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Indiana

boy this pumpkin sure has alot of weird stuff goin on it it doesnt it....i have had 2 random leaves look just like a zuchini leaf & the 2 females so far have been real green havnt pollinated yet.....must be tons of squash in this ol girl.but no ribbon vine so i think ill breed her with 1139 Richards

7/3/2005 11:44:46 PM

Long Island,New York

So, whats it gonna take to convince you to self it if its green?

7/4/2005 7:06:01 AM

Woodburn, Indiana

behaving, what other plants are you growing? if you need any GREEN pollen I'm growing lots of squash this year. Kelly

7/4/2005 11:14:13 AM

Indiana

so you guys think i ought to self it?.how come ? i suppose i can i just feel lucky it didnt ribbon on me its super healthy plant just the odd things i told ya about .the females look like miniture watermelons dark stripes & all i have two female 1 about 15' out & the other about 19'.gimme good arguement to self it & ill send ya some seeds... of all the probs with 992 i never heard of it throwing squash.where can i get a squash weighed official here in indiana? Carlos its throwing tons of males i picked off most of them but pollen shouldnt be a prob.. what ya got for green pollen?.i never messed with looking into genetics of it.im near anderson muncie area.you?

7/4/2005 1:59:45 PM

Long Island,New York

we like to see green x green pollinations because it can improve the chance of green from the seeds you produce. Lacking other greenies , selfing is your best bet.Noone will grow your green x orange, a few may be tempted by your green x self.

7/4/2005 11:22:31 PM

Woodburn, Indiana

Noblesville, IN is the Indiana GPC contest early october. Oct 1 if I remember right. I live near Ft. Wayne and I would go with G and self that 992. That seed has 845, 935, and 846 in it and should be an excellent seed green. Make sure the female is covered before and after pollination so bees will not contaminate.

7/5/2005 12:49:56 AM

Utah

when they little and green ... they can still turn orange later.
in 2000 I grew the 523 Hester 99 (469 Hester 97 x 801 Stelts 97) ... all the females were green at pollination ...then the keepers turned a nice dark orange

469 Hester 97 (

7/5/2005 12:07:37 PM

Utah

opps accidentaly hit enter

469 Hester 97 ( 850.5 LaRue 95 x 827 Holland 92)
850.5 LaRue 95 ( 567.5 92 Mombert x 782 Holland 93)

The only squash in the whole family tree is the 355.6 Dill 85* which was one of the grandparents of the 827 Holland.

so it may or may not be a squash ... only time will tell.

7/5/2005 12:14:34 PM