Re: Diversity in Plant selection
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Diversity in Plant selection
- From: D* S* <d*@leland.stanford.edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:58:35 -0700
Rick - wow! The pumpkin seed DOW (Dao?). If I start thinking about that
I'll lose a day of work.
My guess is that a checklist of "good seed features" would be more useful
than a full-up numerical index here, since the real goal is to identify
hidden "gems" or show that our folk wisdom about some particular seed is
in error. We could do that with a checklist. A numerical index is best
at deciding close calls .. but there is so much uncertainty in this
business that you might as well toss a coin if you find yourself in that
situation.
Amazing. I'm an academic arguing against numbers.
Dan
>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.
>
>Rick
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