Jim’s Favorite Pumpkin Seeds from around the World.
LET463 Pink Hearts Hybrid
Wow! This heart shaped pink pumpkin will be the talk of Halloween when you display it!
Very uniform, medium size fruit average about 14 pounds. Average size is 11 inches long, and 8 inches wide
Some fruit are solid pink. Some fruit have a lighter pink stripe. 100 days.
JM110 Dill’s Atlantic Giant
It’s easy to grow 400- to 500-pound golden-orange fruits with this amazing variety. Rough-skinned and beautifully ribbed, the pumpkins just keep going and going at an astonishing rate. You’ve got to try it for yourself! Seed cavity is small. Flesh is
meaty, makes great pies. 130 days.
Tips on How to Grow Dill’s Atlantic Giant Pumpkins
LET314 Kentucky Field Pumpkin
A uniquely colored and shaped pumpkin, the perfect Heirloom variety to add some interest to your pumpkin patch this season! Fruits are generally 10-15 lbs and will vary in shape, but are usually longer than they are wide. Their dull orange will be a standout against other, more traditionally colored pumpkins and also the perfect complement to your Heirloom Pumpkin collection!
A traditional production variety, vines are extremely prolific! Kentucky Field Pumpkins are known to be excellent in storage and are perfect for canning! 90-120 days.
TPF256 Small Sugar
Sometimes called New England Pie Pumpkin. The long time favorite and standard for pies. None grows any sweeter. Fruits small, 6-8 lbs; round, flattened at the ends and a good keeper. Skin is deep orange, smooth but plainly ribbed. Flesh is thick, deep yellow, fine grained and has a deliciously sugar flavor. 95 Days
SF412 Triamble Pumpkin ( Winter Squash )
What a beautiful heirloom to grow in your garden! Also known as Shamrock Squash, this is an heirloom variety originally grown in Australia that produces wonderful slate blue, 8 to 10 pound pumpkins that with excellent eating quality.
Excellent flavor and a novelty for fall decoration makes for a great addition to any garden. 105 days.
3692 Moonscape Hybrid
(15-18 lbs.) Moonscape F1 Hybrid pumpkin is round and deeply ribbed. It has reddish skin with white dimples and lots of delicious bright yellow flesh. The vines are very productive. Use as an edible squash or novelty colored pumpkin, they are great for carving! Full vine. ZYMV resistance. 100 days.
LET458 Yellow of Paris
Produces large pumpkins in the 25-100 pound weight range. Also known as Jaune Gros De Paris. Yellow of Paris pumpkin features large, yellow fruit that is very popular in Paris, and is a well established heirloom. These large, flattened round beauties are very similar to Cinderella pumpkins and can produce a lot of pumpkin for cooking! This variety is mainly used for making pies, soup or baked. The Yellow of Paris is known for its delicious, tender flavor when cooked. 100-120 days.
JM101 Aspen F1 Hybrid
85-90 days. Aspen is a very attractive, large fruited pumpkin
with rich orange color. The stems are large and sturdy. Fruit
grow on a vigorous, semi-bush plant. Average weight 20 pounds.
Aspen stores and ships well.
3728 Tours ( French Heirloom )
Most unusual looking pumpkin weighing up to 16-18 pounds. Tours is a beautiful, upright, oval pumpkin that adds height and a different shape to fall displays. It is dark green with pale green striping and has pale yellow flesh. Tours has a long history of use in France for pickling, soups, jam and animal feed. The extremely large seeds (about 80 per ounce) have medicinal properties for people and animal and produce a tremendous amount of oil when pressed. The fruit will store for 5 months. 95 days.
A French heirloom field pumpkin, named for its place of origin, and listed by Vilmorin as early as 1856. The large-fruited pumpkin has distinctive large oil seeds with wide margins which were once used in the manufacture of sugar-coated pills and as a remedy for tapeworm. Great for displays and carving. 90-100 days.
SF390 Orange Smoothie Hybrid
2002 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner. Children will be infatuated with Orange Smoothie pumpkins. The dark orange, smooth skin is ideal for painting Halloween faces. The size is desirable for young hands, weighing 5 to 8 pounds with a strong, long handle. Orange Smoothie pumpkins will mature early, in about 90 days from sowing seed.
Another benefit is the semi-determinate habit requiring less space in the garden. Easy-to-grow from seed or started plants, Orange Smoothie is an all-around great pumpkin for carving, painting, decorating and even the meat is sweet for homemade pumpkin pie. 90-100 days.
