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Azores,terceira Island

Here are the seeds that i have for this summer. I need some expert advice in choosing three 3 seeds.

793Needham03(selfed 845 Bobier)
1000Pugh03 (1020.2Kuhn X 1058Houghton)
882Pugh03 (790Daletas X 720 Parks)
804Pugh03 DMG (966Holland X 712Kuhn)
1268Pugh04 est (763Biss03 X 757 Pugh)
613Pugh04 (582Hester X 757 Pugh)
558little04 (selfed 940Mombert00)
556Caron (1178Revard X 846Calai)
469Hester04 (697Ciliberto X 845Bobier)
666Hester04 est (898Knauss X 846Calai)
1124Hester04 (723Bobier X 1260Wier)
1144Hester04 (846Calai X 1260Wier)

Anyway i would like to thank all the generous people that shared there seeds this year. i will make sure that most get grown by friends.....Ryan

2/22/2005 6:29:43 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

start em all...pick six outta those..two per hill ...cull to three!
Grow em BIG !!!

2/22/2005 7:52:15 PM

Syracuse, NY

12 seeds down to three...hmmmmm...

you could toss a quarter 3 times for each seed. the ones that get the worst out of three tosses get disqualified. do it again and again until your three are chosen, or until
you have six, therefore a backup plant for each. do not plant them all and waste them! most will get grown by friends? then, what is the question? oh, which ones should YOU plant. okay, the last three are obvious to me,
(666 Hester, 1124 Hester and 1144 Hester) although they are ALL fine seeds. EG

2/23/2005 2:36:18 AM

Waquoit Mass

666 hester looks nice

2/23/2005 8:59:06 AM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

I don't know some of the genetics you mention.
For size potential, any of those Hester seeds look promising. I especially like the 1124 Hester.
If you want a pretty pumpkin, with nice shape, the 558 Little may be a good choice.

Doug

2/23/2005 2:27:25 PM

Joliet, IL

take the last 3 and go all hester

2/23/2005 10:03:30 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Those Hester crosses are tempting but a strong argument can be made for Stan's crosses too. And Kyle's 940 x self???? Grrrrr....too many good choices

To be fair:

666 Hester
1000 Pugh
558 Little

2/23/2005 10:24:03 PM

Indiana

I would never plant a seed with the weight of 666.....No offense to Brett

2/23/2005 10:54:54 PM

New Jersey

lol. Might bring out the devil eh?

2/23/2005 11:43:53 PM

Oakland, CA, USA

I dunno Tom, that might be (as we say here in the Bay Area) a "hella-big pumpkin"!

-Erin.

2/24/2005 3:06:35 AM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

start 'em all, but I'm with Shazzy and pumpkinpal2. All else being equal, go Hester.

2/24/2005 3:25:12 AM

Itzetown City

Tom, is there a chance to get an answer to my seed request.
At least I have to grow that 666 Hester. LOL

2/24/2005 7:33:56 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

The 1000 Pugh is a solid cross, Hester's are the bomb!
My 558 will make a nice shaped pretty one if that's what you're looking for.

2/24/2005 8:22:15 AM

Azores,terceira Island

Thanks for all the input i think i am going to go with Tremor's idea....Ryan

2/24/2005 5:38:51 PM