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Roanoke Il

Results and comments on how the plantdid and final weight, from those of you that grew the 455.4 andrews this year.
I had one the weighed 816uow 786.7est 579.5 that did make it to nekoosa weighoff another one which had an est weight of 327.
All in very good seed I think the weather and the grower screwed up the bigger fuits the 579.5 was grown on the first secandary vine the vine split in half about 3 weeks after th fruit was pollinated.that plant also grew the 786.7est and the 327.
The 579.5 went heavey by 60 pluss lbs. So what did you all get :)

10/17/2002 4:26:24 PM

Long Island,New York

Great job Mark...thanks for giving it a shot. Thanks to anyone and everyone who tried it. My 455 was about 450sq ft with one fruit that wieghed over 300 at day 30, over 500 at day 40, but took another 50plus days to gain another 117lbs after the plant got sick..fungus humoungus here this year took both my plants at an early age...or at least stopped the fruits from continuing at a decent pace. The fruit was tall, round and bright orange (see pix titled Amagansett GPC on this site) when I was hoping for tall, long and green...go figure. In the end, even with the plant's early demise, I reached a new PB with a 617lb fruit...light by 1-2%. .........G

10/17/2002 4:45:26 PM

Southern Illinois

ok long island,what is fungus humoungus.

10/17/2002 6:27:13 PM

Long Island,New York

Its a slang term to describe the biggest damn case of fungus you could ever imagine..........G

10/17/2002 7:20:47 PM

Ga.

Mark,,I grew a 378 from the 455.4.....Actually,,fell head over heels for the 455....Hope to grow again!! Will definetly have a 537 in the hot seat this year...Gotta LOVE the 455.....

10/17/2002 7:33:54 PM

Ann Arbor, Mi

ohh yeah.....my 455 x self didn't grow anything large .... I think I got a wierd one...but it did grow a 440* est at 357....somewhere around 23% over...:-)...saddly thou only have about a dozen good seeds from it.

10/17/2002 8:27:19 PM

Ga.

Bob,,my 378 was 54 days old...How old was yours? I didnt get no seed...

10/17/2002 9:46:23 PM

Ann Arbor, Mi

Jeff it was poll on 7-10...had enough time to make seeds...all my seed counts are low this year....Bob

10/17/2002 10:04:34 PM

North Ga

I grew a 537lber from the 455.4. My personal best. It was selfed, 59 days old, and I got 714 mature seeds from her. Going to start one month earlier next season. gotta have a 650lber!! LOL! Thanks for the seed G. and congrats to everyone. Good luck with the 537 Jeff! Maybe we can get some heat tolerant plants going down here in the hellhole!

10/18/2002 7:30:09 AM

North Ga

What cross was your 617 G?

10/18/2002 7:35:11 AM

Long Island,New York

617Andrews02 = 455Andrews00 x 846Calai....the Calai plant grew a 572 that was 18% heavy and two other smaller fruit........G

10/18/2002 3:33:33 PM

Ontario

My 455.4 grew a 405 uow pumpkin ...est at 400 so it was slightly heavy...it was the only pumpkin I had set and it wasn't in a good position on the vine...my dog took the end of the main off so I had to go with it..Going to grow it again next year and hope for better luck..I crossed it with 924 rose...

10/18/2002 4:56:44 PM

Liverpool , England

I had a 360lb and 307lb on the 455.4....never pollinated til late August and weighed off in september. Will of course grow this seed again next year...thanks Glenn.


Alun

10/18/2002 7:18:43 PM

Greencastle, PA

I got a 123.2 from it. It was also orange. Rex (i named it after my lizard) was pretty heavy, it was 159" ott, it had an 81" circumference though, it was a pretty low, long fruit. I crossed it with the 611 Hester (grew a 120 uow) and the 1064 Needham. Pollination date was 8/25 and it was 34.5" cir. at day 10. I will try to keep it around til Halloween. If you want any seeds (if there are any) e-mail me.
tom

10/18/2002 10:49:52 PM

Roanoke Il

Congrats tom on a great year a new personal best weigh to go!!! Not everyone gets a pumpkin 4 times bigger than there previous prersonal best. :) P.S I wish I could.

10/19/2002 5:17:15 AM

Long Island,New York

ok...so far 816,787,617,579,537,440*,405,360,307 and 128 from it. Lets hear from the owners of the 940,775,698..and 597......lol

10/19/2002 12:03:15 PM

Indiana

who had the biggest official fruit off of it?

Tom Beachy

10/19/2002 12:06:20 PM

Down Stream

I had a 480 lb. on a secondary vine from my 455.

10/19/2002 12:37:23 PM