Re: Top Proven Seeds - Updated Listing

Vince, sincere thanks for the yearly post of top proven seeds. A great
courtesy and service on your part. Vince is an excellent grower with a great
heart and great sportsmanship. He helps me every year with a question about
growing and he's very knowledgable. Thank You.
For growers concerned about obtaining the magic seeds, good luck, they are
difficult to come by.
Those seeds are scientifically proven because they repeat growing large
pumpkins year after year. What happens is one grower, often the grower of
the previous seed tries it and grows one over 1000-1200. Many growers flock
to this grower for their seeds. The BEST seed has yet to be grown. You may
be already holding it. It would be nice for every grower to try at least one
new seed every year. Chances are just by good growing technique and soil
practices you may hold the record in your state, or the world. Larry Checkon
grew it from his seed. Hester, Daletas, Eaton, Rose, Dueck, Papez, Whittier,
Wolf, LaRue, Wykcoff, Mombert, and many others have grown their own seeds
with success. There are countless seeds out there never attempted that hold
the genes for a possible winner. Before you rush to the proven seed in many
cases outdated. Plant one from the previous year that holds potential
genetics. I know I am.
Look, seeds grown on your own ground have the likelihood to adapt to temps,
fungi, toxins, soil make-up, air constituents, etc. Each year they could
adapt to your growing conditions that much more and voila you have a seed
acclimating to personal conditions. I believe strongly in this as a future
trend.
Jack LaRue mentioned some of this to me at the OH patch tour 3 yrs. ago and
I haven't forgot about it. Wykcoff very often grows his own seed and look at
his consistency for very large pumpkins. I believe they have something.
 Don "large pumpkin wanna be"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Haslam" <rhaslam@stampinup.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: RE: Top Proven Seeds - Updated Listing


> Great information.  Thanks for posting!
>
> Now, how does one get some of these seeds for 2006?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of vince
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 11:50 AM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Top Proven Seeds - Updated Listing
>
> I've just posted my annual listing of Top Proven Seeds for
> heavy offspring at the following link:
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/diana_do/topseeds.htm
>
> This table shows all seeds that have produced at least one
> pumpkin over 1,200 lbs.  It also shows the total number of
> 1,000+ pumpkins each seed has produced.  This year 16 new seeds
> were added to this honor roll and the list has expanded to 43
> seeds.  These seeds I consider the top PROVEN seeds for heavy
> offspring. Many other seeds out there including a number from
> this year are loaded with potential.
>
> A few observations from the list:
>
> 1. The 723 Bobier remains as the top producing seed of all
> time.
> 2. The 842 Eaton has moved up to second place.
> 3. The 1068 Wallace and the 1370 Rose, both 845 Bobier crosses
> have moved into the top 10.
> 4. Virtually every seed that has produced a pumpkin over 1,200
> pounds has the 723 Bobier, 846 Calai, 845 Bobier or the 898
> Knauss in it's genetic background. Many are direct crosses
> between these four.  When looking for good unproven crosses to
> plant, keep this in mind.....
>
> This list was compiled primarily from the AGGC database.  Many
> thanks to Mike Nepereny for this fabulous resource.
>
> vince
>
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