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- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 01:33:59 EDT
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Bart
As to your question of how old a pumpkin must be to have viable seeds. i
tried a trick back in 2003 i culled a 845 Bobier that was crossed with my 703*
Smith it was about 23 days old and around 50 lbs. i soaked it in liquid Kelp
one day and three days later in calcium chelate. it made it easily till
September but went down before October. the seeds were very nice and viable. they
germinated well that winter but the little plants did't really do well. very
weak plants and never made it long enough to grow out as a full plant. I tried
that same seed this year and went through 20 of them with no luck.
I have had pumpkins and squash up to 558 lbs that had no viable seeds
like my wifes 528* from last year. it was just full of Psudo seeds and was well
over 50 days old probably more like 60 something...
Hope this helped...
Kevin Smith
Squashbuckler
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