When should I start my Hatch chile seeds for summer if I live inland near San Diego?Customer Question: When should I start my hatch chile seeds for summer if I live inland near San Diego?Answer:The San Diego Master Gardeners recommend to start peppers like Hatch chiles anytime between April-July, as peppers grow better in warm weather rather than during cool winters. But really, as long as the pepper plants are not out in a frost, you can start anytime – you can start them indoors too in the winter to get more robust plants to plant outside come warmer spring weather. As lo...
New Green Chile Seeds!Here are a couple of our new Green Chile seed varieties that we've added to our 2022 collection! Dynamite Green Chile is a very hot green chile that adds tons of heat to any dish, where the Guizeppi Green Chile is the opposite as it's a very mild green chile that has lots of flavor without the heat. See all of our new seeds for 2022 » Happy growing!
Happy Holidays! Sandia Seed is taking a Holiday Break 12/16-12/25Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday season! Sandia Seed is taking a Holiday Break from Dec 16th-24th so order now to get seeds shipped before Christmas! You can still place orders from 12/16-12/24 but we won't be shipping during that time. Thanks for supporting our small seed company!
50% Off Seeds for Black Friday!PLUS, GET 50% OFF SEEDS IN OUR ROTATING HALF-OFF COLLECTION:Check out our 50% off seeds deal for Black Friday (extended!) Plus, get our brand new seed catalog free with every order, and free shipping for orders over $20.(These offers end soon!)Now's a great time to buy your favorite gardener some seeds! Shop now: sandiaseed.com/collections/50-off-seeds Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks to all our customers for helping our small seed business thrive this season. Hope you all shop small ...
Grow your own SpicesIt's easy to grow your own spices! 1. Our favorite spice to grow is chile! We have a huge range of seeds for chile peppers of the world, including Hatch Chile Seeds from New Mexico, Thai Chile Seeds from Thailand, the Komodo Dragon Seeds from the U.K., Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper Seeds from India, Chile de Arbol Seeds from Mexico, and so many more. Be sure to check out all of our green chile seeds, super hot pepper seeds, or our still hot but not burn your face off hot pepper seeds, or fo...
Funny Gardening ImagesCheck out all of our Funny Gardening Images – these fun garden memes are sure to bring a smile to any gardener's face. “In a relationship with seeds” If you’re not happy single, you won’t be happy married. Happiness comes from gardening, not relationships.😂 Life Hack:Allow yourself 8-12 hours of time in your garden every morning to prepare for the day. ...And to my family I leave you these 52,588 garden photos of my phone. 😂 I am grateful for you because you don'...
Dragon PeppersGROW DRAGONS IN YOUR GARDEN! We're excited to be offering two new Dragon Pepper seeds for all you chileheads out there! These wicked hot beasts are new to our Peppers of the World collection, and are sure to make great hot sauces and salsas! These two new Dragon Peppers are now for sale*! The Komodo Dragon Pepper is super hot with a Scoville of 1,400,000 – which means it's WICKED HOT! This dragon is sure to please any spice-lover and it will make a great fermented hot sauce. ...
Can peppers survive 40 degree weather?People have asked, can peppers survive 40˚ F temperatures? Yes, pepper plants can SURVIVE 40˚ F temperatures, but they won't be happy about it and it will likely stunt their growth. Most peppers are not happy when temperatures drop below 50-60˚ F. If you live in a short season climate, we recommend starting pepper seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost of the spring is expected, and wait to transplant outside until it's warmed up to at least 55-60˚ F at night consistently and...
Best Tomato CagesWhat are the Best Tomato Cages?Sturdy ones. We like using the sturdier thick cages, but they're a little harder to find. If you grow tomatoes, they're probably one of your favorite crops, like ours, and you want to ensure that the plants are healthy and supported so you get a great harvest. What kind of Tomato supports do you use?Those darned flimsy wire "tomato cages" that are sold at hardware stores are useless once a tomato plant gets large, as you can see in these photo...
Dried Pepper NamesDo you dry out your chile pods for year-round use?Did you know chile have different names depending on if they are fresh or dried? Dried Jalapeños = ChipotleDried Poblanos = AnchoDried Anaheim Chile = Colorado or CaliforniaDried Mirasol = GuajilloDried Serrano = Chile Seco*(or more specifically: balin, chico, tipico and largo)Dried Chilaca = PasillaDried Chile de Arbol = Chile Seco* The names above can vary depending on the region you are from. Some terms are more general: "Chile Seco&...
How to Grow Bunching Onions from SeedIf you like growing vegetables from seed, make sure to plant some easy-to-grow scallions, also known as green onions. These tasty treats are packed with flavor and go with practically everything – chop or cut them with scissors and toss onto salads, sandwiches, soups, burritos, tacos, stir fries and so much more. Scallions are mild in taste, so you won't cry while cutting them. The most intense flavor comes from the white part closer to the stem, but the entire green onion is edible and c...
