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Watering peppers with a watering can

July 24, 2026

Key Tips for Watering Peppers

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Container Size for Peppers

July 19, 2026

Container Size for Peppers

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List of Peppers by Heat

July 16, 2026

List of Peppers by Heat

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Tomato Leaves Rolling: This tomato plant looked fine a couple weeks ago, but it's been over 95˚ F for the last couple weeks, and it's suffering from the heat.

July 13, 2026

Why Are My Tomato Leaves Rolling?

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What seeds can you plant in July? Cucumbers, squash, radishes and more. Cucumber plant is shown.

July 13, 2026

What seeds can you plant in July?

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Health Benefits of Hot Peppers: There are lots of benefits to eating red hot peppers, including dried peppers.

July 13, 2026

Health Benefits of Hot Peppers

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When to Pick Peppers

July 06, 2026

When to Pick Peppers

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Is it normal for vegetable plants to wilt in the sun?

July 03, 2026

Is it normal for vegetable plants to wilt in the sun?

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Cheap Vegetable Seeds: Mexican Flavors/Holy Trinity Seeds - 3-Pack Discount Sale - Guajillo, Pasilla & Poblano Seeds

July 02, 2026

Cheap Vegetable Seeds

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A diagram of various vegetable seed packets, including basil, radish, cilantro, cucumber, carrot, and carrots, over a garden soil background, promoting a 25% discount on seeds to grow more food.

July 02, 2026

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Seed Viability: Hand holding some of our pepper seed packets for Jalapenos

July 02, 2026

Seed Viability

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Fertilizing Peppers - Cayenne Peppers

June 30, 2026

Fertilizing Peppers

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Pepper Flower Drop - are your peppers dropping flowers?

June 29, 2026

Pepper Flower Drop

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A collection of fresh, vibrant green Big Jim Chiles peppers arranged on a light-colored surface, with a measuring tape showing their length for seed review.

June 25, 2026

Big Jim Chiles Seed Review with Photo

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A vibrant illustration of yellow chili pepper plants with lush green leaves, promoting a huge overstock seed sale with 50% off, no discount code needed.

June 25, 2026

HUGE OVERSTOCK SEED SALE

50% OFF SELECT OVERSTOCK SEEDS! NO DISCOUNT CODE NEEDED. While supplies last!

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Close-up of vibrant green vegetable plant growing in soil with organic mulch, ideal for best vegetable mulch and garden health.

June 24, 2026

Best Mulch for Vegetables

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Pepper Plant has Flowers but No Peppers: Pepper blossom on plant

June 24, 2026

Pepper Plant has Flowers but No Peppers

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Pickle Recipes

June 24, 2026

Pickle Recipes

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What Seeds to Plant in June

June 23, 2026

What Seeds to Plant in June - Companion Plants!

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Peppers for Pickling

June 17, 2026

Peppers for Pickling

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Pesto Recipe

June 17, 2026

Pesto Recipe

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Pickled Jalapeños Recipe

June 11, 2026

Pickled Jalapeños Recipe

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Roasted Orange Habanero, Carrot & Tomato Hot Sauce Recipe

June 02, 2026

Roasted Orange Habanero, Carrot & Tomato Hot Sauce Recipe

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Simple Squash Blossom Recipe for your zucchini flowers!

June 01, 2026

Simple Squash Blossom Recipe

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Growing peppers in Containers: Fire and Ice Peppers shown in Blue ceramic pot

June 01, 2026

Growing peppers in Containers

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Best Mulch for Tomatoes and Peppers – compost and leaves make great mulch for peppers

May 25, 2026

Best Mulch for Tomatoes and Peppers

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Grow Peppers in Pots: Planting in Spring

May 25, 2026

Grow Peppers in Pots

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Harden Off Pepper Plants: Day 2 Video

May 24, 2026

Hardening Off Pepper Plants

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Fastest Growing Vegetables - Peppers and Tomatoes for Short Seasons

May 24, 2026

Fastest Growing Vegetables

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Growing Tomatoes in Pots

May 24, 2026

Growing Tomatoes in Pots

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Close-up of fresh basil leaves being held by a hand, with pink coneflowers in the background, ideal for herb gardening and culinary use.

