What to plant --------------
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: What to plant --------------
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 13:06:16 -0300
To go back to the well or plant the cutting edge??.......This is one of the
most puzzling questions? It is thought that you should plant "proven "
seed but a lot of top growers don't make this a rule and don't seem to go
back to the well .. They plant the cutting edge of the new Giants.....what
appears to me to be a pattern, is seed from these giants have 1-4 seeds
that are superior and the rest just prove to be average.........This holds
true for alot of large fruit in the AG past.....So if this is the case say
for the 1006 which produced Chris' monster and a few other pumpkins over
700 can one expect only average pumpkins from the remaining 1006
seeds..??(who knows).......then you have those that grew the very large
pumpkins that didn't make it to the weigh offs that were from going back
to the " WELL" pumpkins under 700.......apparently there were three
pumpkins that were unofficial weights that were in the 1000lb.
range.......Any other Theories thoughts,
questions,???????.........brock..in seed limbo Ah!!
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