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Sourthern Utah

What do you look for in the seed/seeds your planning on planting in the season? Do you go with trend of growing seeds from Heavy Hitter seeds. Or do you look at the shape,, colour, genetics, percentage the weight is ,, heavy?lite?,, the lenght on the main vine,, size of patch grown in? Just was curious to this. Wanted to know what other growers think about when selecting their seeds.. Curt

2/4/2011 6:16:42 PM

Johnston, R.I.

Orange rules

2/5/2011 5:17:15 AM

Rhode Island

ennie-meanie-miney-moe pick me a seed that will bring me to the show. works evey time

priority #1 seed history and genetics
priority #2 shape and color history


some go color history first and some go size. its just a matter of personal taste. either way there are plenty of both to choose from

2/5/2011 9:19:14 AM

Picton,ON (j.vincent@xplornet.ca)

In an unproven seed, I look at the size of both the pumpkin that grew the seed as well as the pollinator. I will usually put as much or more emphasis on the pollinator. Both pumpkins must be close to or above chart. Shape, with no signs of defects is next followed by colour......don't like white pumpkins here.

In a proven seed, same qualities apply except you have the added benefit of looking at the offspring, which supersedes the guess work. if a seed starts kicking out below chart offspring or a lot of dmg pumpkins, it gets axed from my list.

I look for pumpkins that grow for a long time, meaning still growing well at 80-90 days old.

2/5/2011 12:56:33 PM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

I like orange pumpkins. I look at the color and shape of both the mother and father(if it has few or no offspring so far). I put more emphasis on color than shape though. Otherwise I look at what the seed has produced so far in terms of color and shape. I prefer heavy to the chart as well, and tend to stay away from those that tend to split. If the seed has good size genetics in its background that's a plus.

2/5/2011 1:59:52 PM

Sourthern Utah

thanks fer the insight men,, i'll do more research into what i'm looking fer

2/7/2011 10:08:23 AM