Wholesale SeedsSandia Seed offers Wholesale Seeds to anyone who wants to resell seeds in online stores, garden centers, hardware stores, gift shops or other local stores. Sandia Seed offers Wholesale Seeds for all of our 100+ pepper seeds and our top favorite 44+ tomato seeds including lots of heirloom and Vegetable Seeds from around the world. It's easy to become a Sandia Seed seller! We offer new wholesale customers receive 50% off your first order over $300 and then all future reorders with no mini...
Leggy Seedlings?One of the best ways to keep seedlings from getting leggy is to pet or brush them with your hands. Yes, you heard that right, we "pet" our seedlings to stimulate them to grow stockier and not get leggy. You can also use a small fan on them to keep them from getting leggy and spindly. Air circulation is important to keep seedlings healthy, and keep them from succumbing to dampening off, a common seedling ailment that causes them to shrivel and die. We grow a lot of pepper seeds and tom...
Can you put pepper plants together in one big pot?Should you put more than one pepper plant in a pot? Our answer: It depends on how big the pot is – the bigger the better if you want to grow more than one pepper plant per pot. We think it's best to separate them. We like to use 5-7 gallon pots for peppers, as we find that too small of a pot, they dry out too quickly and hinder the growth. Some people plant up to 3 plants per five gallon bucket, but we've found that they won't do as well as if each one had their own bucket. ...
Purple PeppersLooking for purple peppers? We not only have several varieties of purple peppers you can grow, but we also have purple tomatoes, too! Growing purple peppers and tomatoes adds lots of color to the garden and your harvest. We have sweet purple peppers such as the purple bell pepper as well as hot purple peppers like the Purple Bhut Jolokia ghost pepper. You can make a deep purple salsa if you grow some of our purple tomatoes and purple peppers – which is sure to be a spicy delight to ...
Gardening QuotesGardening Quote:I don't always enjoy working on my garden... oh wait, yes I do. Gardening Quote:”One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade & a package of garden seeds” Gardening Quote:Gardening adds years to your life, and life to your years. Gardening Quote:“There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments”~ Janet Kilburn PhillipsGardening Quote: Sorry I have Plants this WeekendWhen the world wearies & society ceases to satisfy, there is always the ...
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.
When should I start my Hatch chile seeds for summer if I live inland near San Diego?
Customer Question: When should I start my hatch chile seeds for summer if I live inland near San Diego?Answer:The San Diego Master Gardeners recommend to start peppers like Hatch chiles anytime between April-July, as peppers grow better in warm weather rather than during cool winters. But really, as long as the pepper plants are not out in a frost, you can start anytime – you can start them indoors too in the winter to get more robust plants to plant outside come warmer spring weather. As lo...
New Green Chile Seeds!
Here are a couple of our new Green Chile seed varieties that we've added to our 2022 collection! Dynamite Green Chile is a very hot green chile that adds tons of heat to any dish, where the Guizeppi Green Chile is the opposite as it's a very mild green chile that has lots of flavor without the heat. See all of our new seeds for 2022 » Happy growing!
Happy Holidays! Sandia Seed is taking a Holiday Break 12/16-12/25
Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday season! Sandia Seed is taking a Holiday Break from Dec 16th-24th so order now to get seeds shipped before Christmas! You can still place orders from 12/16-12/24 but we won't be shipping during that time. Thanks for supporting our small seed company!
50% Off Seeds for Black Friday!
PLUS, GET 50% OFF SEEDS IN OUR ROTATING HALF-OFF COLLECTION:Check out our 50% off seeds deal for Black Friday (extended!) Plus, get our brand new seed catalog free with every order, and free shipping for orders over $20.(These offers end soon!)Now's a great time to buy your favorite gardener some seeds! Shop now: sandiaseed.com/collections/50-off-seeds Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks to all our customers for helping our small seed business thrive this season. Hope you all shop small ...
Grow your own Spices
It's easy to grow your own spices! 1. Our favorite spice to grow is chile! We have a huge range of seeds for chile peppers of the world, including Hatch Chile Seeds from New Mexico, Thai Chile Seeds from Thailand, the Komodo Dragon Seeds from the U.K., Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper Seeds from India, Chile de Arbol Seeds from Mexico, and so many more. Be sure to check out all of our green chile seeds, super hot pepper seeds, or our still hot but not burn your face off hot pepper seeds, or fo...
Funny Gardening Images
Check out all of our Funny Gardening Images – these fun garden memes are sure to bring a smile to any gardener's face. “In a relationship with seeds” If you’re not happy single, you won’t be happy married. Happiness comes from gardening, not relationships.😂 Life Hack:Allow yourself 8-12 hours of time in your garden every morning to prepare for the day. ...And to my family I leave you these 52,588 garden photos of my phone. 😂 I am grateful for you because you don'...
