Re: will pumpkins inter-breed?
Marc,
AG's will not interbreed with regular pumpkins. They will however interbreed
with other large variety pumpkins such as prizewinner and big max. AG's will
also interbreed with some types of winter squash. AG's are scientifically
classified as Curcurbita Maxima and regular pumpkins are classified as
Curcurbita Pepo so they are unable to cross pollinate.
Hope this helps,
John
> I was wondering if different types of pumpkins will inter-breed? I will be
> growing 1 long row of pumpkins next to my duplex. regular(trick-or-treat)
> pumpkins(2n yr) on one half and Atlantic Giants(1st yr) on the other half.
I
> plan on hand pollinating the AG's, and leaving the regular pumpkins alone.
> Last year all I did was put pumpkin seeds in the ground, watered them and
I
> got 5 good sized trick-or-treat pumpkins.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rebkin@aol.com [R*@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:33 PM
> To: Pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: germinating seeds
>
>
> Hi to all-
>
> I am a second year grower and this is what worked excellently for me last
> year in germinating my AG seeds. From what I understand you only soak your
> seeds in the paper towel/baggie for 24 hrs., then I plant in 3" peat pots
> with seed starter soil. Then I put about 5 of these "pots" in a 5 gal.
> lizard
> terrarium with a small electric "heat rock". This keeps the enclosure at
> about the recommended 80-85 degrees consistent to germinate seeds within
4-5
>
> days. This year I'm also using a 50 watt "gro-lite" bulb, 24 hours a day,
as
>
> my seedlings last year were really leggy from lack of light. I've had my
> seeds in the terrarium for 72 hours (& counting:) as of tonight. I will
let
> you know percentage & time of germination- this worked so well last year,
I
> think all but one came up. Good luck & keep us posted on your results-
> Rebecca Steward Martinez, CA
>
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