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• Featured Review: Tomato Seed Starting Formula

  Tomato Seed Starting Formula Average Customer Rating 5 out of 5 This seed-starting formula is specially created to answer the special requirements of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. Read all reviews at Burpee Featured Review 5 of 5 Skeptic Converted June 25, 2007By Anonymous from Phoenix, AZ "I bought this without a huge expectation and I decided to test it. I started four sets of seeds at the same time. One in the Tomato formula, one in a peat pod, one in a commercial garden soil and one in dampened paper towels. Five day laters, every one of the four seeds in the starter formula has germinated and the seedlings are now 1 inch tall. One peat pod seed is just starting to show, two seeds are just beginning to grow in the paper towel and nothing is yet seen in the commercial soil. I'm..." more Read all reviews at Burpee - 4 days ago

• Featured Review: Pepper, Sweet The Godfather Hybrid

  Pepper, Sweet The Godfather Hybrid Average Customer Rating 5 out of 5 It's gorgeous in the garden and delicious on the plate. Plants are loaded with huge, meaty peppers. The best yield and the biggest fruit (7") you'll get from a frying pepper. Traditionally used green, they're even sweeter when red, about two weeks later. Try some fresh in salads too. Burpee exclusive. Days to maturity, 64, is from time plants are set in garden. For transplants add 8-10 weeks. Space plants 18-24" apart. Read all reviews at Burpee Featured Review 5 of 5 A Soldier in the Garden January 17, 2007By Saengerin from Bloomington, IN Plant performance 5 of 5 Taste 5 of 5 Yield 5 of 5 "It was a horrible year for the garden. Two freak late frosts, persistent cold nights, and continuing dampness caused real problems. A horrible fungus attacked all my pepper plants, turning them completely black and causing them to wilt to nothing. This was my first year with the Godfather plants. Determined to not lose our investment, my husband stripped the plants completely, leaving just the main stem. Lo and behold, the Godfathers came back with a vengeance, producing huge bushes and inundating..." more Read all reviews at Burpee - 4 days ago

• Featured Review: Alyssum, Easter Basket Mix

  Alyssum, Easter Basket Mix Average Customer Rating 5 out of 5 Unique blend of pastel colors,including lavender,pink,white,deep rosy pink and violet. Tiny fragrant flowers cover spreading plants. Blooms earlier than other varieties. Great for edgings,borders,planters and rock gardens. GARDEN HINTS: Cultivate or mulch to control weeds. For earlier bloom,start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before outdoor planting time. Shear tops of plants in midsummer to stimulate fresh bloom. Read all reviews at Burpee Featured Review 5 of 5 Alyssum Easter Basket Mix October 01, 2006By plantlady5 from Little Falls, NY Plant performance 5 of 5 Appearance 5 of 5 "Planted these seeds in April inside and had small flowers by planting time in May. They took right off when planted in my flower beds and produced good sized mounds 8"-10" across of multi hued colors from white to pinks & purples. They are phenominal compored to the standard white or purple and all the neighbors spent most of the spring & early summer looking for these in nursery's in our area then I told them they were grown from seeds and they could not believe it. We live in a colder region where..." more Read all reviews at Burpee - 4 days ago

• Featured Review: Watermelon, Burpees Fordhook Hybrid

  Watermelon, Burpees Fordhook Hybrid Average Customer Rating 4.3 out of 5 Best-selling early, with sweet, bright red flesh. Extra-vigorous plants produce many round, dark green fruits weighing 14 lbs. each. Burpee bred. Proven tops for performance, flavor and wide adaptability. After all danger of frost, sow 5 or 6 seeds in groups 6-8' apart. Read all reviews at Burpee Featured Review 4 of 5 Beet Chicago Red September 19, 2006By Candace from Las Vegas, NV Plant performance 5 of 5 Taste 5 of 5 Yield 4 of 5 "This beet is delicious. It is the tastiest beet I've ever tasted. You and your family have gotta try this beet for your meals!" Read all reviews at Burpee - 4 days ago