Zucchini Companion PlantsGot squash bugs? If you plant Nasturtiums with your Zucchini and Squash plants, they are known to help to decrease the number of squash bugs! Plus, the Nasturtiums' leaves, flowers and their seed pods are beautiful and edible, too. Some people pickle the green Nasturtium seedpods to use them like capers. Nasturtium flowers can be added to lettuce salads, both the flowers and the leaves have a nice sweet and peppery horseradish-like flavor. The enchanting flowers also attract pollinators. ...
Discount Seeds: Easter Sale on Yellow Pepper Seeds!HAPPY EASTER! Get 20% off selected Yellow Peppers Use Discount Code: EASTER2024 Click here to shop for the peppers on sale and automatically apply discount code to your cart. Offer good through Monday, April 1, 2024. Looking for more deals?Check out our 50% Off Seeds and Discount Seed Bundles » Happy growing!!
Earth Day Seed Sale!Earth Day Seed Discounts! Get 22% OFF select green peppers and vegetable seeds now thru midnight on Earth Day on Monday, April 22, 2024. Use Discount Code: EARTHDAY2024Celebrate Earth Day all year with our Sustainable Gardening tips »
Hot Pepper Sauce Recipe - Quick & Easy!Here is a quick and easy hot pepper sauce recipe: Hot Pepper Sauce Recipe 1.5 cups of Red Hot Peppers (try Fresno, Cayenne, Hot Portugal)5 cloves of Garlic1/4 cup chopped onions or shallots2 teaspoons of Salt1 cup VinegarRemove stems, cut peppers in half lengthwise, remove seeds and ribs IF desired to reduce heat, chop. Add all ingredients to a medium sauce pan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and cover to simmer for about 15-20 minutes. Let cool off for about 15 minutes, then add to a blender ...
2025 Seed CatalogAre you excited for the 2025 growing season? We sure are! Make sure to order our seed catalog to add to your winter reading and dreaming so you can grow peppers of the world plus lots of tomatoes and veggies, too. 2025 Seed Catalog Cover shown above, finalized with Ristras!We just sent our 2025 Seed Catalog to the printer! It's packed with seeds for 101 specialty peppers, 59 tomatoes in all sizes, and 42 easy to grow vegetables. Our Seed Catalog also includes lots of growing tips, pepp...
August Gardening Tips1. Harvest your Peppers (and other veggies)!Simply harvesting your peppers and other summer vegetables like tomatoes, squash, zucchini, and eggplant can help them continue to produce more fruits over time. Harvesting will encourage the plant to produce more blooms. Does picking peppers make more grow? Yes, the more peppers you pick, the more peppers will continue growing on your plant! Keep harvesting peppers as soon as they are ripe and firm so you can grow more! Read more »2. How to know wh...
Does picking peppers make more grow?Does picking peppers encourage more to grow? Yes, the more peppers you pick, the more peppers will continue growing on your plant! Keep harvesting peppers as soon as they are ripe and firm so you can grow more! How do you know when peppers are ready to pick? Pick peppers when they are the size and color you want.The harvest time depends on the chile pepper, so look at your seed packet to find out the number of days to harvest for a general idea of when to expect to pick your peppers. Howev...
How long does it take for Padron peppers to grow?How long does it take for Padron peppers to grow? Padron peppers are short season peppers, and they begin to harvest in about 65 days after starting from seed. These heirloom peppers are beloved by gardeners because they are extremely early and highly productive, giving you peppers long before other pepper varieties come to harvest. Planting them in warm conditions is best for fastest growth! Make sure not to overwater or underwater them for the best success – they don't like to have sog...
Garden Photo Contest - Win Free Seeds!OUR CONTEST HAS ENDED! Congratulations to our three winners for entering our photo contest in August! Josh, Richard P. and Brant P. were the lucky recipients of $25 gift cards to shop our online seed store, sandiaseed.com. Thanks to EVERYONE who entered, there were so many great photos of your gardens and harvests! Stay tuned for future contests, and keep sharing your photos and tagging us with #sandiaseed so we can see them. Happy growing! Brant's winning photo – he says: My f...
Hatch Chile RecipesHatch chile are one of our favorite peppers to grow – their flavor, when roasted and peeled, is out of this world! Buttery, smokey, spicy with slightly sweet fruitiness, Hatch Chile offers intense flavor to any dish. Hatch chile seeds can be grown in any vegetable garden, make sure to grow some of these giant flavorful peppers to add flavor and heat to your table! You can simply roast them on a grill, air fryer, or under a broiler until blacked and blistered – then let cool in a covered glas...
What Makes Hatch Chiles So Special?What Makes Hatch Chiles So Special? It is said that these green chile varieties, grown in the region of Hatch, New Mexico, take on flavors from the unique terroir (terrior is a French word which refers to the unique environmental factors that affect the characteristics of agriculture, such as wine grapes or green chile. So Hatch Chile is special due to where it is grown – the soil, the land and weather. But, that doesn't mean you can't grow these special Hatch Chile seeds anywhere you...
