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milford, CT,

Today my 781 Landry x 898 Knauss aborted at abour 50 lbs.
I liked the cross and was hoping to use the seeds for next years pumpkin. I took out about 50 seeds that looked pretty mature. My question is are seeds from such a small pumpkin going to be viable?

7/26/2005 2:36:07 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

The only way to kniow for sure is to try germinating a few. How old was the fruit?

7/26/2005 5:18:10 PM

Cologne / Germany

Russ Landry said a few posts ago, around 50 days to have a pumkin with potentially viable seeds.

7/26/2005 5:32:34 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

But a month old is entirely possible...

7/26/2005 7:28:56 PM

milford, CT,

Thanks Guys,
The fruit was 20 days old. I got the thought of even looking for seeds because I thought I remembered Tom Beachy growing seeds from a 21 lber. I was surprised how mature the seeds were that I found. They were already normal size with slightly thinner seed coat. I'll dry them and probably try germinating in October to check them out.

7/26/2005 9:10:00 PM

Ohio

Milford,no need to dry them out,right guys? Just stick them in a pot like you normaly would do and see what happens.

7/30/2005 4:05:23 AM