Re: Let's get back to reality
I would tend to think the idea of acquiring seds now before the
weighoffs would be a very smart idea, because people might be less
willing to trade a seed after they hear 3 800+ pumpkins came from it
(after the weigh offs) than they would be before, because at that point
it is still an also ran.. I for one, have to agree with Andrew, give me
a one in ten chance at 1000 pounds, or a guaranteed official weight of
600 pounds, and Ill take the 1 in ten chance every time..
My buddy Mark Elsbree, the king of our local wiegh off said it best...
If I know I dont have a shot at a big one, and had to settle on 5-6
hundred pounds each and every year, I think the next seed planted in my
patch would be grass seed..."... Long live the king...
Rocky Rockwell
http://www.pgpga.com
Orange is nice, but green is keen.......
Bill VanIderstine wrote:
>
> Hey Guy's & Gal's:
> Let's get back to reality, if it doesn't make the weighoff, its not
> official, it's like the
> fish that got away. We all seem to be honing in on a maybe &
> forgetting the ones that are
> going the route. I myself, am growing both this year, 926 maybe, 914
> official, no comparison,
> the unofficial is just that, a maybe, the official is doing well at
> the present time.
> Let's give credit to the ones that credit is due to, weighed off , not
> the ones that might
> have made it if something had been different, there are thousands of
> them in North America that
> we never hear about because that is the difference between Champion &
> maybe.
> Don't get me wrong, the 825.5 grows big pumpkins, I have the seed but
> am to chicken to
> try it, as most have not made a weighoff to my knowledge, they were
> big though, my 926 is the
> second generation of this seed.
> Last year we heard the same story from Ontario, I think it was a lady,
> big pumpkins that never
> are there in the end.
> Let's wait for the weighoff's and then we know which seed we should be
> seeking. Just my opinion.
> Thanks,
> Bill Van Iderstine
> Personal Best 862
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