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Mn

Any body got it. I grew a 729.5 pound pumkin off it my first year growing. It had great color. I'm also looking for pumkins with 800+ X 800+ Cross that weighed over 400+ and/or have a history of producing 700+ pumpkins. I'm also looking for a 846 jutras.

10/18/2004 8:43:00 PM

Mn

Also if any one has crosses with a pumpkin that has a history of producing 700+ pumpkins i'm also iterested in that too.

10/18/2004 9:12:28 PM

Mn

also looking for a 869.5 Calai 2000

10/18/2004 10:06:14 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

AJG seeds play a little part in the role of getting big. Its patch prep, and pumpkin discipline that make them big. Something I have not gotten under control yet. 729.5 for your 1st year is a heck of a start.

10/18/2004 10:08:45 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

Are you interested in any of my crosses?
Seems to me that you are especially interested in orange pumpkins.... the seeds I offer will provide that!

801.5 Stelts 97 X self (224kg)
801.5 Stelts 97 X 1016 Daletas 01 (214kg)
783 Daletas 00 X 801.5 Stelts 97 (182kg)
582 Hester 01 X 801.5 Stelts 97 (151kg)
845 Bobier 00 X 801.5 Stelts 97 (141.5kg)
810 Dill 99 X 1016 Daletas 01 (122kg)
1016 Daletas 01 X 801.5 Stelts 97 (100kg)
810 Dill 99 X 801.5 Stelts 97 (small)

It should be mentioned to newer growers that seeds from smaller fruits theoretically have the same potential as seeds from the 1000/+lbs pumpkins. The only thing that counts is the cross!

Pictures of all pumpkins can be found in my diary entries from the last two to three weeks on Bigpumpkins.com.
All were an awesome orange color and should even improve with the crosses I made. The only one that was not as deeply orange was the fruit on the 1016 Daletas as the vine rotted off and the pumpkin wasn't able to mature and orange up.

Best wishes,
Martin

10/19/2004 11:10:53 AM

Greencastle, PA

My 298 and 119 are crosses of the 963 Stucker and 1061 Ciliberto. The 963 has grown a 1082 and the 1061.5 has grown a 1213. They're small, but the 298 was the biggest in the state. I think the crosses have some potential... the genes are just about all 935 Lloyd and 801.5 Stelts, two of the best genetic strains out there, which have produced several 1000+lbers... the 1446 was grown off a seed using 935 and 801.5 genes. E-mail me if you'd like some seeds.
Tom

10/19/2004 4:46:34 PM

Mn

Thanks every one very interested in your seeds. My plan is to aquire good seeds from each year and some of each each year based one which ones performed best. Right now hoping to get my patch ready and find seeds. Thanks for all the help. Hey you Were the seeds form your 298 mature or did the look white and wrinkled up.

10/19/2004 6:41:18 PM

Mn

Hey martin which seeds have the genes for heavy otc and which ones are genarly pretty.

10/19/2004 7:00:36 PM

Mn

Was the 842 eaton the female pollinator for the 1446.

10/19/2004 7:03:36 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

Out of the seeds I offered you I'd say that the 845 X 801.5 and 783 X 801.5 should have the most potential to go heavy otc. These two were 19% and 15% over the chart.
Actually all my fruits, except the 801.5 X self and 810 X 1016 were over the chart but that could have been due to our weather this year.
All crosses should produce beautiful offsprings, the best ones should be the 801.5 X self and the 845 X 801.5 but all others are good as well for orange and pretty.

Martin

10/20/2004 6:18:12 AM

Waquoit Mass

grew my 974 of my 627 had a nice shape and pretty orange weighed about 10 percent heavy dave hampton

10/20/2004 3:43:27 PM

Mn

Hey dave i herd about that big one you grew off the 627. Congrats to you.

10/20/2004 5:29:17 PM

Mn

Also congrats on your 1059 Dave. Martin did you place second or third at the german weigh-off.

10/20/2004 5:59:28 PM