Nutrient Deficiencies
By Jenn Byers
For gardeners aiming to cultivate bountiful crops and beautiful ornamentals, understanding the role of nutrients is crucial. Most are familiar...
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Gurney’s Seed and Nursery Blog
By E Hollister / January 20, 2010
Gotta Have It™ White
If you like sweet corn, this is sure to be your new favorite. Picture the richest, sweetest, most flavorful corn you’ve ever tasted. Got it? Now add a whole lot of sugar – that’s what Gotta Have It tastes like. You’ve never had corn this sweet!
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By E Hollister / January 4, 2010
Nonna’s Prize Tomato
Take my word for it; this is the richest-flavored tomato you will ever grow! It resembles an heirloom tomato in looks, but grows like hybrid, which is something I’ve personally always looked for in a tomato seed.
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By E Hollister / December 22, 2009
Happy Holidays from your friends at Gurney’s!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from your friends at Gurney’s Seed & Nursery! Christmas is my favorite holiday. Getting together with family, eating great food, giving and receiving gifts…
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By E Hollister / December 16, 2009
Treated Seed: Corn and Peas
Treated seed is so much easier to grow, because it has a hard coating to enhance germination and plant strength. All of our pea seed and sweet corn seed varieties are treated, including customer favorite, Gotta Have it Hybrid Sweet Corn!
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By E Hollister / December 9, 2009
How to Winterize Your Trees
Winterizing is the best thing you can do to ensure that your tree or shrub stays healthy through the cold season and comes back full force next spring, especially if you’ve recently added some young flowering trees or shrubs to your landscape this year.
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By E Hollister / December 2, 2009
Seed Starting Tips from Gurney’s
For those of you who are hesitant to try seed starting, fear not! There is a way to make seed starting simple, quick and fun. And contrary to popular belief, you don’t need an elaborate basement operation with fluorescent lights and elegant light fixtures!
Read MoreComposting: Save Your Leaves!
For most gardeners, November is a month for raking leaves and racking your brain trying to figure out what to do with them. You could put them in the street or bag them, but why let them go to waste?
Read MoreNovember Gardening Reminders
In some regions, gardeners are finding that it’s just too cold to be outside. Don’t spend the season mourning the loss of your summer garden, though.
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By Gurney's Team / December 24, 2020
The Most Loved and Hated Vegetables by State
It’s no secret that most children don’t like to eat their vegetables. We can all relate to memories of puckering...
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By Gurney's Team / March 17, 2022
How to Grow Sweet Potato Vines
Both ornamental gardeners and vegetable gardeners love growing sweet potato vines. These tender plants from the Ipomoea batatas family, can...
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By jmehta@gardensalive.com / March 3, 2012
Growing Pumpkins from Seed: A Simple Guide
While I’m quite fond of Trick-or-treating, carving Jack O' Lanterns is my favorite Halloween activity, still! Back when I was in school, my dad and I would spend hours in the kitchen garden, selecting pumpkins good enough to fit the role. And we always had pumpkin pie for our special Halloween dessert. Oh, the benefits of growing pumpkins! Another wonderful thing about pumpkins is that they’re so very easy to cultivate. Here’s some information on how to grow pumpkins from seed.
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