Re: Presumptuous
Well said Paul, now here's a man who should be running for President lol.
andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: Thompson, Paul S. <pthompson@glgt.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: September 8, 2000 3:39 PM
Subject: RE: Presumptuous
> Gordon,
>
> In my humble opinion (IMHO), seeds are meant to be planted, not collected.
> Since one seed cannot be differentiated from another, it serves little
> purpose to keep them in a display case. Personally, I hope never to see a
> museum-quality seed.
>
> Another reason that seeds should be planted is one of common courtesy: the
> grower who supplied the seed undoubtedly believed the seed would be
planted.
> I really doubt that growers would be as willing to share their seeds
> (actually, to do all the extra work to prepare their seeds for sharing) if
> they knew the seeds were just going to be put in a drawer rather than in
the
> dirt.
>
> What good is hoarding a seed just to see if it is going to become the next
> silver bullet? This is a lazy approach to growing pumpkins -- planting
only
> seeds that others have proven. Why not be the one who proves it, instead?
Be
> a leader, not a follower.
>
> Lastly, a large collection of seeds necessarily takes those seeds away
from
> other growers who would put them in the ground. High demand or low, those
> seeds are simply no longer available. It's a selfish misuse of another's
> generosity.
>
> Seeds are meant to be sown.
>
> Paul Thompson
> Armada, Michigan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: G Tanner [g*@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 2:11 PM
> To: Pumpkins
> Subject: Re: Presumptous
>
>
> As for big seed collections...
>
> 1) many of us do have more seeds than we will ever
> plant. And maybe we should do more and be willing to
> share them with new people on the list and others.
> Many good seeds will never get plants.
>
> on the other hand ...
> 2) why not ? if one want to collect them.. and
> growers are willing to give them the seeds... then who
> cares ?
> last year i tried to collect a lot because i was
> hoping that after this season i might have a proven
> winner in there somewhere !
>
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