re: PA seeds in 99
I too only polinated with one male. I had no idea that I needed to
polinate with more than one. I have about 500 viable seeds, 100 seeds that
were empty and another 100 or so that germinated inside. Hope this helps.
--- G Tanner <g1tanner@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Beth -
> I think you have found your off season project.
> Go For It !
>
> I've discussed the number of males needed to pollinate
>
> will a couple of different growers. I recall that one
> of Scott Armstrong's pumpkins (684 lb 1999 maybe ?)
> was only pollentated with one male (because that was
> all he had at the time), yet it produced a large
> number of seeds. I don't remember the number so I
> don't want to guess. Scott will have to fill us in
> tomorrow.
> But I do remember this shooting a hole in our thinking
> that more males = better pollination and more seeds.
> Of course I don't want people to take this as a
> suggestion to only use one male in the future, but it
> can be done with just one.
>
> Gordon Tanner
> Maple Valley, WA
>
>
>
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> Has anyone gathered information for pumpkins over any
> particular threshold
> about # of seeds, time of pollination, and # of males
> used for pollination?
> (If not, I think I know how my offseason will be
> spent!)
>
> Thanks,
> Beth
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