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Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

I am seeing a lot of questions on what to plant, and what to use as a pollinator.

Just to be clear:

The Pollinator only affects the offspring of the pumpkin seeds, it will not change what this years pumpkin looks like, or the characteristics of this years pumpkin. Combining my 1374 Engel with a 2230 Wallace will still give you a pretty pumpkin. Next year your guess is as good as mine, most likely it will be that color I do not prefer

3/29/2016 1:01:23 PM

aurora, IL

For example if you self the 1374 Engel, it will like one or both of it's parents. Next year, after crossing 1374 Engel x 2230 Wallace planting the seed and growing the fruit will show it's parents. Now about the color, look at past pumpkins that were crossed into these two pumpkins. Their coloring can give you a good guest at the color might be.

3/29/2016 3:01:15 PM

aurora, IL

When I grew my 504 Chandler(Rocky)-1513 Sherwood x self last year it looked like its grandmother the 2032 Mathison.

3/29/2016 3:09:00 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Genetics are a fickle, very difficult thing to place a guess on. Back in the day you got the most beautiful pumpkins by some selfed squash.

3/29/2016 3:44:47 PM

aurora, IL

very true

3/30/2016 4:00:25 PM