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Of my 3 biggest fruits one had no viable seeds and the other two had way below average counts, I have to count. Obviously heat is a factor unless others have different theorys. I pollinated on relatively good days and didnt get the hot weather until about 10 days later. Dave

11/22/2005 8:16:35 PM

Mocksville, NC

Only 1 of 8 had good seed count, it seems to be the case all over this year?

11/22/2005 8:22:24 PM

Tipp City, Ohio

All my controlled pollinations were in the 200 - 300 count range with one at only 3 seeds.

The only one, that I had that was an open pollination, has a seed count well over 600.

11/22/2005 8:31:07 PM

Decatur, IL

I experienced just the opposite. My largest was open pollinated and only had a handful of mature seeds. One of my controlled pollinations was done on a 90+ day and probably had over 600 seeds.

11/22/2005 9:08:23 PM

Niagara County, NY

6 pumpkins & 1 squash, none with over 300 seeds

Dan

11/22/2005 9:14:30 PM

Marshfield, Ma, USA

Only 90 seeds came out of my 884 ESt pumpkin. The pollination period had above average temps this summer.

11/23/2005 12:13:16 AM

Eugene,OR

My seed counts were all over the place. 31 in a 791 pounder, 70 in my 947, 250 in another, 300+ in a couple, and 600+ in another (688 pounder). Each plant had the same treatment. The two that went the heaviest and are the ones I'm most interested in had the fewest seeds!

11/23/2005 12:18:54 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Environmentally iduced parthenocarpic pumpkins go heavy again. A trend?????

11/23/2005 5:21:36 AM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

Out of the 4 pumpkins in my patch, only one produced a lot of seeds. The other 3 were duds. I'm glad it was my biggest pumpkin that had lots.

Phil

11/23/2005 6:19:48 AM

Leicester, NY

I had low seed counts across the whole patch, in big fruit and the smaller fruit. The above average temps were great for growing, but perhaps not so good for seed production.

11/23/2005 6:41:10 AM

Western NY

less than 60 seeds from my big one, average counts in most, about 60 seeds in another small one, and i got 6-700 in a couple smaller ones.

11/23/2005 8:17:13 AM

ipswich, ma usa

There were 7 plants in the patch where I grew in this year. The owner of the patch had a very low seed count last season and was instructed to raise his Manganese level in order to help with seed production. Well, in spots where manganese was added seed counts were good. The only place that they were low was one spot that did not receive the addition. Don't know if that was the only reason for a better seed count but you can't just dismiss it.

John (5150)

11/23/2005 8:35:42 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Environmentally induced parthenocarpic...say what? C'mon Steve, give us nu-B's an explanation please!!! Thanks
Peace Wayne

11/23/2005 8:55:37 AM

Ohio

My seed count for the 845 was very low,I only have about 40 seeds left after sending bubbles out and was going to keep 20 seeds for my personal stock but it dont look like I will have a personal stock left,lol. I was very dissapointed in the seed count of this pumpkin and the 699.

Dave,you think the heat does this? How do we know for sure its the heat? It wasnt that hot when i pollinated.

Brooks

11/23/2005 9:24:42 AM

Indiana

Average this year is down more than half here. And I have way more data points to show this...LOL


Tom

11/23/2005 9:33:11 AM

Indiana

Way low seed count here too. I dont count the seeds but I usually get 1.5 to two quart jars out of a pumpkin I got almost a quart jar out of one and a pint out of the other. Oh well what would I do with 600 seeds anyway???

11/23/2005 9:56:33 AM

Paradise Mountain, New York

Out of seven pumpkins, two where normal. Four had very low seed count.Then the lowest had only nine good seeds in it.

11/23/2005 11:46:20 AM

Syracuse, NY

parthenocarpic, although i don't know the
origin of the term and only know what it means to US,
means "no seeds in it"., lol, and
environmentally-INDUCED just means hey,
the weather did it!
or the soil, or the....the environment....eric

11/23/2005 12:11:07 PM

Sioux Falls, SD garyboer@dakotalink.com

. . .I think its like the mutt is always the one to have 12 pups.

11/23/2005 12:33:52 PM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

One year when I had way too much fresh manure put on in the
spring, seed counts were OK, but seed quality was lousy.

11/23/2005 2:35:42 PM

Cologne Brescia Italy

also in my 838 (1035 rose x 1370 rose)I had only 49 good seeds, and in my 660 (1370 rose x self,) only 33 good seeds
Sergio

11/23/2005 3:59:30 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Parthenocarpy. I'll start a different thread rather than high jack this one.

11/23/2005 8:04:06 PM

Wallingford,CT

there were almost 600 seeds in my only pumpkin.

11/23/2005 9:07:47 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Not many seeds here. Since it absolutely couldn't be anything I DID, I'm going to blame it on Global Warming.

11/23/2005 9:57:04 PM

Austria

Very few in two of my best pumpkins, average seed count in my other two ...

11/24/2005 3:28:39 AM

Long Island,New York

seed counts varied greatly independent of the pollination dates....723,700 seeds from the ones no-one wants to less than 100 for the ones people might want. Squash averaged over 700 and big pkns less than 100....two pkns grown from squash seeds were 579seeds and 539 seeds>> I found that curious.... higher than pkns, lower than squash. Seed counts in test/semi-field grow-outs were 250-400 seeds. I have a further observation that I haven't done research for but my overall impression is that seeds this year are definitely smaller and thinner than usual. Especially smaller ...even more especially in the inbred lines.

11/24/2005 10:56:42 AM

Newmarket, NH USA

I had 3 pumpkins all with low seed counts I did have a soil test and my manganese was low as well. I had 170 in my 951 and under 200 in my 676 and 150 or so in my 660 est

11/24/2005 12:01:30 PM

Simi valley, ca

Never had a low seed count always average of 600 ,, but up to 850,, even sm pumpkins 200 lber had 700 seeds ,, About the heat ,, well shortly after pollenation we never had a day below 100* here in so ca !!

11/24/2005 1:24:33 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Hey Fissssh,

What were the genetics?

11/24/2005 7:58:42 PM

Ga.

Steve,,no mature seed here.. 517=735 x self....

11/24/2005 8:06:08 PM

Utah

all of my fruit had a good seed count execpt my largest fruit... my 932.5
only got about 100 seeds out of it.

11/26/2005 1:28:39 PM

Deer Park WA

Our Sibbed 823* had over 250 viable seeds while the 823* selfed had only 10 viable seeds... The pumpkins,,,,well who cares about them.... Still havent opened up the 1205 La Rue crossed with the 1048 Companion pumpkin yet as the deer are chewing there way to its seed cavity as I type.

11/27/2005 2:59:53 AM

Buffalo, MN (Billsbigpumpkins@hotmail.com)

Had 0 to 333 seeds from 16 pumpkins f0r an averaged 165. Which is very low. Haven't looked at temp/pollenation day, but did notice that there was very heavy dew many mornings and the pollen was damp.

Bill

11/28/2005 11:36:56 PM

Choctaw, OK

I had no viable seeds in my 1186 fruit. 917 in the same patch had a very low count as well. The 546 est ( 894 Pukos x self...3rd generation selfed 846 Calai) had a avgerage amount in the same patch. The 1042 was in a different patch and had the most seeds out of all the fruit...maybe 500 ish?? Not all of them are perfect tho.

casey

12/4/2005 1:22:40 AM