Dragon Peppers
GROW DRAGONS IN YOUR GARDEN! We're excited to be offering two new Dragon Pepper seeds for all you chileheads out there! These wicked hot beasts are new to our Peppers of the World collection, and are sure to make great hot sauces and salsas! These two new Dragon Peppers are now for sale*! The Komodo Dragon Pepper is super hot with a Scoville of 1,400,000 – which means it's WICKED HOT! This dragon is sure to please any spice-lover and it will make a great fermented hot sauce. ...
Can peppers survive 40 degree weather?
People have asked, can peppers survive 40˚ F temperatures? Yes, pepper plants can SURVIVE 40˚ F temperatures, but they won't be happy about it and it will likely stunt their growth. Most peppers are not happy when temperatures drop below 50-60˚ F. If you live in a short season climate, we recommend starting pepper seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost of the spring is expected, and wait to transplant outside until it's warmed up to at least 55-60˚ F at night consistently and...
Best Tomato Cages
What are the Best Tomato Cages?Sturdy ones. We like using the sturdier thick cages, but they're a little harder to find. If you grow tomatoes, they're probably one of your favorite crops, like ours, and you want to ensure that the plants are healthy and supported so you get a great harvest. What kind of Tomato supports do you use?Those darned flimsy wire "tomato cages" that are sold at hardware stores are useless once a tomato plant gets large, as you can see in these photo...
Dried Pepper Names
Do you dry out your chile pods for year-round use?Did you know chile have different names depending on if they are fresh or dried? Dried Jalapeños = ChipotleDried Poblanos = AnchoDried Anaheim Chile = Colorado or CaliforniaDried Mirasol = GuajilloDried Serrano = Chile Seco*(or more specifically: balin, chico, tipico and largo)Dried Chilaca = PasillaDried Chile de Arbol = Chile Seco* The names above can vary depending on the region you are from. Some terms are more general: "Chile Seco&...
How to Grow Bunching Onions from Seed
If you like growing vegetables from seed, make sure to plant some easy-to-grow scallions, also known as green onions. These tasty treats are packed with flavor and go with practically everything – chop or cut them with scissors and toss onto salads, sandwiches, soups, burritos, tacos, stir fries and so much more. Scallions are mild in taste, so you won't cry while cutting them. The most intense flavor comes from the white part closer to the stem, but the entire green onion is edible and c...
Wholesale Seeds
Sandia Seed offers Wholesale Seeds to anyone who wants to resell seeds in online stores, garden centers, hardware stores, gift shops or other local stores. Sandia Seed offers Wholesale Seeds for all of our 100+ pepper seeds and our top favorite 44+ tomato seeds including lots of heirloom and Vegetable Seeds from around the world. It's easy to become a Sandia Seed seller! We offer new wholesale customers receive 50% off your first order over $300 and then all future reorders with no mini...
Leggy Seedlings?
One of the best ways to keep seedlings from getting leggy is to pet or brush them with your hands. Yes, you heard that right, we "pet" our seedlings to stimulate them to grow stockier and not get leggy. You can also use a small fan on them to keep them from getting leggy and spindly. Air circulation is important to keep seedlings healthy, and keep them from succumbing to dampening off, a common seedling ailment that causes them to shrivel and die. We grow a lot of pepper seeds and tom...
Can you put pepper plants together in one big pot?
Should you put more than one pepper plant in a pot? Our answer: It depends on how big the pot is – the bigger the better if you want to grow more than one pepper plant per pot. We think it's best to separate them. We like to use 5-7 gallon pots for peppers, as we find that too small of a pot, they dry out too quickly and hinder the growth. Some people plant up to 3 plants per five gallon bucket, but we've found that they won't do as well as if each one had their own bucket. ...
Purple Peppers
Looking for purple peppers? We not only have several varieties of purple peppers you can grow, but we also have purple tomatoes, too! Growing purple peppers and tomatoes adds lots of color to the garden and your harvest. We have sweet purple peppers such as the purple bell pepper as well as hot purple peppers like the Purple Bhut Jolokia ghost pepper. You can make a deep purple salsa if you grow some of our purple tomatoes and purple peppers – which is sure to be a spicy delight to ...
Gardening Quotes
Gardening Quote:I don't always enjoy working on my garden... oh wait, yes I do. Gardening Quote:”One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade & a package of garden seeds” Gardening Quote:Gardening adds years to your life, and life to your years. Gardening Quote:“There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments”~ Janet Kilburn PhillipsGardening Quote: Sorry I have Plants this WeekendWhen the world wearies & society ceases to satisfy, there is always the ...