JM187 Mr Wrinkles Pumpkin
Deep ribs, big size. Deep orange colour and strong handles. Mr. Wrinkles is very productive and has lots of character, giving it an old time pumpkin appearance. Barrel shaped 25-35 lb pumpkins are borne on strong indeterminate vines. Matures in 100 days.
LET242 Knuckle Head
Why have ordinary pumpkins for Haloween when you can have these weird, mutated looking gems. Spectacular warting makes them the star of the show. Large super-freak type, warted, scary for unwary, 12-16 pound pumkins, 105 days.
SF383 Pepitas Hybrid “Naked Seed Pumpkin”
AAS winner in both the decorative and culinary arenas! All-purpose variety – Strong handle; beautiful golden orange rinds with dark green streaks; delicious, nutritious flesh and bountiful “naked” tender,succulent, nutty seeds for roasting!
Vining plants produce 5-6 uniform round, smooth fruits that weigh 9-12 lb and measure 12-14″ wide. Tolerant: Powdery Mildew. Resistant: Southern Root Rot. 90 days.
JB106 Wee Be Little
1999 All-America Selections winner. Tiny, round ornamental pumpkin. Remarkably miniature, about the size of a baseball, avg. 3-3 1/2″ diam., 10-14 oz., and very endearing. Slightly flat-round shape like a normal pumpkin. Bright orange rind, smooth enough for painting. Semibush plants for close spacing. Avg. yield: 8 fruits per plant. 90-100 days.
JM163 Silver Moon Hybrid
An Australian type with dark orange flesh. Uniform (5-6 lb.) in size and shape, this pumpkin is very oblate, shallow and pale blue in color with silvery white striping and speckling. Tolerant to Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus and Powdery mildew. 95-100 days.
FA15 Speckled Hound F1 Hybrid Pumpkin
Speckled Hound Pumpkin is the perfect addition to ornamental
winter squash displays. This great tasting pumpkin exhibits
light to medium color with green to blue-green splotches. Dense
flesh and strong foliage gives fruit protection yet plant is
open for easy harvest. Tolerant to Zucchini Yellow Mosaic
Virus. 95-100 days.
TPF223 Cornfield Pumpkin
The perfect pumpkin for Jack O’ Lanterns and holiday decorations. Flattened, light skinned fruits grow to 12-15 pounds.
The name comes from an old tradition of farmers planting them alongside their corn crops for weed suppression.
Sturdy stems, good for carving and fall decorations.
JM153 Autumn Crown F1 Hybrid Pumpkin
New! Miniature Long Island Cheese type.
Fantastic squash with excellent eating quality. Avg. fruit yield is 3-5 fruits per plant. Medium-long vine. Extremely uniform, buff-colored fruit. Combines the attractive skin and flesh characteristics of a butternut with a superior shape and great flavor. Internal color is bright orange with a small seed cavity. Fruits have the aroma of sweet melon when cut. 2-4 lb fruits.
Jim’s Tip: How to roast pumpkin seeds
Combine 1 Teaspoon oil or melted butter plus ½ teaspoon
salt per cup of seeds. If you like, you can add other spices
like pepper, paprika, and/or garlic.
Toss seeds with oil mixture until well coated.
Spread evenly on a cookie sheet.
Bake until golden, about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Let cool on paper towels
AW37 Lady Godiva “Naked Seed” Pumpkin
This is an improved strain of the Styrian Hulless of Austria
that is grown for it’s nutritious seeds. Large, green/gold
pumpkins up to 20 lbs. on strong, large-leaved vines. Grown for
the outstanding, large, naked (hulless) seeds which are
nutritious, delicious raw or roasted, and can also be pressed
for a high-quality oil. Use flesh for pies, soups, casseroles.
This has decorative qualities, as well with its mottled yellow
and green skin. 120 days.
JM161 Casperita Hybrid
Casperita is a great personal size hybrid winter squash. This white pumpkin with a green handle exhibits a classic pumpkin shape with deep ridges. Casperita has a Semi-bush habit that is a very good producer. This outstanding pumpkin also features flesh and sugars similar to Acorn type squash. Casperita combines a stunning look with a great classic pumpkin shape and can be used for ornamental and edible purposes. Powdery Mildew Race 2, WMV tolerance. 77 days. 8 ounces to 1 lb. size.
