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Does anyone know where I can get seeds from the 1999 705#uow

9/4/2001 11:58:45 PM

Western Pa.

The 705 was a beautiful pumpkin, but went down early due to a split. There weren't too many seeds saved from that pumpkin. I bought a packet for $5, 2 winters ago at the O.V.G.P.G. advanced seminar, and when I opened it this spring, it had 2 seeds in it! The one I planted didn't germinate. I'm not even sure if Stelts himself has any of these left.Very rare indeed!

kilr

9/5/2001 9:50:59 AM

Greencastle, PA

kilr, you said you had 2, what did you do with the other? I am looking for one, have been for a while. I should have asked you, you know him, you would know these things. Do you have his address e-mail or snail-mail? I really want to talk to him about lots of stuff besides seeds, but seeds is one of the big things. Good luck,
Tom

9/5/2001 6:40:59 PM

canal winchester ohio

Tom,
If you want a stelts seed that would probably have good genetics as well as color & shape you might want to talk to Dave about his 565 . Some folks go for the big ones , but hear me out. It is a 825.5 Shymanski X 801.5 Stelts.
If I was a betting man I would say it would be easy to get one of these....Paul

9/5/2001 7:05:17 PM

Omaha, Nebraska

How many seeds do AG's produce on average? 200-600 seeds or so per pumpkin?

9/5/2001 7:31:56 PM

canal winchester ohio

My 353 in 98 had over 500 seeds. on the extreme Brett Hester said his 895.5 had over 1000 seeds..Paul

9/5/2001 7:54:11 PM

Greencastle, PA

my 30 pounder had 728 seeds. The 565 sounds like a good cross. If I'm able to contact him I'll ask. It sounds like it will be big and orange. Thanks for the info,
Tom

9/5/2001 8:41:53 PM

Western Pa.

Jack LaRue's 1010# last year(grown on the 801 Stelts), produced only about 80 viable seeds. The Checkon's 1131# world record in 1999 had none, so you just never know!

9/6/2001 2:41:38 PM

Omaha, Nebraska

There weren't any seeds at all in the 1131 Checkon? That's what pumpkins are for... to profuce seeds. hmmmm

9/6/2001 4:35:31 PM

Western Pa.

None of the seeds were mature. HMMMMMM! Gives you a few things to think about, don't it!

kilrdilr

9/6/2001 8:44:33 PM

Greencastle, PA

"kilrdilr,"
I have a lot of things to think about. Why do you always do this to me? My brain can't think about all of these things, but when you say it I have to. ahhhhhhhhhhh! My head is going to explode!!!!! OH..... there it goes.

9/6/2001 8:52:54 PM

Omaha, Nebraska

If you cut off the blossom end of a pumpkin would that cause the seeds not to mature inside?

9/6/2001 8:56:54 PM

Western Pa.

Was it soil,fertilizer, Ironite, genetics, or MAYBE the pumpkin never had the chance to grow to it's full potential!You tell me!I don't think cutting off the blossom end after pollination would affect anything. Tom, sorry to hear about your head, it wasn't much, but it's all you had!

kilr

9/6/2001 9:08:29 PM

Ga.

I'd say didnt have time to mature...

9/6/2001 10:05:59 PM

Long Island,New York

Jeff...you talkin about Tom's head or Checkon's pumpkin?

9/7/2001 4:42:31 PM

derry n.h u.s.a.

wow

9/7/2001 5:08:00 PM

Charlotte, North Carolina

Probably the same size.

9/7/2001 5:14:56 PM

Ga.

hmmmm,,,gonna have to stay neutral on that one!!

9/7/2001 6:16:14 PM

Greencastle, PA

you people are so mean to me. mostly you, kilr. At least I dodn't spend all day outside carresing a giant ovary and then when I'm inside only call myself "kilr" and scare my wife and kids.

9/7/2001 6:32:54 PM

canal winchester ohio

Now boys play nice............Paul

9/7/2001 6:46:40 PM

Western Pa.

Tommy Boy,

I am known by "killer" by hundreds of people in the work place, as well as many friends and fellow growers. I got the nickname for a reason. What would you know about ovaries, wives, or kids? I refuse to have a battle of wits with an "unarmed" person!
kilr

9/7/2001 7:46:32 PM

Charlotte, North Carolina

Better stop or else John or Ken may delete this string of messages, read the submission guidelines.

9/7/2001 10:46:28 PM

Greencastle, PA

Kilr, My IQ is 170, I know a lot of things, and I am a kid, I know a lot about them.

9/8/2001 12:36:17 PM

South Hill, Virginia

Wait till you turn 21 and discover beer. That will help bring that IQ down to a manageable level.

I'm no rocket scientist but I have enough sense to know that kilr has probably forgotten more about growing AG's than I'll ever know. What's more important is that you'll never find a person more willing to help us newbies get going in this great sport. I look forward to the day that I can thank him in person. Kilr, the drinks will be on me.

9/8/2001 9:54:45 PM

canal winchester ohio

I hoping to get to meet kilr at the Ohio Valley weighoff.
It may only be Pepsi ( I'll have my kids with me ) but I'll buy him one for you...Paul

9/8/2001 9:59:50 PM

Greencastle, PA

I might see him at the seminar. Wierd, I've seen this story before, kilr, teacher tells the student everything he knows and later on they become rivals, it kind of looks like this might happen here. GO REDSKINS! That was kind of randem.
Tom

9/8/2001 10:26:42 PM