Re: Diversity in Plant selection
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Diversity in Plant selection
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:18:33 -0300
>Al, Ron, Dan, Broc, and others:
>
>This whole conversation on genetics and the merit of different seeds in an
>excellent one, I've enjoyed it imensely. I think Al summed it up real well
>by saying that our greatest strength as a group is that we each have
>different ideas and choose seeds in a little different way.
>
>My two cents worth on evaluating the "success" rate of a seed is that there
>is a huge factor in how experienced the grower is. I know that I've grown
>seeds that also grew 700#+ fruit in my same climate, but I couldn't grow
>more than a 500 pounder to save my life. In this sense its pretty hard to
>evaluate a success ratio. Of the 200 people that tried a given seed maybe
>3/4 of them are like me and can't grow 800# fruit even with "no fail seed".
>
>
>This may be getting us out farther on a limb than we want to go, but if
>every one thought the "success ratio" was really important someone with
>more math skills than me could come up with a formula to rate a seeds
>potential. You could factor in the number of seeds grown (that we know
>about anyway), and also factor in the personal best weight for each grower.
> Like I said, it may not be worth it. Just a thought.
>
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The Survey is in the mail.........with hopes it will give us an average
like the DOW does in the stock market from the top 40 growers in 97 ....
My thoughts about the 1006 is that has proven more than the 1061 and that
you know that it carries the "chance" of producing a large one, you know
that there is some risks as it wasn't an automatic 800lb pumpkin...you can
see that many top growers used it as a pollinator but then something
happened to their plant because it didn't make it to the weigh-
offs......maybe it will take 2 years for this seed to be considered a red
hot choice.........brock
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