G150 Bright Red French Pumpkin
This classic Heirloom Pumpkin is as traditional as they come! With its lovely, smooth orange skin and flattened “old fashioned” shape, this pumpkin is just as suited to be decoration as it is to be a delicious pie!
Also known as Cinderella Pumpkin. Most unusual! A reddish orange pumpkin that is shaped flat and resembles a bright red cheese wheel more than a pumpkin. The 12-16 lb. fruits produce a sweet orange flesh that is great for pumpkin pies. A definite must for fall decorations.
Excellent Variety for Canning, Baking Pies and Bread. Favored by French chefs for rich soup stock. 95 days.
FA12 Gooligan F1 PMT Pumpkin
Jack B. Little hybrid, a miniature decorative pumpkin. White
mottled colors. Excellent ornamental for fall sales. Vines are
vigorous with excellent cover and produce high numbers of
fruit.
FA14 Bumpkin F1 PMT Pumpkin
Orange in color, semi-bush. Fruits are a little larger than
Jack Be Little with strong green handles. Makes an excellent
display with Gooligan. Excellent disease package.
VS390 Lumina
Has smooth white skin that makes it ideal for autumn
decorating. White skin will last for weeks as a jack-o-lantern
compared to days for orange skinned fruits. Fruits weigh about
18-20 pounds.
1A436 Howden
New from Harris Seeds, Howden is the ideal big pumpkin for decoration.
115 Days. Well established as the model for large pumpkins. With extra-thick flesh, Howden is less likely to produce lop-sided fruit and keeps in prime condition for a remarkably long time. The hard skin is ridged and has a rich dark orange color. A highly recommended Connecticut field type.
JM106 Big Max
Handsome pumpkins, up to 100 lbs. or more, make excellent pies and impressive jack-o’-lanterns. Fine-grained, bright orange flesh is great for canning or freezing.
One of the largest pumpkins, often over 100 pounds with sufficient moisture, space and fertilizer. Bright yellow-orange flesh 3-4″ thick, suitable for pies. 120 days.
1A157 Jarrahdale
Uniquely blue-skinned pumpkin, usually weighs 7-8 lbs. with a
10 inch diameter. Excellent quality flesh. 95 days.
Jim’s Plant Growth Stimulator
Please note that this is not a plant food or fertilize, this is a combination of natural ingredients intended to improve plant growth. Many greenhouse growers and commercial farms use a combination of these ingredients in their growing process. We have been using this formula in our gardens, fields and greenhouses since 1992, and we use it on everything we grow. We would not make this available to our customers if we did not firmly believe that it does enhance the growth and health of plants that it is applied to.
To see the results for yourself, we advise using it on some plants and not on others and see the difference.
Note: We only ship this product to addresses inside the USA.
The following ingredients are used in making Jim’s Plant Growth Stimulator:
Gibberellic Acid
Gibberellic Acid is a member of a type of plant hormone called Gibberellins, which regulate the growth rate of plants. It was first discovered in Japan, in 1935 as a result of the study of a condition
common in rice plants called “foolish seedling” disease, which caused the plants to grow much taller than normal. The effects of gibberellins weren’t widely understood until years later.
Gibberellic Acid is EPA approved, and is commercially used to grow most fruits and vegetables we eat.
B1 Vitamins and Plant Hormones
We add a blend of plant vitamins and hormones to stimulate plant growth and allow the plant to absorb food
from the soil quicker and also assimilate micronutrients that they may not normally be able to absorb due to various soil conditions.
Micronutrients
All plants benefit from micronutrients, so we’ve added a humic acid base with Boron (B), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Molybdenum (Mo), Sulfur (S) and Zinc (Zn) in our solution.
Other ingredients
We also add a natural detergent additive that causes the sprayed on solution to “stick” to the plant leaves until the solution is absorbed by the plant, this detergent also discourages insects from feeding on the leaves for a short time after the solution is applied.
Each 8 ounce bottle of JPG01 Plant Growth Stimulator makes 16 gallons spray-on solution, you can also use a drench and pour it around the base of the plant if you prefer. The bottle comes with a 1/2 ounce measuring spoon, simply mix a half ounce of plant growth stimulator with a gallon of water and spray onto the plants, or drench the soil around the plant. :
Spray plants weekly, best to apply in early morning/late evening. Start spraying when plants are young. Can be sprayed onto vegetable plants upto harvest. Mix 1/2 ounce stimulator with one gallon of water.
JPG01 Plant Growth Stimulator
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