Salsa Garden Kit — 6 Live Plants: San Marzano, Jalapeño & Tomatillo

Salsa doesn’t come from a jar. It comes from a garden.

This kit grows both of the classics: salsa roja from paste tomatoes and jalapeños, and salsa verde from tomatillos. Six live plants, each in its own 4-inch pot — plant them together in May, and by August you’re chopping, roasting, and filling bowls.

What’s included

• 2 San Marzano — the world’s most famous sauce tomato. Dense, meaty, low-seed fruit born for salsa and canning
• 2 Jalapeño — the essential salsa pepper. Medium heat, endless harvest, perfect fresh or roasted
• 2 Tomatillo — the husk tomato behind authentic salsa verde. Tangy, bright, and wildly productive (plant both — tomatillos need a partner to fruit)
• Printed plant care guide in every box

Full sun, sturdy support for the tomatoes and tomatillos, and steady water. One planting yields salsa all season — plus enough extra to can for winter.

Like it hotter? Graduate to the Hot Pepper Inferno ($59.97) — the world’s three hottest peppers.

Some photography via Wikimedia Commons: San Marzano by Jonathan Billinger (CC BY-SA 2.0), jalapeño by Tilman Baumann (CC BY-SA 3.0) — cropped and color-adjusted.