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California Bay Area

My first year growing and i managed a good sized pumpkin(500lbs). the pumpkin was grown from a 805 dill. i have about 40-50 seeds and would like to try something different this year. want to try something good but don't know what to ask for. let me know if you would like to trade. thanks

11/5/2004 12:02:01 AM

Syracuse, NY

there are a few good offers of seeds on the other posts of this heading "seed exchange" like 842 selfed (two of those)
and also one for 783 Daletas selfed. and, i am sure there are a lot of others; just scan back a couple of days to a week! find out if the crosses were controlled, meaning were the male and female flowers tied-off before and after pollination. this is key, because then you know for sure what the parents of the seed were in case it produces a monster for you. i personally
don't get too interested in seeds from open-pollinated
pumpkins, but that's just me. nowadays, crosses to look for would consist of the 582, 842, 845, 723, 869.5, 846,
895.5 Hester for squash, 898, 1230, 1016, 810 Dill, 875 Dill, 783 Daletas, 1097.5 Beachy, 1026 Holland, 705 Stelts, and, of course, 801.5 Stelts. there are PLENTY of others, but all of these are ones that would get anyone's attention
if they were seed-searching, myself included! g'luck, eric

11/5/2004 12:29:22 PM