Padrón Pepper Seeds - Spanish Gourmet Heirloom - Quick & Productive

Name: Padron Pepper Seeds - Gourmet Sweet Heirloom - Quick & Productive
Brand: Sandia Seed Company
SKU: 661799-937337
Price: 3.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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Grow Your Own Flavorful Padron Pepper Seeds

Gourmet gardeners, rejoice! Our Padrón Pepper Seeds bring the authentic taste of Spain right to your backyard. These famous heirloom peppers are prized for their mild, sweet flesh and rich, irresistible flavor. They are perfect for popping in your mouth as a delicious appetizer. But beware: while most are sweet, you might just get a spicy surprise!

Why Choose Padron Pepper Seeds?

These bright green, thin-walled peppers grow to 1-1/2-2 inches long on vigorous 24 inch tall plants. They’re early-bearing, highly productive, and easy to grow in containers, making them a favorite among gardeners. Unlike many bell and sweet peppers that produce just one fruit set, Padrón plants continue to flower and bear fruit over a long season.

Key Features:

Culinary uses: Padrón peppers are common in Spanish cuisine, often served as tapas. Typically pan-fried in olive oil with sea salt, they can also be grilled, roasted, or stuffed.
Flavor profile: Young, green Padróns are crisp and mildly sweet, with earthy notes. Cooking enhances their smoky flavor and softens their texture.
Heat level and unpredictability: Most are mild, but about 1 in 10 is unexpectedly hot, a trait known as "Padrón roulette." Peppers become spicier as they mature.

Growing Tips:

Start seeds indoors 8 weeks before warm nights. Plant in sterile media, cover 1/4 inches deep, and provide 85°F bottom heat with bright light. Keep moist and germination takes 7-21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots until they develop 6 true leaves, then move to rich soil (24 inches apart) or large 3-gallon containers. Harvest at full size for the best flavor.

Love sweet peppers? Try our Chef's 3-Pack of Sweet Pepper Seeds, featuring Padrón, Paprika, and Pepperoncini for a gourmet garden trio!

Ready to grow your own Spanish delicacy? Order your Padrón Pepper Seeds today and enjoy a bountiful, flavorful harvest!

Each packet contains 10 seeds
Heat Level: Mild
SHU: 500-2,500
Maturity: 65 days after transplant
Pod Size: 1-1/2-2 in. Plant Size: 24 in.
Origin: Spain
Capsicum annuum
Heirloom – Open-Pollinated
Untreated and Non-GMO

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Customers praised this pepper's "good germination, healthy plants, and perfect padrons." Very productive with plentiful fruits on 2'+ tall plants. However, heat levels vary significantly—some found them "mostly sweet," while others noted "firecracker HOT" peppers, especially when ripened or during drought conditions. Versatile for stuffing or charring with olive oil and sea salt.

Good germination, healthy plants, and perfect padrons for stuffing.
Very happy with the plant, lots of pepper and very healthy. Will grow this every year.
Very productive and resilient. Had no issues with pests or disease.

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5 stars: 8 (89%)
4 stars: 0 (0%)
3 stars: 1 (11%)
2 stars: 0 (0%)
1 star: 0 (0%)

Delicious and productive

We grow these from you every year, good germination, healthy plants, and perfect padrons for stuffing. They are mostly sweet but have a little heat, and some of them are spicier, which is fun.

Yummy!!!

I bought several seeds from Sandia and this is one of the first to be ready. You have to pick them 1 to 1 1/2 inches to not be that hot. Mine were already 2 to 3 inches. I had 1 or 2 small ones. The flavor was really good and the larger ones didn't seem to have a heat and then it gradually got hotter in my mouth. I liked the sneak attack from the pepper on my taste buds. Very happy with the plant, lots of pepper and very healthy. Tasty also, will grow this every year.

Zero heat is a blatant lie

Seems most folks eat these green, peppers at this stage have a nice kick, but not overwhelming. I prefer to allow to ripen to red, when they have powerful heat and a nice sweetness.
Not sure why this site says there's no heat in these peppers, as they are indeed a hot pepper. Very productive and resilient. Had no issues with pests or disease, and not picking until ripe didn't seem to slow down production any.

Confirmed buyer, end of the season review

See my earlier review that is strictly about seed germination. Now that the season is over I can tell you about the final result.

All seeds that germinated survived the entire season. The plants grew to over 2' tall and flowers and fruits were plentiful. With the drought and hot weather MN experienced last year these babies were hot. Not just the random "lucky" one you hear about. But ALL of them. On the scale I would classify them as hotter than a typical grocery store jalepeno.

The drought didn't limit itself to the Padrons either. Even my Poblanos, which rarely have any significant heat, were brutally hot this year.

But luckily I fancy a bit of heat. So A+ all the way around.. except for the price. Very expensive.

Padron Pepper Seeds Review

Greetings to the folks at the Sandia Seed Company!

I recently purchased a packet of your padrón seeds. I also happened to get my San Diego garden started early this year as well. As a result I have already had two batches of blackened padróns with coarse sea salt as appetizers for meals. You are receiving a photo of the 2nd batch; ... We all know the first ones didn’t last long from their removal from the evoo they were heated in.

I didn’t see many pictures on your sight for the peppers, before or after being prepared. I wanted to share with you the result of one truly satisfied customer.

Thank you for what you do. Keep up the good work!

Successful Germination Rate

I bought 30 seeds to try this year. I planted them on February 5th in peat pellets and I had about an 85% germination rate. I would have hoped for 100% but there are too many variables.

PADRON

Big beautiful sweet peppers still growing in Northern CA.
High Five!

They've ALL been spicy

These are hardy and productive plants--loaded with peppers. Unlike the description, every pepper has been firecracker HOT (which isn't a bad thing but not what I was wanting). I'll try them again next season and hope for a milder pepper.

Yum!

I love growing these Padrons, I char them in a cast iron skillet with olive oil, garlic, lemon, and sea salt. Delish!

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