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Arroyo Grande, CA,USA

GREW A 1179.0 OFW (T.KLINE 735 PULOS 01 X 1016 DALETAS 01) PRODUCED A 575 CAVANAUGH OFW. GOT ABOUT 600 SEEDS ALL SEEDS ARE WHITE MANY ARE NOT FULLY MATURE. THEY ARE DRYING KNOW NOT SURE IF ANY OUR GOOD. HOW DOES ONE KNOW? THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 3/4 TO 1 INCH LONG 1/2 INCH WIDE AND 3/16 THICK.

WE ALSO GREW A GREW SQUASH 709.0 R.WENTRELL (494 NEUVILLE X 616 CORKUM) PRODUCE A 419 CAVANAUGH OFW. GOT ABOUT 400 SEED STILL DRYING ALL WERE MATURE AND BIG!!! THEY AVERAGE 1 1/4 LONG 5/8 WIDE 3/8 INCH THICK AND BROWN IN COLOR.

WHAT IF ANYTHING DOES THIS MEAN??

WILL THE PUMPKINS SEEDS GROW?
IS THE SQUASH A GOOD SEED?

DOES SIZE MAKE MATTER?

THANKS

RANDY & BRENDA

11/12/2005 9:18:06 PM

Syracuse, NY

HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM A REPLY I MADE TO A RECENT POST JUST A FEW DOWN FROM THIS ONE, "HOLLOW SEEDS/VIABLE":
"if you snip the rounded end of a seed with TOENAIL clippers and break away the seed coat from that end for a ways, you can determine how full the seed is also; it just cosmetically wrecks the seed a little, lol..."

IF YOU break open one or two of your seeds that you think is good, and there is obviously a pair of little seed leaves in there, seeds that are SIMILAR to it in thickness and "heft" will also be potentially viable. seed SIZE itself does not matter, but it sure is neat to plant one that is really huge! but, size does not matter, nor does
INITIAL plant size. these are JUST two of hundreds of characteristics, neither of which are really important---eric

11/13/2005 2:20:55 AM