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Upper Strasburg, PA

There’s a photo in my grower diary of 7 of these seeds growing. Maybe I am counting my chickens before they hatch, as sometimes the oldies will sprout a root, but don’t have enough juice left to form a seedling. If I do happen to end up with 6 extra plants, would anyone be interested in one or two? I’m hoping to get a couple of them out to Nic in Michigan, but I really don’t want to toss any of these plants out since they seem to really want to grow.

Genetics are 570* Stellpflug x 604.5* Razo

I transferred the seeds into solo cups and hit them with some fertilizer last night to get them going. Seedlings will be transferred to larger pots and given mycorrhizae once I see that the plant is viable.
Thomas

4/12/2021 4:27:05 PM

Grittyville, WA

I'd give it a shot but I've not even considered how to ship a weak seedling before. If you think it's possible I would pay the shipping.

4/12/2021 9:18:23 PM

Upper Strasburg, PA

We’ll see how they look when they come up. I’m thinking there would be less risk of damage in transit when they’re still small.

4/13/2021 3:20:57 PM

Grittyville, WA

I could afford priority mail but it would have to survive 2-3 days in the dark.

4/13/2021 4:28:21 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

We used to ship clones and back ups...Wrap pot in plastic wrap, Place pumpkin in box..fill with shipping peanuts. Tamp box to settle peanuts. Ship

4/13/2021 9:16:21 PM

Upper Strasburg, PA

Got 3 of the 7 pushing through the soil right now... hoping to see the other 4 within the next 24 hours. It will be interesting to see how the cotyledons look.

4/14/2021 3:30:11 AM

Syracuse, NY

You really should have sent 3 or 4 while they were still sprouting, not once the 1st true leaf is unfurled, lol.
i wonder if there needs to be a declaration of live plant materials and what that entails. At least there's a 'taker';
Good Luck---eg

4/14/2021 7:00:39 AM

Upper Strasburg, PA

EG- I have a 141 for you too. That’s my 1230 Daletas x 801 Black from 2006. Got two going and only need one. I know you like the old orange stuff.

Also, I wouldn’t want to send anyone an unsprouted seed. A significant number of the oldies that do germinate don’t make it all the way to seedling stage. I would feel like a jerk getting someone’s hopes up just to have them waste their money shipping a cup of dirt with a rotten seed in it.

4/14/2021 1:40:33 PM

Syracuse, NY

Old Orange Stuff---That should be my new BP handle! maybe in a few years, lol. yeah, i point out the things to people like when i see a car with no headlights on at night? I'll let 'em know, in as polite a fashion as i can at the time, so, sorry for my condescendence in this case, lol; they just look like they mean business in the diary, so, why wait until they're cumbersome and too far along? was just thinking of aired-out ZipLoc bags.
admittedly, i have never sent any live material so,
i dunno, and Good Luck!
Now, about this 141?
Gonna make me and my BIG mouth eat my own words, eh? Well, i was gonna have a GOOD season, but if you wanna plug one of your own into my yet-unknown lineup, i'll be a good birdie and treat it as my own, lol---(I AM kidding, you know, whereas the 1230 Daletas in the lineup is of course worth a looking-at); i really dig the pic of you and your 141 from '06 - at first i was confused because the post was from 2016...so boyish! ha ha ha i'd like to plant out actual plants the first weekend in May, starting my seeds April 21st this year. Sure, man, just lemme no here or at pumpkinpal@msn.com of its status!----eric g/OOS? maybe when i'm 60, lol...

4/14/2021 9:03:09 PM

Upper Strasburg, PA

Got 5/7 of the 407* through the soil now.

4/14/2021 10:23:23 PM

California

What is the parentage of the 604? The only reference to it I can find refer to it as being 801.5stelts x self.

4/15/2021 11:33:26 AM

Marion,IN

604 Razo(99)(F) 624 Kubiak (98) x (M) unknown

624 Kubiak (98) 801 Stelts (97) x self.

4/15/2021 12:23:33 PM

Upper Strasburg, PA

I will double check with Nic. I know he did grow a lot of 801 Stelts offspring back then, so that might be accurate. That’s a little bit of a bummer, as this generation would not be green. Still a very unique opportunity to keep the Stellpflug genetics in the gene pool, as that’s 50% of the cross.

4/15/2021 1:30:20 PM