomatoes. Everyone should be growing at least one or two cherry tomato varieties in their garden. There are a ton of different kinds of cherry tomatoes, too, so try growing some different ones each year in addition to your favorites. Here are some of our top reasons to grow cherry tomatoes: Faster Harvests: They start coming in ...
Sport Pepper Recipe
Make your own Chicago-style pickled Sport Peppers from your garden! For this recipe, you can use any slender, hot peppers like Sport Peppers, Serranos, Cascabellas, or Tabasco peppers. You can mix and match peppers too, if you don't have enough of one variety. Sport Peppers Recipe IngredientsSport peppers or green hot peppers of your choiceBrine:5 cups white vinegar 5% acidity1 cup water4 teaspoons pickling salt2 tablespoons sugar2 cloves garlic (optional)InstructionsWash peppers, then s...
Trick or Treat Pepper Seeds Sale!
Use Discount Code: TRICKORTREAT on any of our pepper seeds in our Trick or Treat Collection to get 25% off seeds! Play trick or treat with your peppers by growing these look-a-likes. Will it be a spicy burn or a sweet treat? Trick or Treat vs Jalapeno Orange Spice, Habanada vs Habanero Orange, Nadapeno vs. Jalapeno M, Cow Horn Hot vs Jimmy Nardello, Hot Hungarian vs Sweet Hungarian, Hot Red Cherry vs Sweet Red Cherry... you decide which sweet and hot peppers to pair up! These would make a gre...
Best Seed Catalog for Beginners
Sandia Seed is a great choice if you love growing peppers and tomatoes and easy-to-grow, tried and true vegetables. Why Sandia Seed Works for Beginners Beginner-Friendly Varieties: Sandia Seed offers easy-to-grow pepper varieties like jalapeños and New Mexican green chiles, along with non-GMO heirloom and hybrid tomatoes. Helpful Guidance: Our 36-page Seed Catalog includes growing tips, clear color photos, and recipes. High Quality: Our customers praise our high germination rates and tru...
Heat Loving Vegetables - grow from seed!
This year was an exceptionally hot season for growing fruit and vegetables in Colorado. Some veggies thrived, while others struggled. Larger tomatoes had a hard time setting fruit when we had nearly two months of 95˚ F + temperatures straight. So while they are finally starting to come in now, during the heat of the summer many were dropping blossoms or if they had fruit a lot of it was getting blossom end rot, most likely from inconsistent soil moisture due to the super dry heat. There ar...
When to Harvest Tomatillos
When to Harvest Tomatillos One of the best indications that your Tomatillos are getting ripe is when you see a few start to fall off the plant. Tomatillos will often fall off when ready, or if you touch them they'll detach easily off of the plant when ripe. When ripe, the green husks also will turn to a pale light brown color and be more papery, and the fruit inside starts to turn more yellow-lime green from the original green color. If it's a purple tomatillo, it will turn more pur...
Wholesale Seeds - Sell Unique Varieties in your Garden Center
– Wholesale Seeds - order a collection with display to sell seeds instantly! We have both table top and floor displays to fit your garden center or shop's space. All of Sandia Seed Company's seeds are non-GMO, untreated, and organically-sourced, so you know you're getting a quality product. Shop all of our Wholesale Seeds » Selling seeds from the Sandia Seed Company allows retailers and garden centers to offer unique, hard-to-find pepper and vegetable varieties that differentiate...
Corking on Jalapeño Peppers - good or bad?
Corking on Jalapeño Peppers – is it a problem or an asset? Corking is just pepper stretch marks! For many pepper aficionados, corking is a sign of a great tasting mature pepper. Some say that they are hotter when they have corking, but it depends on the pepper in our experience. In many South American countries and in Mexico, corked peppers fetch a higher price, but they are not often sold in the US due to consumer obsession with appearance. These stretch marks are caused by the amount of wat...
2027 Seed Catalog - Peppers of the World!
Our 2027 Seed Catalog is shipping!Your next garden adventure starts here!Manually flip through our seed catalog lower below. For nearly 20 years, Sandia Seed Company has been chasing one deliciously fiery dream: helping gardeners grow the world’s most amazing peppers right at home. Back in 2008, truly authentic green chiles and one-of-a-kind heirloom peppers were hard to track down on ordinary seed racks. So, we decided to bring the heat! We began with our favorite Hatch green chiles and ...
Grow Your Own Chipotle Peppers
Chipotle (chih-POHT-lay) peppers start as jalapeños! Grow your own jalapeños from seed, let them fully ripen to a deep red, then smoke and dry them to create rich, smoky homemade chipotle peppers. Grow: Start jalapeño seeds indoors 8–10 weeks before the last frost. Keep the soil warm, around 80–85°F, for best germination. Transplant outdoors after the danger of frost has passed. Ripen: Instead of picking your jalapeños green, leave them on the plant until they turn completely red. Fully ripe ...
Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe II
Here is a great recipe with only 7 ingredients and super easy to make. We suggest cooking it outdoors on a grill if possible, because when Ghost peppers are heated the fumes are intense! Ingredients 6 chopped Ghost peppers 1 small diced onion (or white parts of green onions) 2 medium chopped tomatoes 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup water 1 tablespoon olive oil Instructions Step 1: Sauté the Peppers and Onions. Put on nitrile gloves before handling the ghost pep...
Fresh Garden Tomato Salad
Here’s a fresh, simple tomato salad that really lets garden tomatoes shine. Fresh Garden Tomato Salad Ingredients 4 large ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges or chunks ½ small red onion (or bunching green onions), very thinly sliced ½ cucumber, sliced ¼ cup fresh basil, torn 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 1 small garlic clove, finely minced ½ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ½ teaspoon dried oregano Optional: ½ cup crumbled feta Direct...
Roasted Giant Marconi Peppers with Garlic & Parmesan
Roasted Giant Marconi Peppers with Garlic & Parmesan Recipe A delicious way to enjoy the wonderful taste of Giant Marconi peppers! 2-4 Giant Marconi Peppers 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced ¼ teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar, optional Heat oven to 425°F. Cut the Giant Marconi peppers in half lengthwise and remove the seeds and stems. Place them cut side up on a ba...
Tomatillo & Chile de Arbol Salsa Recipe
Something red and something green... makes a rich amber-colored salsa. A friend said they had a delicious "Brown Salsa" at a Mexican restaurant that they absolutely loved, and they asked what it could be made from. It was likely Tomatillos (or even purple tomatillos) and red chile de arbol, or some variation of it. See a recipe below. This combination of green and red ingredients creates a rich, thick, smoky brown or amber-toned salsa with a complex flavor profile. A Thicker Salsa: To...
Hot Sauce Festivals
Hot Sauce Festivals are our jam! Here are some that are coming up. Share with us on Facebook if you know of any upcoming hot sauce or chile/chili or hot pepper festivals. NC Hot Sauce Contest & FestivalSeptember 11 & 12, 2026Downtown Oxford, North CarolinaCrowning North Carolina’s best hot sauce, live music, glow-in-the-dark putt-putt, and the Bailey Farms Pepper Eating Contest. Midwest Hops & Hot Sauce Festival Saturday, October 17, 2026 (Cancelled? Check their site)Aurora Athl...
Freeze Warning? Here's what to do in your Garden
Tonight they are predicting a freeze here in the West, here is what we recommend to harvest before your first frost: Pick any sensitive veggies like basil, tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, etc. Kale, and many Herbs like Oregano, Thyme, Chives, Green onions and Dill will be fine for a few light frosts. Pumpkins and squash sometimes won’t be damaged by a light frost, but the leaves will. Harvest winter squash like pumpkins before temperatures drop below 20°F, which can damage the fruit itsel...
Caribbean Red Habanero Pineapple Hot Sauce Recipe
Caribbean Red Habanero Pineapple Hot Sauce If you have a lot of red habaneros, make sure to make this recipe for a spicy culinary delight! This hot sauce goes great on everything from tacos to pizza. Ingredients:20 Caribbean Red habaneros, stems removed1 medium sweet onion, chopped5 cloves garlic1½ cups white vinegar½ cup water2 tablespoons lime juice2 tablespoons honey or brown sugar1½ teaspoons salt1 cup fresh pineapple chunks Directions:Wear gloves when handling the habaneros. Cut them in ...
2027 Seeds are Shipping!
Our 2027 Seed Packets are shipping, and a lot of our customer favorites that were out-of-stock are now back. Get your seeds early for the best selection. Shop all seeds » Our new Seed Catalog is also printed and shipping, check it out for lots of recipes, growing tips, and of course 100 peppers of the world plus tomato seeds and veggie seeds, too. Our 36- page full color Seed Catalog is packed with peppers for all gardeners. With over 100 pepers of the world, there's something for ever...
What are the benefits of garlic chives?
Garlic Chives are very easy to grow, and are a perennial* herb that will last for years in the garden. They are very useful in the kitchen, plus the blooms are beautiful and attract a ton of pollinators and beneficial insects. If you love garlic, then you'll love garlic chives! Above: A beautiful gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) butterfly on Garlic Chives – not only are they useful in the kitchen, they also attract a ton of pollinators including bees, moths, hoverflies, and beneficial...
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...
Why grow cherry tomatoes?
Cherry tomatoes are the easiest tomatoes to grow! They produce fruit faster, have better heat tolerance and offer a continuous harvest compared to most full-sized tomatoes. Everyone should be growing at least one or two cherry tomato varieties in their garden. There are a ton of different kinds of cherry tomatoes, too, so try growing some different ones each year in addition to your favorites. Here are some of our top reasons to grow cherry tomatoes: Faster Harvests: They start coming in ...
