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No, they wouldn't insure me!! only
kidding
-----Original Message-----
From:
L*@aol.com <L*@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date:
14 January 2001 21:25
Subject: Re: Seed
Auctions
In a
message dated 1/14/2001 9:02:14 AM Pacific Standard Time,
D*@excite.com writes:
Perhaps if you lost the attitude that everyone owes you thier
best seed you
might be more successful at obtaining them.
That
said,I appologize for being so direct.(You'll have to excuse me as I'm a
bit giddy right now watching the Giant game). I have recieved
"the" seed from
quite a few growers and find your comments
misleading and off target. There's
10 times more great seeds out there
just dieing to be proven. Why not "prove"
a great grower's
other seed this year? Chances are you have a friend for
life...and
access to the proven seeds. Now Im not saying that a first time
grower has to pay his dues on unproven seed (or am I?) but you
don't put a
17 year old with a day old license behind the wheel of a
Ferrari......................................................................G
I have to put my dollars
worth in here on the seed auction thing. I will
be a second year
grower this year and have gotten many "free" seeds from
people on this list and others. But only a few (very few),growers
have sent
me any of thier proven seeds. Maybe some that were grown
on the same
plant,or some that had the same genetics,but not the
killer ones I and
anyone else would love to have. Try writing Dave
Stelts and get a 801.5,or
Mark S. to get a 825.5,or Kirk Mombert and
get a 567.5,and the list goes on
and on. I understand that the
supply is low on the above mentioned
seeds,partially in part to all
the seeds they sent to other growers. But how
many of you will send
me a 567.5,or a 801.5,or any of the super proven
seeds?? There are
people out there with a few of these seeds in thier
collection,but
still they don't plant them! I try like crazy to get one and
those
that have them want to trade you them for the balance of your seed
collection. I have made a few trades,and have gotten a few good
proven seeds
in trade,but they for the most part are not the highly
sought after
Lloyd,Mombert,Shymanski(ok,I got one 825.5 in a
trade,thanks Jerry R.),
Ciliberto,etc,etc. Big time seeds. Most of
you guys have been collecting
seeds for some time now,but us newer
growers only chance to get the previous
top seeds is to buy it at
auction,due inpart to all the others that were
given those seed free
of charge years ago,continue to set on them. I've
heard about some
of your extensive seed collections,and wonder how in the
world you
could plant even a fraction of the proven seeds you have?? I spent
more money than probably anyone on this list at the auctions and
seed
requests,(over $500!)yes I sent money last year with my
requests. Funny how
everyone kept the cash,except ONE,Gary Burke,and
he sent me some of his good
seed stock and paid for postage! If
everyone is worried about keeping the
hobby alive so much,give a
newbie a chance,they are the future,if they stick
with it. Send them
one of your 100 proven seeds,see what they can do with
it. The only
hope I have of having proven seeds in my collection is to
participate in the auctions,or wait till the seeds I have gotten
from 1999
and 2000 are proven,some are already,but that will happen
only with a select
few seeds. So let's see how many replies I get on
this request; I am looking
for seed from the following,935
Lloyd-567.5 Mombert-946.5 Geerts-801.5
Stelts. And I will plant
them!
Dewight Blanton
Indiana Watermelon
Record Holder
232 Blanton '00
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