What do the heavy hitters or anyone else have to say re: On ordering my seeds from P&P I noticed that the 2nd and 3rd choices of giant pumpkins have the same parents only using flowers of opposite sexes from the same plants. One the 914Fx923M yielded a 975 while the other 923Fx914M yielded a 798. I'm guessing that in as much as both children had the same gene pool that other factors must have accounted for the difference. That's only a guess though. What do you think? In your years of experience have you determined that it is better to cross the best old bull to several good females or take the eggs from the best female and give several good bulls a shot? Along the same line the 1st choice seed (which unfortunately I was too late for) was self pollinating. I suspect many people will be self pollinating the 1061 to itself this year in an attempt to go for the new quest. Is this a wise choice or does it risk bringing out some undesirable characteristics from too much inbreeding? Ciao, John