Burpee Gardens

Seedling Heat Mats (click here to post a comment)

2008-09-05T04:56:25-07:00

5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Germination Galoire!, August 24, 2008
Submitted by eaglover from Tuxedo, NY

"Since I start my seeds in a cold basement in winter, I decided to purchase the 48" x 20 3/4" seedling heat mat in Winter 2008 to see if it would help with faster and more effective germination. The mat worked beautifully! I have never had such success in seed germination before using this mat. I was able to squeeze four mats and part of a fifth onto the mat (rotating them all from time to time to equalize time on the mat). Within 48 hours, about 50% of my seeds had started sprouting. By the end of a week, a total of about 85% of my seeds had begun germinating. Many of these seeds were two to three years old, and I hadn't had much success with them in previous years (even when I first bought them). I thought the seeds were just of poor quality. When it was time for planting in the spring, my plants were stronger and larger than any others at that time during previous years. I always start my seeds and plant my plants at the same times every year, including this past year when I used the heat mat. I did not measure the temperature difference between flats on the mat and flats not on the mat, but I could definitely feel the temperature difference when I put my hand under the heated flats. These flats were definitely much warmer than the ambient air in the basement. I did not use a temperature regulator, but germination was still quite successful. Adding a little heat using this mat solved a lot germination problems for me. I would recommend getting a seedling heat mat to anyone who starts seeds in a cooler room or basement. If you start a lot of seeds, purchasing the largest mat is definitely worth the price!"

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Tomato Big Beef Hybrid (click here to post a comment)

2008-09-04T05:08:45-07:00

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5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Best in Class-Hybrid tomato-maybe all tomatoes, August 24, 2008
Submitted by LakeErieGarden from Lorain, OH

"This is the best tomato to grow for production, disease resistance, ease of growing, taste, size and appearance that there is. Wow is this an amazing tomato! Far better flavor than the Better Boy, Celebrity and Parks Whopper hybrids> I think this tastes every bit as good, even better than Rutgers which I think is a heck of a compliment to a hybrid. If I absolutely had to choose one variety of tomato that I could only plant for the rest of my life, this may well be it. I can't get over the quality of flavor in a tomato that is this perfect in every single category. This is the best all around tomato out there, hands down. I can not do it enough justice to speak of all this tomato is."

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Bean Eureka (click here to post a comment)

2008-09-03T04:50:19-07:00

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5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Eureka Beans are abundant, August 24, 2008
Submitted by leifler from Southern Indiana

"This is the second year that I have planted Eureka Yellow Bush Beans. Both years they have produced a tremendous quantity of delicious beans. You can pick them by the handful. They are beautiful in the glass mason jars. I will always plant this variety of bean. I don't know how any other variety could be better!"

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Tomato Sun Gold Hybrid (click here to post a comment)

2008-09-02T04:51:48-07:00

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5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Best in class-Hands Down!, August 24, 2008
Submitted by LakeErieGarden from Lorain, OH

"I was a big fan of the Sweet 100 cherry tomato. Was is the key word. It is still my favorite red cherry but this Sun Gold variety is the best Cherry Tomato I have ever tasted bar none. Everyone I have given it to loves it. I did not think an orange tomato would be this good, boy was I wrong. Huge, super productive plants, early producers, disease resistant and they pretty much grow themselves without any intervention to top it all off. They will crack with uneven watering but that's a small price to pay for the greatest cherry tomato of all time, bar none, hands down. I am mad at myself for not trying this before."

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Dusty Miller Silver Lace (click here to post a comment)

2008-08-29T04:59:43-07:00

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5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Long lasting annual, August 18, 2008
Submitted by Canuck from Concord, NC

"I purchased 4 small plants 4 years ago for my front garden and this year they flowered. They have never died back and grow bigger each year. I don't know why except that in my zone 7b garden, the conditions have been very favorable. I love the little clusters of yellow flowers that started in June and just keep coming. I love Dusty Miller as they provide outstanding foliage and now have beautiful clusters of yellow flowers. Amazing!!"

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Corn Breeder's Choice Hybrid (click here to post a comment)

2008-08-28T04:50:03-07:00

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5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

One of the best, August 18, 2008
Submitted by Peonyguy from Massachusetts

"I planted this in it's suggested role to pollinate "Ruby Queen", and I am very glad I did. I only wish that I had planted more. This is one of the best main season corns that I have ever grown. It has good , tall, strong stalks and very good yield. Next year I will plant less "Ruby Queen" and more "Breeders Choice"."

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Shallot (click here to post a comment)

2008-08-27T05:03:37-07:00

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5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Easy, Delicious, Subtle, August 18, 2008
Submitted by sawnature from Central MN

"The wonderful subtle flavor you find in shallots minus the cost you pay at the store. Very easy to grow. I planted these in Oct. in central MN, mulched with 6-8 inches of leaves and hoped they would survive the harsh winter. They began peaking thru the leaves even before the snow hit. I harvested them in late July, braided them and have them hanging in my basement. This year I will plant both a fall and spring crop to harvest in midsummer and in fall."

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Hot Pepper False Alarm Hybrid (click here to post a comment)

2008-08-26T05:29:12-07:00

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5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Perfect for the faint of heart, August 17, 2008
Submitted by CJJo from Naperville, IL

"My husband does not like hot peppers, I love them. With this pepper, we made salsa and Nachos that we could both eat. I can eat them right off the plant, but to feed my husband, I seeded them and just used the meat. We just grew 2 plants this year, will grow more next year. Perfect..."

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Tomato Big Mama Hybrid (click here to post a comment)

2008-08-25T05:02:13-07:00

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5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Best sauce tomato!!!, August 17, 2008
Submitted by CJJo from Naperville, IL

"We were looking for a large plum tomato to make our sauce making easier. We found the tomato, Big Mama. I'm sorry that other customers did not have our success. We had large, perfect tomatoes. We grew 8 plants and this past weekend harvested about 100 tomatoes. We made sauce, used them in fajitas and had them on a salad. We were really impressed. These meaty tomatoes had less seeds and lots of meat. We will grow more plants next year."

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Cucumber Streamliner Hybrid (click here to post a comment)

2008-08-22T04:47:21-07:00

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5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Excellent Producer, Especially on a Trellis, August 12, 2008
Submitted by MattinVirginia from Northern Virginia

"My pregnant wife has answered her craving for cucumber salad all summer thanks to this solid, very straight producer. I've grown four of these plants on a variety of trellises, including small wooden frames, an old tomato cage, and on two Burpee tomato towers (including one in a container). They have crawled and creeped back and forth across the supports and generated long, straight cucumbers consistently. The seeds aren't that large within the cucumbers and the flesh is never dry. An excellent plant."

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