RE: need seeds
- Subject: RE: need seeds
- From: t* c* <t*@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:25:43 -0700
I just read about the rules of nomenclature and realized I only had one kind
of seed and one vine...so my question is how did my very first pumpkin get
pollinated?
73.5 Chapman 08
(Home Depot Atlantic Dill x ??)
Thanks for any advice...I just bought this pack of seeds and thought why not
and the pumpkin grew bigger than I could have imagined and now I realize it
was a shrimp among all of your pumpkins. I had no idea that all this info was
available to grow super giants!
tlchap
> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:23:18 +0000
> From: yorunk@comcast.net
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: need seeds
>
> Congrats on the 73 pounds. The first year I grew 'kins I used store bought
seeds and grew a modest 30 pounder. I was hooked. I ordered seeds for last
year and did not get a single pumpkin that made it to harvest. I thought I had
one about 70 lbs, but it was rotted on the bottom. This year I grew one that
weighed 312. I had another one that taped at 230, but it rotted on me.
>
> Stick with it. As for what to do with yours, I have mine sitting on a pallet
in my driveway to 'show' it off. Of course I keep it covered most of the time
w/ temps in the 40's. After Halloween I'll probably cut it up, get the seeds
and put it in the garden for good luck next year.
>
> Best of luck.
>
> Debbie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "timothy chapman" <tlchap@msn.com>
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:25:39 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: RE: need seeds
>
> Hello, I am a brand new member. I just grew my first pumpkin from home depot
> seeds, weighing in at 73 lbs. I was so proud I entered it in the county fair
> and they gave me a first prize, I guess our fair doesn't have very high
> expectations. I am hooked on growing a bigger one now and I would like to
buy
> seeds to grow one of those really big ones. May I have the info. Also what
do
> you all do with the pumpkins after you grow them. Everyone is asking me what
> I am going to do with it, and I said...pumpkin pies maybe?
> tlchap@msn.com
>
> > From: NormanMeier@aol.com
> > Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:12:56 -0400
> > Subject: Re: need seeds
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> >
> > looking seeds from a giant pumpkins normanmeier@aol.com
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/21/2008 12:38:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > manke@in-form.com writes:
> >
> > Be careful with your expectations of grand growth with the HomeDepot
> > Dill Ags. Last year I planted the same seed and produced medium sized
> > fruit. This year I tried the Dill Ags from my local garden/seed store
> > and it produced only a 115 pounder. Meanwhile, for only the price of
> > postage, I received seed from Bill Foss (www.billsbigpumpkins.com) and
> > grew a 436 pound beauty with little effort.
> >
> > Seeds seem to be good for a few years if stored properly (cool & dark)
> > so give it a shot with the ones you have.
> >
> > If any one is interested in seeds from my 436, send me an email at
> > thatsrhomer@yahoo.com and I can reply with an address for you to send a
> > SASBE.
> >
> > BTW, I am also on the prowl for seeds from growers for next years
> > harvest. I have room for about 10 giant plants this season, so I am
> > looking for variety!
> >
> > Good luck Typhoid & Jim
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> > Of James Ward
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:19 AM
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: need seeds
> >
> > Hey Typhoid Mary...
> >
> > Atleast you have tried! I have thought about it for 2 years now and
> > have yet to actually start a seed! I bought the Dill Atlantic Giant
> > seeds at Home Depot 2 times now and have yet to actually try... I get
> > nervous about failure.
> >
> > I have decided, however, that 2009 is going to be my year to bite the
> > bullet and take a chance. So, I am also on the look out for some good
> > seeds...
> > dunno if my ones from the past would still be good. I have a greenhouse
> > (6x8 hobby) that I can use to start seeds in... have plenty of pots...
> > plenty of water... plenty of organic fertilizers... access to plenty of
> > good, aged manure (sheep)... plenty of compost... plenty of pots (some
> > very large)... and finally... plenty of courage!!!
> >
> > I wish you luck for 2009... Grow a big one... a gigantic one!!!
> >
> > Peace,
> > Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Carol" <caclear@efn.org>
> > To: <owner-pumpkins@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 12:17
> > Subject: need seeds
> >
> >
> > > After 4 years of failing to produce a giant pumpkin I am sending out a
> >
> > > plea for some good seeds. I have a good place to grow, plenty of
> > water,
> > > all the rotted manure I want, a green house to start seeds, and a
> > great
> > > desire to raise a large (alright I admit it, an enormous giant)
> > pumpkin.
> > > Lately it seems I am the Typhoid Mary of growers, one year it was the
> > > deer, then a flock of wild turkeys, mice, bug infestation, frosts,
> > too
> > > hot, you name it and it seems like it has happened to me . At some
> > point
> > > my bad luck has to run out, and I am thinking about next year already.
> >
> > > Anyone willing to risk their seeds to Old Typhoid Mary?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Carol
> > >
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