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The Pumpkin Little October, ‘Cucurbita pepo’, is a mini-pumpkin with smooth skin that is ideal for holiday decorations. Looking for an ideal family craft project? After your “mini-gardeners’ have helped grow this mini-pumpkin from seed to harvest, let them loose with acrylic paints or permanent markers. Spray with a polyurethane glaze to preserve the creative results. The pumpkins average 3 to 4 inches in diameter and 8 to 12 ounces in weight. Plant in the spring 2 to 4 weeks after the last average frost date. In warm climates plant in February or late summer for fall harvest. Pumpkins prefer rich well drained soil that is high in organic matter. The soil should be kept evenly moist. Harvest before the first light frost or when the pumpkin foliage begins to dry out.

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NEXT DAY SHIPPING INCLUDED(Please allow 2 to 10 days to process bumblebee orders.)Bumble bees have become an excellent alternative for the fruitset of tomatoes. This was a very labor-intensive job. Bumblebees are used world-wide for the pollination of hydroponic tomatoes as well many other indoor and outdoor fruit crops resulting in enormous savings in labor costs, improvements of fruit quality and sometimes even increased production. In recent years the use of bumblebees has expanded to a range of other crops. Bees are an excellent pollinator of many fruit crops, both indoors and outdoors. Also in the domain of seed selection and seed production, bumblebees have proven to be useful. The benefits of natural pollination for the user are manyfold: saving labor costs improved fruit quality increased productivity pollination that is independent of weather conditions or native pollinators reduced pollen quantity in glasshouse gives better working environment What species of bee do w

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The Cucumber Lemon, ‘Cucumis satiovus’, is a very good slicer or pickler. The Lemon cucumber is very sweet, crisp, easy to digest and looks just like a lemon. If you love cukes, eat these like an apple. Don’t dismiss their unusual lemon-shaped cucumber variety as a simple oddity; the white flesh has excellent flavor, plants are somewhat drought tolerant, and they are a great slicer or pickler. They are hard to find in a grocery store. The Lemon cucumber stores well in a refrigerator. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date. Do not plant late as hot temps may preclude good flowering. Cucumbers prefer light, rich, well drained fertile soil with lots of organic matter. Cucumbers have a shallow root system and therefore require regular moisture. Do not let cucumbers get too big because the vines stop producing if over mature cucumbers stay on the vine

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The Forget-Me-Not Victoria Blue, ‘Myosotis sylvatica compacta’, is a superior strain of one of the earliest spring bloomers. Not many plants bloom well in the shade, but Victoria Blue prefers it. The Victoria Blue Forget-Me-Not has numerous 1/3 inch flowers that are petite, blue star-shaped and with a white center. The flowers rise gracefully above neat, low growing mounds. They bloom in early spring for 2 to 4 weeks. The Victoria Blue prefers partial sun to partial shade. The soil should be light, rich, and well drained. They should be kept evenly moist and they should not dry out. Plant in early spring or in or late summer/early fall. The Forget-Me-Nots are excellent for woodland settings and for an early splash of color in moist shady areas.

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