Best Ornamental PeppersIf you want to grow Ornamental Peppers, Sandia Seed has you covered. We actually think that most chile pepper plants are ornamental, as they have beautiful green leaves, dainty flowers in white and purple, and, when the peppers come in, they turn into vibrant reds, yellows, purples and even white in your garden. View all of our beautiful ornamental pepper seeds »We've recently had a neighbor exclaim: "Wow, these Cayenne peppers are really ornamental!" as she admired the red Goat H...
Can you eat Ornamental Peppers?Can you eat Ornamental Peppers?Are ornamental peppers good to eat? Yes, you can eat ornamental peppers! In fact, Ornamental Peppers are quite prolific and are perfect peppers for making hot sauces, pepper flakes, hot pepper powder like Carolina Reaper Powder, or spicy salt, or to use in any recipe such as salsa recipes. So yes, ornamental peppers are good to eat! We like to wait until the end of the show and season to pick them, then we use them to make any number of spicy salts While many...
Canned Hot Pepper Salsa RecipeCanned Hot Pepper Salsa Recipe • 6 Cups Tomatoes; cored, chopped and peeled • 2 Cups Chopped Onion • 6 Cups Jalapeño & Hot Peppers*; chopped • Cider vinegar (2 tablespoons per pint, 4 tablespoons per quart jar) • 3 Teaspoons Salt • 3 teaspoons Oregano • 1 Teaspoon Ground cumin • 12+ Garlic cloves – minced • 4+ tablespoons fresh Cilantro, minced • Optional: You can also add peeled & cored Apples to this recipe to give it a bit of sweetness. (See bottom of this post)You...
Canned Chiles & Tomatoes RecipeWant to can your tomato and chile harvest? Here's a great recipe that will use up your abundance of Heirloom tomatoes and chiles. This is kind of like Rotel, but WAY better as it's homegrown! INGREDIENTS 12 cups cored, peeled, and quartered Heirloom Tomatoes* 1 Onion, finely chopped 1-2 Cups of Diced Roasted Hatch Green Chile (or you can also use fresh Jalapeños or other hot peppers – use more or less to taste, we like it spicy!) 3 Sweet Peppers, finely chopped (use Pimento Peppe...
Do Green Chillies turn Red?Do Green Chillies* turn Red after picking? If you are growing New Mexican Chiles such as the Chimayo or Hatch Red Chiles, and, they are close to being ripe (after about 75 days from seed to harvest), they'll sometimes turn red after you pick them. Sometimes, you will find chile ristras that are made out of multi-color peppers in various stages of ripeness, and sometimes (if ripe enough) these will turn red as they dry. But this is not always the case, and we recommend using red, mature ...
Trinidad Scorpion Salsa RecipeSandia Seed's Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe INGREDIENTS: 4-5 Large Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes(use any fresh Heirloom Tomatoes)~or~ 1 Large (28oz) can Organic Whole Tomatoes1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you'd like)1 Trinidad Scorpion Pepper (adjust to taste*)1/2 Onion (diced)3-4 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)1/2 teaspoon of Sugar (optional)1 teaspoon of Cumin & Chile PowderSalt & Pepper to taste DIRECTIONS:Process everything (excluding onions) in a f...
Yellow Pepper SeedsYellow Pepper Seeds grow into beautiful plants and chile peppers – Sandia Seed has a great variety of yellow peppers that you can easily grow from seeds. Check out some of favorite varieties below or you can also click here to do a Search for Yellow Peppers » The Yellow Brain Strain / Yellow 7 Pot Pepper is extremely hot and rivals some of the hottest peppers in the world. It looks like a brain because of its lumpy appearance, but brain strain is actually what happens when you eat it! Buy Y...
Murphy's Law of Peeling ChileMURPHY'S LAW OF PEELING HATCH CHILE: As soon as your hands are covered in chile juice, your nose will begin to itch, you will want to rub your eyes, and you will have to pee. True. So true. Grow your own Hatch Chile seeds for the freshest green chile you can get!Just be careful when you peel them! :)
Pumpkin Spice ain't got nothing on Green Chile!Pumpkin Spice ain't got nothing on Green Chile! The smell of roasting chile in the air can't be beat this time of year! And, green chile goes great on EVERYTHING!! Unlike Pumpkin Spice, which, we're not sure goes that great with most things... but they do seem to flavor everything with it this time of year! We'd rather they use HATCH CHILE! ;) Grow your own Hatch Chile seeds »
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...
