Re: family tree..
John Failor wrote:
>
> >I need help.. I have some seed, from Joel Holland, and it was labeled as
> >Holland 897, with Parentage of 567.5 and 990. Joel did not put the
> >growers of each parent, which I am assuming the 567.5 was his, as was
> >the 990. In hindsight, and after an email from a fellow grower, I am
> >thinking the 567.5 might be the Mombert seed, and I am not sure of the
> >990. Please help me , or if any one has Joels email address, that would
> >be like gettin right to the source.. Maybe Al Eaton has the correct
> >info, he IS Mr family tree, right!! lol
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> >Lyle "Rocky" Rockwell
> >ICQ: 1815098
> >website: http://home.cyber-quest.com/rocky.r
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> >email: rocky.r@cyber-quest.com
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> Rocky,
> I think it is Mombert 567.5 X Bax 990.
> I also have some Holland 903(UOW) seeds from 97. As I recall from the
> Holland video it is from the same plant as the 897, but it developed a late
> season split. Did you grow any of 897 seeds this year? I have one of the
> 903's growing but it had a severe fruit aborting problem. Everything it set
> early in the season aborted about basketball size. I figured it was
> sterile.Too bad, they had nice shape-long with big shoulders.
> After these problems I abondoned the plant and let it do its
> thing. Strangely enough around mid August it started setting pumpkins
> everywhere and none were aborting. Not to mention there growing like mad. I
> have 2 in the 200 lb range and still going. However, its way to late for
> them since I wasn't paying attention while setting they are all at very
> poor vine angles.
> Has anyone seem a plant do this before? Its a new one to me.
>
> John
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John,
On my webpage, I think the August 5th write up, maybe the 12 , I have a
pictue of one of the pumpkins from the Holland 897. The fruit that was
being set on this plant would abort inthe same fashion you describe, by
gettin hard and mature as soon as it was basketball size.. It kinda
upset me, because the only other plant I planted, turned out to be a
squash.. I am now a third year pumpkin grower, with no Atlantic giants
ever bigger than a basketball. I can grow one hell of a squash though!
Next season, I am going with some provenseed. I like the others ideas
inthe book, saying.. let some one else plant your seed the first year
out of the shell. If it becomes a winner, you will have a ton of great
seeds. If it is a dud, then u wont have to have wated time with it. Next
year I acquired a Ciliberto 697, so I can not wait..
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Lyle "Rocky" Rockwell
ICQ: 1815098
website: http://home.cyber-quest.com/rocky.r
email: rocky.r@cyber-quest.com
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