pvp/selling seeds

Chris
     i'm sort of torn on this topic.  its pretty touchy.  there are guys out
there who sell seeds, and yeah, i bought some last year.  but i bought them
under the premise that i knew what, and how much i was getting.  you say $15
dollars for seeds, but how many seeds?  you said a "couple of seeds".  last year
i paid $10 to one of the biggest growers out there, for 6 seeds, from 3
different pumpkins that he grew, all of top quality genetics.  less money, more
seeds, big time grower........better odds.  you can't beat that.  was it worth
it?  i would say yes considering all factors.
     you must know how much work it is to get all the seeds out, get them dried
and what not.........imagine doing that times 3. now, i'm not saying that your
pumpkin wasnt' impressive, by all means, it was a feat matched by few.  but the
reality of it is, you're not even 100% sure what seed it came from.  just
because it "looks" like something, doesnt' mean it is.  did you cover the female
and male blossoms before pollination?  did you protect the female after
pollination?  these are important considerations.  especially when most of us
dedicate a full 12 months out of the year between patch prep, and actually
growing our pumpkins.  i think we all want to be sure what we're getting.
especially if you're going to ask for $15 dollars U.S, which as of right now is
worth $22.2188 canadian.  no offense, but that's alot of money for 2 unproven
seeds.  i'm sure plenty of people will pay what you ask, and that's fine, its
there porogative.
     i hope you dont' take any offense to this, but your name doesnt end in
dill, or checkon, or eaton, or mombert, or larue, or lloyd, or ciliberto, or
handy, or anderson,  etc...........and most of them have given away seeds at one
time or another. all they'd ask was for you to pay for postage.
     sure, you grew one heck of a pumpkin, but would you say that you're on par
with these guys?  the guys that grow big ones every single year?  i believe its
after one develops a reputation that they can earn the right to command the
dollars, and even then, some don't accept them.  so tell me, why did you grow
this pumpkin in the first place?  was it to win money, fame, notoriety?  or did
you do it for fun, and now that you have something extroadinary you feel that
you can command this kind of money?  had you grown a 500 pounder, i'd bet a
million dollars no one would give you your $15 bucks for two of your seeds.  but
if one of the "big guys" grew a 500 pounder with a good background, they would
get what they asked for.
      if you still think you deserve your money, just think back to how generous
larry checkon was, he GAVE AWAY seeds that GREW the largest pumpkin ever.
think about that for a second...........you grew a really large pumpkin, no
doubt about it, but, will those seeds in turn grow equally large pumpkins?  you
dont' know, nobody knows.  but larrys 1190 CAME from his 815, thereby proving
its worth to the the giant pumpkin growing community, and he STILL gave them
away , even AFTER he popped his 1190,...... and didn't ask for a dime in return.
what does that tell you?
     draw your own conclusions, i'm just calling it as i see it.

my two cents,
scott


---------------------------------------------------------------------
Pumpkin-growing FAQ: http://www.mallorn.com/lists/pumpkins/search.cgi
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index