How to Dry Peppers without a DehydratorHere are a few tips on How to Dry Peppers without a Dehydrator: 1. Make Chile Ristras!You can also make Ristras from your peppers, which are beautiful and very effective at drying out large amounts of peppers. They also are the perfect kitchen decoration & accessory as they keep your peppers ready to use anytime in any recipe. You can make Ristras from any peppers, not just the Hatch chile varieties. This is a great way to store your peppers for the winter.Learn how to make a Chile Rist...
NEW Hot Pepper Seeds for 2019!Sandia Seed presents the Newest Peppers for 2019...Updated April 2, 2019Click on any of the pepper packets below to read more about these special hot pepper seeds, and to buy seeds: Rattlesnake Hatch Chile SeedsRattlesnake Green Chile is the new and very spicy variety joining the Hatch Green Chile compadres this growing season. The Rattlesnake chile was developed to be very hot and very delicious. Pods can be 4" - 8" long with thick flesh and plants grow to 30" tall. Ora...
Easy Fermented Hot Sauce RecipeFermented hot sauce has a complex flavor, and is also probiotic... which is all the rage right now. And, it's so easy to make, you'll wonder why you didn't try it sooner. Find more Fermented Hot Sauce Recipes here » Happy hot saucin'!Sandia Seed's Easy Fermented Hot Sauce Recipe:Time: 15 minutes of prep, plus 3 days to ferment. 1 cup of hot peppers, chopped(use any hot peppers you want, such as the hottest Carolina Reaper, or Goat Horn, Tabasco, Cayenne, Trinidad S...
No Salt Hot Sauce RecipeSo if you're like us, you like to put Hot Sauce on EVERYTHING. If you're worried about your salt intake, and you like vinegar, this No-Salt Hot Pepper Vinegar Sauce is great on food and doesn't add any salt to your diet! It's a great way to spice things up with great flavor without sodium. Sandia Seed's No-Salt Hot Sauce Recipe: 1 glass bottle with cap or cork 1 cup of hot peppers (roughly, use any type of hot pepper, such as Goat Horns, or Cayenne Peppers . You ...
When to Harvest Red ChileWhen to Harvest Red Chile If you grow Red Chile from seed like Chimayos or Hatch Red Hot Chile, then you probably always wonder, when should I harvest? Full size green chile pods will turn red on the plant and become sweeter with a more complex delicious flavor. Harvest them when they are completely red and still firm. If they are mostly red, it is alright to harvest them and let them mature further to a completely red color off the plant. Will Green Chiles turn red after I pick them? If the...
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...
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.
Best Ornamental Peppers
If you want to grow Ornamental Peppers, Sandia Seed has you covered. We actually think that most chile pepper plants are ornamental, as they have beautiful green leaves, dainty flowers in white and purple, and, when the peppers come in, they turn into vibrant reds, yellows, purples and even white in your garden. View all of our beautiful ornamental pepper seeds »We've recently had a neighbor exclaim: "Wow, these Cayenne peppers are really ornamental!" as she admired the red Goat H...
Can you eat Ornamental Peppers?
Can you eat Ornamental Peppers?Are ornamental peppers good to eat? Yes, you can eat ornamental peppers! In fact, Ornamental Peppers are quite prolific and are perfect peppers for making hot sauces, pepper flakes, hot pepper powder like Carolina Reaper Powder, or spicy salt, or to use in any recipe such as salsa recipes. So yes, ornamental peppers are good to eat! We like to wait until the end of the show and season to pick them, then we use them to make any number of spicy salts While many...
Canned Hot Pepper Salsa Recipe
Canned Hot Pepper Salsa Recipe • 6 Cups Tomatoes; cored, chopped and peeled • 2 Cups Chopped Onion • 6 Cups Jalapeño & Hot Peppers*; chopped • Cider vinegar (2 tablespoons per pint, 4 tablespoons per quart jar) • 3 Teaspoons Salt • 3 teaspoons Oregano • 1 Teaspoon Ground cumin • 12+ Garlic cloves – minced • 4+ tablespoons fresh Cilantro, minced • Optional: You can also add peeled & cored Apples to this recipe to give it a bit of sweetness. (See bottom of this post)You...
Canned Chiles & Tomatoes Recipe
Want to can your tomato and chile harvest? Here's a great recipe that will use up your abundance of Heirloom tomatoes and chiles. This is kind of like Rotel, but WAY better as it's homegrown! INGREDIENTS 12 cups cored, peeled, and quartered Heirloom Tomatoes* 1 Onion, finely chopped 1-2 Cups of Diced Roasted Hatch Green Chile (or you can also use fresh Jalapeños or other hot peppers – use more or less to taste, we like it spicy!) 3 Sweet Peppers, finely chopped (use Pimento Peppe...
Do Green Chillies turn Red?
