Re: What to plant --------------

Ron, 

You raise some wonderful questions.  What would be your solution?  If you
could choose what seeds were grown and how they were crossed what would you
do?  As a group should we try growing a more diversified assortment of
seeds?  

Fertilizing some questions,

Rick

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> From: Pumpkin253 <Pumpkin253@aol.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: What to plant --------------
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 12:19 AM
> 
> This is a ''hot topic'' for me. My feelings are that any Atlantic Giant
seed
> can produce a very large pumpkin. I think what is happening now is too
many
> seeds are being collected and not planted. Everybody is waiting for
someone
> else to take a chance and plant them.Let's look at the 1006, yes it did
> produce a few big ones this year, but how many of these seeds were
planted to
> get that many? I would be willing to bet a few hundred were planted, when
you
> now look at how many were planted and what it produced the average is not
very
> good. The only real proven seed on a grand scale over the past few years
in my
> opinion is the 567.5. Another trend, I see developing is, one year after
> someone pops a big one, the next season that seed will get planted
heavily and
> then it disappears never to be planted again. What ever happen to the
923, 887
> or the 914? at one time these were good seed stocks. I just think we all
get
> bored with these seed '' studs'' and move on to the next batch of
hopefuls.
> 
> Ron Wallace
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