SPOILER!!: task 1
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sweetpinkpixie 
Kurumi smiled and winked at Jezz when her question was rewarded. Hopefully the girl caught her look, because in the next moment her attention was turned back towards the front as Professor Bentley moved the class along. Well, first things first. Kurumi grabbed a spare piece of parchment from her bag and wrote down the instructions and placed those in her robe's pocket for safe keeping. Once she did this, she retrieved her dragonhide gloves and goggled from her bag and put the goggles on first, adjusting the band so that they fit snugly on her head and then put her gloves on. After retrieving her pot, Kurumi set it down and removed her wand from its holster - which was a little difficult considering she was already wearing her gloves.
Kurumi leaned over her pot and inspected it for any cracks there might be, and when she noticed none traced a circle inside the pot. "Chaudensis," she chirped. Had it worked? Kurumi pocketed her wand and removed her gloves temporarialy so she could put both hands on either side of the pot where she was pleased to feel that it was becoming progressively warmer. It felt really nice, especially when one considered just how cold the greenhouse was back here.
Deciding to take a moment, Kurumi hugged the pot to her and let it warm her up for a few moments before setting it down and putting her gloves back on.
Having now pried herself off the pot, Kurumi felt even colder than she had before. Maybe it had been a bad idea to warm herself up a bit. Note to self, don't do that again.
Still with her gloves on, Kurumi returned to where Professor Bentley was standing and grabbed a bucket and a shovel before taking some dirt from the pile. Once her bucket was filled, Kurumi dragged it back to her station and wiped the sweat from her brow with the sleeve of her robe. Merlin was this bucket heavy. She then picked up the small shovel and began to scoop the dirt into her pot, patting it down here and there but not too hard. The dirt did need to breathe after all. When the dirt had filled half the pot, Kurumi put her shovel back in her bucket and set them both to the side. Now she needed to wait for it to heat up.
After a few minutes, Kurumi removed the glove on her right hand and stuck her index finger into the pot to see if the soil was warm enough. Nope. Still had a chill to it. Better wait a little longer.