Re: Hester Seeds
> Hi Mike Stephenson, my name is Cary and I live in Grants Pass, Oregon. How
> has the weather been where you are at for growing pumpkins?
Good, but not great. Since it is Rose Festival time all the good weather
will go away and the rain will stay until the Festival is over. (Same story
Every year).
> This is my first year at trying to grow pumpkins of this size. Are the
hesters different from
> the Dill Atlantics?
Almost all the pumpkins we now grow come from seeds from 3 growers, Dill
being the most well known for his "Atlantic Giant" variety.
Hester seeds are seeds from plants he grew.
When you grow a pumpkin the seeds of that pumpkin are named after:
1) Year it was grown
2) The name of the grower
3) The weight of the pumpkin
Thus, when Hester (Brett) grew a 807.5 plant last year it was named 2000
Hester 807.5
> keep hearing about these different seeds and I am
> curious as to how these are different.
Hester......different......Only in that he knows how to grow some great
plants, and since he is an Oregonian I hope he continues to do so!
For tremendous information on plant genetics go here:
http://aggc.1wh.com/aggc.asp
Mike
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