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Glenn:
Right on, you nailed this one. I am sure the anti
P&P guys
will have something to say, but what the
heck.
Bob Attaway
----- Original Message -----
From:
L*@aol.com
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:26
PM
Subject: Re: Good or bad seeds?
In a message dated
10/21/2002 4:26:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, s*@yahoo.ca writes:
The
seeds I bought were from a 1048 lb AG, but I read that
some of there seeds are old and germinate slowly. Has
anyone
heard of this and if so where do you find good
AG seeds?
The 1048Cox seeds should be good seeds...not old, and
some people have grown the Cox seed to decent proportions. PART of the "bad
rap" that P+P gets is untrue and uncalled for. Very often a first timer will
buy seeds from the two main retail suppliers...Dill and P+P. They then do
something wrong, forget about the seed for a while, overwater, overheat
etc..>>>.all understandable newbie things<<<< but then
blame it on the supplier when they don't germinate. You should be safe with
any number-name-year seed if its only a few years old....its the
unnamed,unnumbered or non-wieght given seeds that you dont know how old they
might be. Forget about hardware-store seeds...a whole different world.
That said, quality world record potential seeds can be found at
places like P+P, and Howard Dill's and I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them at
all. Great seeds are often offered up here on this list for the cost of a
self-addressed stamped bubblepack envelope and a promise to report back on its
results. They are available for basically postage costs through
Bigpumpkins.com website. They are available through seed distribution
programs in many of the Giant Pumpkin Grower's Associations...where for about
15 bucks you get a variety of this years big seeds, newsletters and info
packets, free entry to the wieghoffs and club tours etc....My favorite is the
PGPGA , but the PNWpGA and PGV and many others do that too. Others have seed
sales published in thier newsletters....all sales go to promoting the hobby
and funding the club events ,wieghoffs,etc....how can you go wrong?
If you want to get the BIGGIES...the already proven and
hard to get desireable ones...the club auctions are where to go. Watch this
list for postings of the websites and auctions that generally start in Dec and
run through April......big time desireable seeds are donated by growers to
benefit the clubs and other charities...what's better than donating to a great
cause and getting "THE" seed?
Join a club...buy from Dill or
P+P....watch the list....Bigpumpkins.com....Club auctions....all great ways to
get started..............donate to your club next year....G
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