Golden Jalapeno SeedsJust picked some beautiful golden Jaloro Jalapeños today! This is the first jalapeño developed to be glowing golden yellow. Oro means gold in Spanish, hence the name. Great for short seasons, these early jalapeños are productive and disease resistant to 6 types of viruses that often affect peppers. Plants produce big yields of colorful yellow jalapeño peppers that are 2” long with juicy thick walls. The shorter 24” plants make this a good container variety. TMV resistant. THESE GOLDEN JALAP...
Where to Buy Pepper SeedsLook no further than SandiaSeed.com to buy pepper seeds from around the world! With 100 pepper seed varieties to choose from, you are sure to get your pepper fix at Sandia Seed! We specialize in New Mexico Chile – such as the famous Hatch Chile varieties – and we also offer a wide variety of pepper, tomato and vegetable seeds, including some of the hottest pepper varieties, sweet pepper seeds, and heirloom tomato seeds to make your favorite salsa recipes. Find stores that sell our pepper s...
Quick Dinner SalsaIngredients 4 medium Tomatoes (halved) 1 small Onion (cut into large chunks) 1/2 cup Fresh cilantro 1 medium Jalapeno or Serrano (seeds removed and coarsely chopped) 3 cloves Garlic (coarsely chopped) 1 tbsp Lime juice 1/4 tsp Sea salt Combine all the ingredients in a food processor. Makes about 3 cups. Enjoy with chips or on tacos and burritos. Keeps in refrigerator one week.
When to Pick TomatoesThis Chef's Choice Orange Tomato is getting soft and ready to pick. How do you know when your tomatoes are ready? You know that tomatoes are ready to pick when their skin has changed color, is glossy and there is no green tinge. You will also know a tomato is ready to be picked when it begins to lose its firmness. Once they start to turn to their expected color, just gently squeeze your tomatoes to see if it is firm or gives a bit – if they are starting to get soft, tomatoes are ripe and...
Squash Wilting?Why does my squash wilt? If your zucchini, pumpkin, squash or cucumber plants are wilting, it could be a few things: 1. Wilting squash during the Heat of the Day: The most common reason that pumpkin, cucumbers, zucchini and squash leaves wilt is that the cucurbita family has a low root-to-shoot ratio, meaning that they have a shallow root system that supports a very large mass of above ground vegetation. Because of this, during the dry heat of the sunniest part of the day, squash leaves...
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!
I got these to make Chipotle chilis. These fruit early and are mild-ish when green, but when they ripen, they are perfect for smoking and drying with great flavor and nice heat. Don't plant too many as they are quite prolific.
Zucchini Companion Plants
Got squash bugs? If you plant Nasturtiums with your Zucchini and Squash plants, they are known to help to decrease the number of squash bugs! Plus, the Nasturtiums' leaves, flowers and their seed pods are beautiful and edible, too. Some people pickle the green Nasturtium seedpods to use them like capers. Nasturtium flowers can be added to lettuce salads, both the flowers and the leaves have a nice sweet and peppery horseradish-like flavor. The enchanting flowers also attract pollinators. ...
Discount Seeds: Easter Sale on Yellow Pepper Seeds!
HAPPY EASTER! Get 20% off selected Yellow Peppers Use Discount Code: EASTER2024 Click here to shop for the peppers on sale and automatically apply discount code to your cart. Offer good through Monday, April 1, 2024. Looking for more deals?Check out our 50% Off Seeds and Discount Seed Bundles » Happy growing!!
Earth Day Seed Sale!
Earth Day Seed Discounts! Get 22% OFF select green peppers and vegetable seeds now thru midnight on Earth Day on Monday, April 22, 2024. Use Discount Code: EARTHDAY2024Celebrate Earth Day all year with our Sustainable Gardening tips »
Hot Pepper Sauce Recipe - Quick & Easy!
Here is a quick and easy hot pepper sauce recipe: Hot Pepper Sauce Recipe 1.5 cups of Red Hot Peppers (try Fresno, Cayenne, Hot Portugal)5 cloves of Garlic1/4 cup chopped onions or shallots2 teaspoons of Salt1 cup VinegarRemove stems, cut peppers in half lengthwise, remove seeds and ribs IF desired to reduce heat, chop. Add all ingredients to a medium sauce pan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and cover to simmer for about 15-20 minutes. Let cool off for about 15 minutes, then add to a blender ...
2025 Seed Catalog
Are you excited for the 2025 growing season? We sure are! Make sure to order our seed catalog to add to your winter reading and dreaming so you can grow peppers of the world plus lots of tomatoes and veggies, too. 2025 Seed Catalog Cover shown above, finalized with Ristras!We just sent our 2025 Seed Catalog to the printer! It's packed with seeds for 101 specialty peppers, 59 tomatoes in all sizes, and 42 easy to grow vegetables. Our Seed Catalog also includes lots of growing tips, pepp...
