RE: need seeds
- Subject: RE: need seeds
- From: t* c* <t*@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:53:49 -0800
May I join in on the free seed give away? And everyone can laugh at my
expense now, but can you send me male and female seeds ? I didn't know to
plant male and female seeds, and I guess I was just lucky to have a few bees
visit my vine ! Maybe I should read a book too.
> From: mwhitehead@pei.sympatico.ca
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: need seeds
> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 10:03:05 -0400
>
> Maybe that is where we went wrong this year...plants didnt do well AT ALL!!
> Will you ship to Canada if I send a SASE?
> Mary
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darren Oliveri" <ues@charter.net>
> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 9:13 AM
> Subject: RE: need seeds
>
>
> > OK, here it is. Home Depot and your local garden shop are more than
> > likely
> > a very poor place to find your AG seeds. If they even are AG's they are
> > more than likely open pollinated, so who knows what you are really going
> > to
> > get. If you need good seeds just ask. I'd be happy to give some of mine
> > away. What do I need 300 seeds for. (Can you imagine growing 300 of
> > these
> > in one year?) If anyone wants seeds let me know. I'd be happy to unload
> > a
> > few...dozen. ;)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> > Of
> > Rick I.
> > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 7:57 AM
> > To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> > Subject: Re: need seeds
> >
> >> I just grew my first pumpkin from home depot seeds, weighing in at 73
> >> lbs.
> >>...
> >>> 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.
> >>>...
> >>> > 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 handled the seed from about 230 different Atlantic Giant fruit,
and
> > I'm fairly convinced that the seed sold at such stores isn't really
> > Atlantic
> >
> > Giant at all. The seeds are just far too small to be real AG. I first
> > became aware of this when I grew my first (puny) one from Harris Seed
> > "Atlantic Giant" seeds.
> >
> > There's plenty of "real" seed available for free from fellow growers.
> >
> > -Rick I.
> > Growing near Rochester, NY
> >
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