Big Jim Legacy Pepper Seeds - Flavor & Heat - A True New Mexico Chile

Plants each produced dozens of beautiful peppers. Still going strong in October in Virginia

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 grow chilis for seed from Sandia in Wichita Kansas. They take longer for harvesting but make great roasting Chilis. I call them WichiHatch Chilis.

Excellent peppers, large and meaty. Easy to grow from your seeds.

Grow really fast

I planted both Big Jim Legacy and Big Jim Medium. Both were really mild, with heat if I ate the membrane and the seeds. Compared to the Big Jim peppers we purchased from Wegmans, these were significantly more mild. We sprouted them inside under a grow light and on a heat pad; they did very well. We moved them to our deck for the rest of the season. They grew very slowly (it was a cold, wet spring) and produced few buds until August/September, when they really took off! Right now we are anticipating a nice crop until the first frost. We are at 2650 feet elevation midway along Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. No dishes made yet as we are waiting until we harvest enough peppers for canned peppers. Anyway, next year I will work with different soil configurations and more carefully document the results in order to determine the optimum growing setup.

These taste good, but are smaller than the ones I ordered from NuMex (CPI), and very susceptible to mites and fungal issues. They also don't like the heat, ironically.

My husband is a born and raised Albuquerquian who moved to Vancouver , BC. Since New Mexican products are hard to find north of the border, I'm so glad I'm able to grow Big Jim's for him and our neighborhood smells divine come roasting season.

Big Chiles with just enough heat to add to green enchilada's. The flavor after roasting is fantastic. Since green chile roasting is not a local thing in Eastern Washington we us a weed burner. The smell of roasting peppers is heavenly.

I've been growing green chiles for sometime, but have found Big Jim Legacy to be one of my favorites. In my garden, the plants are vigorous produce until frost. Germination is always great and I've had no problems with any of the seeds I have purchased from Sandia Seed.

I love these big peppers. I also grew them with the standard Big Jim. I didn’t notice much of a difference. The Nu Mex seeds from Sandia are great. Great germination always, healthy plants and great yields.

I've grown these in Santa Fe for two years now. They are easy to grow and set a ton of peppers on each plant. They peeled easy when roasted and well super delicious. I've already ordered more seeds for next year.

These tasty chile plants grew huge pods – which did indeed make them easy to roast and peel, and made for some killer green chile sauce. The seeds were eager with the help of a heat mat under our old aerogarden seed starter tray, and quickly grew into robust plants once transplanted into our garden bed, fed by compost and some chicken manure pellets added before planting. Very happy with these chile seeds and will grow more next season.

This is my third year growing Big Jim peppers --- They're strong, thick-fleshed & tasty. Whether added to dishes when fresh or if frozen, these peppers are versatile and can be added to so many recipes... even when not listed as an essential ingredient. These green chilies capture the rich flavor of New Mexico!

The service was great, received the seeds in short time. The challenge is growing peppers in western Montana. Cooler climate always a challenge, I won't know until the end of the season how the peppers did, but it will have more to do with location than anything.

Nearly 100% germination. Hoping for a fantastic year of tasty peppers!!

Seeds arrived quickly, germinated well and seedlings are healthy. Just waiting out Spring chill to transplant and hopefully enjoy. Thanks.

Big Jim Legacy Pepper Seeds

Been planting this variety since 1970. Always great, thick meat, easy to roast and peel skin, best chili rellenos know to man.

Eva and I live, part time, in eastern Slovenia. This summer, we produced the very first New Mexican Green Chile crop in the nation's history ! We started our babies from seed, first week of June (a late start). With a 95% sprouting rate, we transplanted first week of July. Last week of September... just before we returned to New Mexico, we harvested our first few. Neighbors have since shared the remaining yield. Our Slovene neighbors are used to giant bell peppers and paprika, but nothing spicy. We prepared Green Chile Chicken enchiladas for the entire neighborhood, all of whom were totally wowed ! Great seeds sow great connections. Thanx !

Very high quality seeds! 100% germination rate in my garden. Now that the weather is cooler here is NorCal my peppers are loaded and ready to pick for the second time since planting in May! Will not be disappointed when your order ships 🙂

Oh boy these are so good!! I only wish I grew more plants so I could fill up my freezer. Great for making green chile stew or topping pizzas. Every seed sprouted, so thank you for the excellent seeds.

Everyone I make green chile stew with these giant green chile. I grow them every year, great seeds - excellent germination.

Hello, I need each of your pepper seeds for 1 hectare. How much seed is needed for 1 hectare?

I live in a short growing season area of North Idaho. Good germination indoors and a good crop outside. Many varieties never reach maturity here but the Big Jim's did very well.

The Big Jim Legacy Pepper is a favorite of mine. Great flavor with a mild heat level. This pepper grows very well in containers (despite less than ideal growing conditions here) and has consistently produced more than my family can eat the last few years. I would recommend this pepper to anyone who likes green chile

I've always bought these Jim seeds from Sandiaseed. They never disappoint! Even after getting hailed on less than 24 hours after transplanting, they sprang back and produced bushels for us.

First time using seed from Sandia Seed Co. The Hatch pepper seeds had good germination and the plants produced a lot of great tasting peppers. Will buy again.