Re: 300 pound stock
Steve.
I have been notified that while you claim to have a virus resistant stock
that you did in fact have a virus infested plant last year. Where these
plants seperated by any great distance or where they growing side by side in
the same garden? It is possible that the plant you think is virus tolerant
may in fact also be carrying the virus on the seeds but just did not exhibit
the external symptoms the other plant showed.
To the list - Is it possible that all the plants grown in the same garden as
a infected plant could spread the virus?
Regards
Brian
>From: "Great Pumpkin" <greatpumpkin99@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: 300 pound stock
>Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 19:44:44 EDT
>
>
>>Steve.
>>
>>Wow - you really seem to know your stuff!!
>>I am relatively new to this game and am looking for some good seed from
>>reputable growers. What credentials do you have? With the knowledge that
>>you
>>exhibit here you must certainly have grown a few monsters in your day.
>>What
>>is your personal best and do you have seeds available from it? I got some
>>seeds from a friend who got them from some friend of his, but apperently
>>this guy had some virus problems in his patch over the years which has
>>limited his wieghts over the years.
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>Brian
>>Ogdensburg, New York
>>
>
>Well, thanks Bill, er Brian....I am glad to know that some appreciate my
>ideas and advice.
>I do think that I have a lot of knowledge about gardening, some plant
>biology and the like. I by no means consider myself an "expert", but thanks
>for the compliment. Growing a "monster" is dependant on luck, just about as
>much as it is on knowledge. A lot of top experts on this list have never
>grown an especially large A.G. at all. But as you get to know the good
>people here and learn more about this stuff, you will learn that a lot of
>the best advice comes from those who aren't necessarily "heavy hitters".
>The best seeds I have are from my 780 Mombert x 780 Eaton cross, which
>should be very good, and have excellent virus resistance. It was a very
>healthy plant. The fruit did not get much bigger than 300 pounds because it
>was planted very late, and was kept alive until December in conditions
>which
>were just above 40 degrees. It probably could have gotten 3 times as heavy
>if planted earlier. Very healthy plant though, and very good cross of two
>very good lines. Why don't you post your address to the list, as I am sure
>that a lot of the good people on this list will be happy to send you a lot
>of good seeds!
>As for planting seeds from virus infected plants, going by tons of others
>who have done this, scientific evidence, and my personal consultations with
>microbiologists and plant experts, it would be extremely unlikely that
>virus
>would be transmitted via seed in c. maxima. There has never been one case
>reported of this, and although some here will disagree, they themselves
>cannot come up with one case of it ever happening with c. maxima. I,
>however, have found a ton of cases where seeds from infected plants were
>planted, in the same ground that grew infected plants the year before, with
>NO recurrance of the virus whatsoever. So going by this evidence, you
>probably shouldn't worry about it. It is your call though. I personally
>would not release any seeds from infected plants, ONLY because of some
>people's predjudices on it. Plus I would rather offer seeds from plants
>that
>have a resistance to virus in their genes.
>Anyway, thanks for your email, and your compliments, Bill, er Barb, er, I
>mean "Brian".
>
>-Steve
>"I like to play along!"
>
>
>
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