May 20, 2026

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How to Grow Hot Peppers from Seed - seedlings started indoors

May 20, 2026

How to Grow Hot Peppers from Seed

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A vibrant blue ceramic pot filled with mulch and small plant seedlings, surrounded by lush green foliage, illustrating moisture and nutrient conservation in vegetable pots.

May 19, 2026

Conserve Nutrients & Moisture in your Vegetable Pots with Mulch

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Can peppers survive 40 degree temperatures?

May 18, 2026

Can peppers survive 40 degree weather?

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May 17, 2026

Is it too late to plant tomato seeds?

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A close-up of hearty green chile stew with tender chunks of meat, vibrant green chiles, and a flavorful, spicy broth, perfect for comfort food.

May 17, 2026

Green Chile Stew - Comfort Food

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A collage of indoor and outdoor pepper seedling growth stages, gardening setups, and thriving pepper plants for the Sandia Seed Company Pepper Progress Photo Contest.

May 15, 2026

WIN FREE SEEDS: in our Pepper Progress Photo Contest

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A close-up of ripe orange cherry tomato clusters on a vine, with a person's hand gently holding one, showcasing the fastest-growing tomato seeds in a lush garden setting.

May 14, 2026

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Seed Discounts: 20% off our Fastest Growing Peppers!

May 08, 2026

Seed Discounts: 20% off our Fastest Growing Peppers!

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Pepper plant leaves turning white? The white leaves on this pepper seedling are caused by sunburn.

May 06, 2026

Pepper plant leaves turning white?

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A glass bottle of homemade tomatillo hot sauce with fresh green and yellow roasted peppers, seeds, and vibrant ingredients, perfect for flavorful Mexican cuisine.

May 06, 2026

Tomatillo Hot Sauce Recipe

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A wide selection of hot sauces on wooden shelves, featuring various flavors, heat levels, and colorful labels for culinary heat and flavor enhancement.

May 03, 2026

Best Hot Sauces: Our Top Picks for Heat and Flavor

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Close-up of garlic chive seedheads with tiny white flowers and green buds, highlighting the edible seedheads of garlic chives for culinary use.

May 02, 2026

Garlic Chives - eat the Seedheads!

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Garden Meme: If you're not happy single, you won't be happy married. Happiness comes from gardening, not relationships.

May 01, 2026

Garden Memes

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Garden Quotes: Garden with potted pepper

May 01, 2026

Garden Quotes

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Why grow Cucurbits? For food and support native squash bees!

April 27, 2026

Why grow Cucurbits?

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It's not too late to start Hatch & Pueblo Chile seeds!

April 24, 2026

It's not too late to start Hatch & Pueblo Chile seeds!

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Fastest Growing Hot Peppers

April 23, 2026

Fastest Growing Hot Peppers

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The best HOT Peppers for Beginners

April 23, 2026

Beginner‑Friendly Hot Peppers

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Growing Peppers from Seeds

April 22, 2026

Growing Peppers from Seed: Our Top 12 Tips

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Happy Earth Day! Shorten your Food Chain infographic

April 22, 2026

Happy Earth Day!

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How to Prune Pepper Plants for Maximum Yield

April 20, 2026

How to Prune Pepper Plants for Maximum Yield

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Best Peppers to Start Indoors in April: 10 Varieties for a Strong Summer Harvest.

April 18, 2026

Best Peppers to Start Indoors in April: Ten Varieties for a Strong Summer Harvest.

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10 Heat-Tolerant Tomato Varieties

April 17, 2026

10 Heat-Tolerant Tomato Varieties

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How to Grow Peppers Faster: 7 Tips for Earlier Harvests

April 17, 2026

How to Grow Peppers Faster: 7 Tips for Earlier Harvests

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Do peppers need a lot of water? Actually, peppers need less water than most other vegetables.

April 17, 2026

Low Water Vegetables

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A vibrant vegetable container garden with lush green peppers and flowering marigolds, set against a wooden fence for outdoor gardening.

April 16, 2026

Vegetable Container Gardening

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Why are my seedings dying after sprouting? Damping Off

April 15, 2026

Why are my seedings dying after sprouting?

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Hot Pepper Seeds: Helmet Head examples where the seed shell casing doesn't release the first leaves of the seedling

April 13, 2026

Hot Pepper Seeds: Helmet Head

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How to Make Red Pepper Flakes

April 12, 2026

How to Make Red Pepper Flakes

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