Re: Pollination
Kevin,
Say I grow the 935 Lloyd, and I pollinate the first blossom w/ the 703
Smith, the second blossom w/ the 1335 Daletas, the third w/ the 1105 Stucker
and the 4th w/ the 943 Brock.
If each of the sister blossoms is allowed to live, very unlikely, so what if
each of them is married to a different guy? How likely is it that you'll be
growing seeds from ANY of the four?
If you are selling your seeds (or planting only your own seeds and no one
else's), I can see how you'd want to control the characteristics within each
of the seeds. But if you are growing for competition, and swapping seeds
like most of us, why would you care whether the offspring of the #1 above,
the 935 Lloyd/703 Smith cross, turned green?
Still wondering.
Soon to be Honorary Aunt Kathie, the left handed wench
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>From: Pumpkinpirate1@aol.com
>To: pumpkins@hort.net
>Subject: Re: Pollination
>Date: Sun, Jul 4, 2004, 12:54 PM
>
> now you have to decide all
> the factors involved with choosing a pumpkin and OOPS you don't want a chance
> to have a green offspring but it is growing fastest so there goes the 895.5,
> OOPS but the 703* is green also and it has best shape. now we are down between
> the 600.5 and the 865 ... well the 865 will produce seeds that have a Higher
> potential for people to grow if it turns out to be a big pumpkin since the 723
> and 845 are the same cross ... so I would want the 865 cross to remain
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