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Don't do it

******You get weirdness everyday on the News and thank god that is just a
small percent of people that are weird very small.  We won't let a few bad
apples spoil the batch!!!  THERE are more awesome people in the world than
you can imagine.  When we had a wildfire hit our place last year I was
shattered woke up the next morning to clanging of shovels and 100 people
cleaning up the mess.  At the farmers market tourist i have never met left
100 dollar checks.  ITS THESE random acts of kindness that makes this world
tick.  So Chris don't pollinate with butter drive up to my place and get
some males.  But remember that you might just start crying because my
plants are so big and go into a deep
depression...........................Brock:








>The only thing that will cross with an Atlantic Giant must be in the Maxima
>type Squash/Pumpkin family.  That would be Hungarian Giant Squash, Big Max,
>Show King Etc.  Butternut definitely will not, Pumkinguy could double check
>me on this.  If you lived close to me I would gladly let you have some
>flowers.  The person I was sharing with here has been over 3 times.  I can't
>believe the grower is being like that.  Wait yes I can we have some that are
>worse around NE.
>
>Good Luck
>George
>N. Tewksbury, MA









>Hi,
>
>I called a local heavy weight grower in my area the other night to ask if I
>could borrow some male blossoms, if he had any open.
>
>I had two females that were just about ready to open and only a couple of
>males that were questionable.
>
>The guy tells me I am not allowed to come over to his patch because all I
>want to do is spy on him and his plants. That no body is allowed over to
>his property that is a pumpkin grower!
>
>I thought to myself, well if the guys last name was Zehr he has a point,
>but it is not.
>
>To make a long conversation short he told me to pollinate my females with
>butternut squash, I said what about my seeds I may want to try replanting
>them next season, he said throw them away nobody is going to want your
>seeds anyway. I said I don't really care if nobody else wants them I may
>want to replant them. He said just throw them away and go find other seeds.
>
>Now I just don't happen to have any butternut squash planted this year but
>I asked a lady down the street who has a large garden if she did.
>
>And she does.
>
>I did not use her butternut squash to pollinate, rather I opted for two
>males that had not quite opened all the way on one female and let the other
>female go.
>
>My question is, if you are in a pickle will butternut squash (specifically)
>cross with an AG?
>
>I know we talked about this last year and I thought I saved the note but I
>can not find it in my files.
>
>Thanks!
>Chris Andersen
>Moraga, Calif.
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