Do Green Chillies* turn Red after picking? If you are growing New Mexican Chiles such as the Chimayo or Hatch Red Chiles, and, they are close to being ripe (after about 75 days from seed to harvest), they'll sometimes turn red after you pick them. Sometimes, you will find chile ristras that are made out of multi-color peppers in various stages of ripeness, and sometimes (if ripe enough) these will turn red as they dry. But this is not always the case, and we recommend using red, mature ...
Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe
Sandia Seed's Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe INGREDIENTS: 4-5 Large Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes(use any fresh Heirloom Tomatoes)~or~ 1 Large (28oz) can Organic Whole Tomatoes1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you'd like)1 Trinidad Scorpion Pepper (adjust to taste*)1/2 Onion (diced)3-4 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)1/2 teaspoon of Sugar (optional)1 teaspoon of Cumin & Chile PowderSalt & Pepper to taste DIRECTIONS:Process everything (excluding onions) in a f...
Yellow Pepper Seeds
Yellow Pepper Seeds grow into beautiful plants and chile peppers – Sandia Seed has a great variety of yellow peppers that you can easily grow from seeds. Check out some of favorite varieties below or you can also click here to do a Search for Yellow Peppers » The Yellow Brain Strain / Yellow 7 Pot Pepper is extremely hot and rivals some of the hottest peppers in the world. It looks like a brain because of its lumpy appearance, but brain strain is actually what happens when you eat it! Buy Y...
Murphy's Law of Peeling Chile
MURPHY'S LAW OF PEELING HATCH CHILE: As soon as your hands are covered in chile juice, your nose will begin to itch, you will want to rub your eyes, and you will have to pee. True. So true. Grow your own Hatch Chile seeds for the freshest green chile you can get!Just be careful when you peel them! :)
Pumpkin Spice ain't got nothing on Green Chile!
Pumpkin Spice ain't got nothing on Green Chile! The smell of roasting chile in the air can't be beat this time of year! And, green chile goes great on EVERYTHING!! Unlike Pumpkin Spice, which, we're not sure goes that great with most things... but they do seem to flavor everything with it this time of year! We'd rather they use HATCH CHILE! ;) Grow your own Hatch Chile seeds »
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...
How to Dry Peppers without a Dehydrator
Here are a few tips on How to Dry Peppers without a Dehydrator: 1. Make Chile Ristras!You can also make Ristras from your peppers, which are beautiful and very effective at drying out large amounts of peppers. They also are the perfect kitchen decoration & accessory as they keep your peppers ready to use anytime in any recipe. You can make Ristras from any peppers, not just the Hatch chile varieties. This is a great way to store your peppers for the winter.Learn how to make a Chile Rist...
NEW Hot Pepper Seeds for 2019!
Sandia Seed presents the Newest Peppers for 2019...Updated April 2, 2019Click on any of the pepper packets below to read more about these special hot pepper seeds, and to buy seeds: Rattlesnake Hatch Chile SeedsRattlesnake Green Chile is the new and very spicy variety joining the Hatch Green Chile compadres this growing season. The Rattlesnake chile was developed to be very hot and very delicious. Pods can be 4" - 8" long with thick flesh and plants grow to 30" tall. Ora...
Easy Fermented Hot Sauce Recipe
Fermented hot sauce has a complex flavor, and is also probiotic... which is all the rage right now. And, it's so easy to make, you'll wonder why you didn't try it sooner. Find more Fermented Hot Sauce Recipes here » Happy hot saucin'!Sandia Seed's Easy Fermented Hot Sauce Recipe:Time: 15 minutes of prep, plus 3 days to ferment. 1 cup of hot peppers, chopped(use any hot peppers you want, such as the hottest Carolina Reaper, or Goat Horn, Tabasco, Cayenne, Trinidad S...
No Salt Hot Sauce Recipe
So if you're like us, you like to put Hot Sauce on EVERYTHING. If you're worried about your salt intake, and you like vinegar, this No-Salt Hot Pepper Vinegar Sauce is great on food and doesn't add any salt to your diet! It's a great way to spice things up with great flavor without sodium. Sandia Seed's No-Salt Hot Sauce Recipe: 1 glass bottle with cap or cork 1 cup of hot peppers (roughly, use any type of hot pepper, such as Goat Horns, or Cayenne Peppers . You ...
When to Harvest Red Chile
When to Harvest Red Chile If you grow Red Chile from seed like Chimayos or Hatch Red Hot Chile, then you probably always wonder, when should I harvest? Full size green chile pods will turn red on the plant and become sweeter with a more complex delicious flavor. Harvest them when they are completely red and still firm. If they are mostly red, it is alright to harvest them and let them mature further to a completely red color off the plant. Will Green Chiles turn red after I pick them? If the...
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...
