Well said Glenn....I start with p & P seeds years ago....Bob
Wells
>From: L*@aol.com
>Reply-To: p*@hort.net
>To: p*@hort.net
>Subject: Re: Good or bad seeds?
>Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:26:56 EDT
>
>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
>
