Re: Seeds, Help
let me have your address and you can have some from my 550 and 642.
Chris
www.GiantPumpkinsOnline.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: Lyle Rockwell <rocky.r@cyber-quest.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: 09 January 2002 11:52
Subject: Re: Seeds, Help
>Stop the begging! Seeds for the price of postage of a self addressed
>bubble pack are the way to go. Put that in an envelope, and send it to
>my address listed below, and I will send you some great genetic based
>seeds, some of mine, and some I have recieved from others that I will
>just plain ol never get to because you can only plant so many seeds in a
>year.
> Rocky Rockwell
> 112 Roosevelt St
> Sayre PA 18840
>
> As for the P and P seeds ( http://www.pandpseeds.com ) and Howard Dill
>seeds (http://www.howarddill.com ), they get a tainted name because alot
>of thier buyers are first time growers, and like you stated, could be
>blamed on rookie mistakes. The best purchase from one of these two
>companies is Don Langevin's book, "How to Grow World Class Giant
>Pumpkins II" , as it tells you how to do it step by step. Yes, sometimes
>seeds dont germinate, not too many have a 100 percent germination
>success, but these are the chances we take. Howard and Ray work hard at
>promoting the hobby, and by selling the massive amounts of seeds they
>do, well, have a much higher public profile to be viewed as you have
>labeled them - which just isnt true.
> I wish you the best of luck, do what you have to do, my seeds are there
>for the offering for anyone who may want some.
>
>> Seanin03@prodigy.net wrote:
>>
>> I have a question about getting seeds for the Atlantic Giant. I read
>> on a previous web page that the best place to get seeds is from a seed
>> exchange, also that ordering them from places like P & P seeds is not
>> great thing because the seeds can be of poor quality. Of course I
>> read this after ordering $30 worth of seeds from P and P. This will
>> be my third year of trying to grow pumpkins, two years ago (my first)
>> I managed to grow a 200 lb specimen. Last year was a total failure
>> zero, zilch, nada, nothing....I ordered seeds from Dills, which I
>> though was reputable. Of course I realize having zero luck last year
>> probably had to do with inexperiece, but I couldn't even get the seeds
>> to germinate last year.
>>
>> I have nothing to exchange but gratitude and was wondering what the
>> best method would be in begging for seeds? Panhandleing? or Just a
>> sign, "Will work for Seeds!"
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Sean : )
>>
>> Seanin03@prodigy.net
>
>--
>Rocky Rockwell
>http://www.PGPGA.com
>http://home.cyber-quest.com/rocky.r
>
>A man who wants to do something, will always find a way.....
>
>A man who doesn't, will always find an excuse.....
>
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