Encapsulated Earthworm Cocoons

Encapsulated Earthworm Cocoons from Gardens Alive!^® are convenient and easy to add to your garden soil. Plant them in garden soil just as you'd plant ordinary seeds, or choose to hatch them indoors and transplant to the garden later. Each cocoon contains 1-10 eggs, depending on the species, and each egg will produce one earthworm. Great for gardens and compost piles, earthworms are cold-hardy and easy to establish. They're the greatest living natural soil boosters for a number of reasons:

• their castings boost nitrogen in the soil.
• they move deep-soil nutrients closer to roots
• their tunnels loosen soil, improving aeration
• their activities help soil particles bond, balancing moisture retention and drainage
• Earthworms perform this same magic in compost, speeding the development of nutrient-dense, moisture-dispersing humus.
• The earthworms are fully grown in 2-3 months. This makes a fun project for kids and adults!

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Orders for in-stock seeds and hardgoods are typically shipped within 5 business days.

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country during the shipping timeframes outlined below:

Spring 2020 Shipping Schedule
Zones	Sweet Potatoes	Bareroot Roses	Tomatoes & Peppers	Potatoes
1A-4A	5/22 - 6/5	4/17 - 5/29	5/13 - 5/29	3/27 - 6/12
4B	5/22 - 6/5	4/17 - 5/29	5/13 - 5/29	3/27 - 6/12
5A	5/15 - 6/5	4/3 - 5/29	5/13 - 5/29	3/6 - 6/12
5B	5/1 - 6/5	3/20- 5/29	5/13 - 5/29	3/6 - 6/12
6A	5/1 - 6/5	3/6 - 5/29	4/22 - 5/29	3/6 - 6/12
6B	5/1 - 6/5	3/6 - 5/29	4/22 - 5/29	3/6 - 6/12
7A	5/1 - 6/5	2/27 - 5/29	4/22 - 5/29	2/27 - 6/12
7B	5/1 - 6/5	2/27 - 5/29	4/1 - 5/29	2/27 - 6/12
8A & B	4/24 - 6/5	2/20 - 5/29	4/1 - 5/29	2/20 - 6/12
9A & B	4/24 - 6/5	1/23 - 6/5	4/1 - 5/29	2/13 - 6/12
10A & B	4/17 - 6/5	1/23 - 5/5	4/1 - 5/29	2/13 - 6/12
Last Order Date	6/1/2020	5/25/2020	5/25/2020	6/8/2020

Spring 2020 Shipping Schedule
Zones	Tender Annuals	Onion Plants	All other Perennials & Potted Plants
1A-4A	4/30 - 6/5	4/10 - 5/8	5/1 - 6/5
4B	4/30 - 6/5	4/3 - 5/8	5/1 - 6/5
5A	4/30 - 6/5	3/27 - 5/8	4/3 - 6/5
5B	4/30 - 6/5	3/27 - 5/8	3/20 - 6/5
6A	4/30 - 6/5	3/6 - 5/8	3/6 - 6/5
6B	4/30 - 6/5	2/27 - 5/8	3/6 - 6/5
7A	4/2 - 6/5	2/20 - 5/8	2/27 - 6/5
7B	4/2 - 6/5	2/13 - 5/8	2/27 - 6/5
8A & B	4/2 - 6/5	1/30 - 5/8	2/20 - 5/15
9A & B	4/2 - 6/5	1/2 - 5/8	2/13 - 5/15
10A & B	4/2 - 6/5	1/2 - 5/8	2/13 - 5/15
Last Order Date	6/1/2020	5/4/2020	1A-7B: 6/1/2020 8A-10B: 5/11/2020

2020 Insects Shipping Schedule
Zones	Nematodes & Encapsulated Worms
1A	5/13/20 - 10/30/20
1B - 2A	5/13/20 - 10/30/20
2B - 3B	4/29/20 - 10/30/20
4A - 6A	4/15/20 - 10/30/20
6B - 7A	4/8/20 - 10/30/20
7B - 8B	3/11/20 - 10/30/20
9A - 10B	2/25/20 - 10/30/20
Last Order Date	10/23/2020

Shipping Note:

The type of product you order or the weather in our area or yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until fully dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your order--via the U.S. Postal Service or United Parcel Service. Large orders may be shipped in more than one package.

Please note that we cannot ship outside of the continental United States.