August Gardening Tips
1. Harvest your Peppers (and other veggies)!Simply harvesting your peppers and other summer vegetables like tomatoes, squash, zucchini, and eggplant can help them continue to produce more fruits over time. Harvesting will encourage the plant to produce more blooms. Does picking peppers make more grow? Yes, the more peppers you pick, the more peppers will continue growing on your plant! Keep harvesting peppers as soon as they are ripe and firm so you can grow more! Read more »2. How to know wh...
Does picking peppers make more grow?
Does picking peppers encourage more to grow? Yes, the more peppers you pick, the more peppers will continue growing on your plant! Keep harvesting peppers as soon as they are ripe and firm so you can grow more! How do you know when peppers are ready to pick? Pick peppers when they are the size and color you want.The harvest time depends on the chile pepper, so look at your seed packet to find out the number of days to harvest for a general idea of when to expect to pick your peppers. Howev...
How long does it take for Padron peppers to grow?
How long does it take for Padron peppers to grow? Padron peppers are short season peppers, and they begin to harvest in about 65 days after starting from seed. These heirloom peppers are beloved by gardeners because they are extremely early and highly productive, giving you peppers long before other pepper varieties come to harvest. Planting them in warm conditions is best for fastest growth! Make sure not to overwater or underwater them for the best success – they don't like to have sog...
Garden Photo Contest - Win Free Seeds!
OUR CONTEST HAS ENDED! Congratulations to our three winners for entering our photo contest in August! Josh, Richard P. and Brant P. were the lucky recipients of $25 gift cards to shop our online seed store, sandiaseed.com. Thanks to EVERYONE who entered, there were so many great photos of your gardens and harvests! Stay tuned for future contests, and keep sharing your photos and tagging us with #sandiaseed so we can see them. Happy growing! Brant's winning photo – he says: My f...
Hatch Chile Recipes
Hatch chile are one of our favorite peppers to grow – their flavor, when roasted and peeled, is out of this world! Buttery, smokey, spicy with slightly sweet fruitiness, Hatch Chile offers intense flavor to any dish. Hatch chile seeds can be grown in any vegetable garden, make sure to grow some of these giant flavorful peppers to add flavor and heat to your table! You can simply roast them on a grill, air fryer, or under a broiler until blacked and blistered – then let cool in a covered glas...
What Makes Hatch Chiles So Special?
What Makes Hatch Chiles So Special? It is said that these green chile varieties, grown in the region of Hatch, New Mexico, take on flavors from the unique terroir (terrior is a French word which refers to the unique environmental factors that affect the characteristics of agriculture, such as wine grapes or green chile. So Hatch Chile is special due to where it is grown – the soil, the land and weather. But, that doesn't mean you can't grow these special Hatch Chile seeds anywhere you...
Golden Jalapeno Seeds
Just picked some beautiful golden Jaloro Jalapeños today! This is the first jalapeño developed to be glowing golden yellow. Oro means gold in Spanish, hence the name. Great for short seasons, these early jalapeños are productive and disease resistant to 6 types of viruses that often affect peppers. Plants produce big yields of colorful yellow jalapeño peppers that are 2” long with juicy thick walls. The shorter 24” plants make this a good container variety. TMV resistant. THESE GOLDEN JALAP...
Where to Buy Pepper Seeds
Look no further than SandiaSeed.com to buy pepper seeds from around the world! With 100 pepper seed varieties to choose from, you are sure to get your pepper fix at Sandia Seed! We specialize in New Mexico Chile – such as the famous Hatch Chile varieties – and we also offer a wide variety of pepper, tomato and vegetable seeds, including some of the hottest pepper varieties, sweet pepper seeds, and heirloom tomato seeds to make your favorite salsa recipes. Find stores that sell our pepper s...
Quick Dinner Salsa
Ingredients 4 medium Tomatoes (halved) 1 small Onion (cut into large chunks) 1/2 cup Fresh cilantro 1 medium Jalapeno or Serrano (seeds removed and coarsely chopped) 3 cloves Garlic (coarsely chopped) 1 tbsp Lime juice 1/4 tsp Sea salt Combine all the ingredients in a food processor. Makes about 3 cups. Enjoy with chips or on tacos and burritos. Keeps in refrigerator one week.
When to Pick Tomatoes
This Chef's Choice Orange Tomato is getting soft and ready to pick. How do you know when your tomatoes are ready? You know that tomatoes are ready to pick when their skin has changed color, is glossy and there is no green tinge. You will also know a tomato is ready to be picked when it begins to lose its firmness. Once they start to turn to their expected color, just gently squeeze your tomatoes to see if it is firm or gives a bit – if they are starting to get soft, tomatoes are ripe and...
Squash Wilting?
Why does my squash wilt? If your zucchini, pumpkin, squash or cucumber plants are wilting, it could be a few things: 1. Wilting squash during the Heat of the Day: The most common reason that pumpkin, cucumbers, zucchini and squash leaves wilt is that the cucurbita family has a low root-to-shoot ratio, meaning that they have a shallow root system that supports a very large mass of above ground vegetation. Because of this, during the dry heat of the sunniest part of the day, squash leaves...
