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Oliphant Fce. PA.

Could someone tell me if theres anyone giving any good seeds away in the orange variety.I grew a 218 pound pumpkin this year and was orange. looking to get bigger and stay with the orange pumpkin variety.This will be my second year of growing a big pumpkin and just want a couple seeds to try again.any help with a good seed would help me thanks alot.[TRYING]

10/28/2002 7:08:37 PM

Kentucky - USA

You should beable to get some good seeds here in a week or two.

10/28/2002 7:48:04 PM

Oliphant Fce. PA.

thankyou TAdams for your help. I just got to try and get a nice orange variety not worried about a monster pumpkin just something nice big and orange for my house for halloween.not to many people in my area grows big pumpkins so they think a 200lber is big around here. so i would like to try it again next year. leaning alot about growing them from here and what i heard to use to make them grow big

10/28/2002 7:59:05 PM

Kentucky - USA

You're Welcome...

I forgot to mention that most of the seeds that you can get here will have pictures of the pumpkin in the growers diary..

Tim

10/28/2002 10:05:55 PM

No Place Special

I grew a 392.5 lber that was very nice orange and a nice round shape. Wasn't the biggest at the weighoff, but had many complaments on the color and shape. Someone even offered me $80 for it! It was grown on the 845 Nesbitt and pollinated with the 922.5 Emmons. Both were VERY orange, see my diary for pics. Haven't opened it yet but if it has viable seeds your welcome to have some. Mike

10/28/2002 10:19:39 PM

No Place Special

Also....I have some Big Max seeds from my 2001 139.8. It grew a 120 this yr. Perfect carving pumpkins. Ill have some pics in shortly. The 120 (est) this yr was pollinated with the 922.5 Emmons and gave me 500 seeds from it. Once again youd be welcome to the 139.8 Big Max seeds or the 120 Big Max X 922.5 Emmons Cross seeds. Both Should be VERY orange and Perfect shape. Drop me an e-mail if this is what you are looking for. Mike

10/28/2002 10:26:22 PM

Western Pa.

Trying,

Look up kilrpumkins in the photo gallery. I like nice orange pumpkins too! If you see anything you like, I can hook you up with seeds!

p.s. Seeds aren't the only factor! Build that soil up with as much leaves, organic matter, and manure now for next year. And be sure to get a soil test in early spring!

kilr ( a fellow Pa. grower)

10/29/2002 12:21:07 AM

Oliphant Fce. PA.

Walcott,
thanks for your offering of your seeds. I will look at your diary and email you soon
Trying

10/29/2002 3:41:07 PM

Oliphant Fce. PA.

Kilrpumpkin,
Thanks for your advice, Im going to start preparing my ground with leaves and organic matter and manure for next year to get my patch ready and I will look at your photo gallery to see your pumpkins. I will email you soon to see when youll have some seeds ready.I have room for three different plants so maybe I can get one bigger than 218 next year.
Thanks TRYING

10/29/2002 3:47:29 PM

Central CT

Hi:
Several of you have talked about leaves. Should they be schreaded very small? I don't have a schreder so I thought of picking them up with my lawn tractor & bagger. Think this would be OK?

10/31/2002 6:50:43 PM

colorado

of course, I assume they don't have to be shredded, it just speeds the process of breaking the leaves down...

10/31/2002 7:25:45 PM

Long Island,New York

Raise the wheelhieght on the lawnmower and run over the piles a few times...works great

10/31/2002 10:36:28 PM

Central CT

Thanks for the quick replies, I'll be out there this weekend!

11/1/2002 7:22:38 AM