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Sask, Canada

Ok folks any one know what seed and cross grew what pumpkin from all the ones being listed. Yours or others if you know...

I'll start (yes most of you know)

727.0 Pearce (1337.0 Houghton X 1230 Daletas)
697.5* Pearce (895.5* Hester X Self)
509.0* Pearce (856.0* Hester X 895.5* Hester)
457.0 Pearce (1230 Daletas X Self)

TTYL
Ernie
Giant Veggies

10/6/2003 5:41:33 PM

Stouffville

interesting that the 1230 grew a thousand pounder and also a 457....Hey GV would you say that the 1230 seed you had was maximized at 457? Like if Alan Eaton grew it what would he have gotten it to, out of curiousity? Could he have gotten it any bigger or was that specific seed limited to growing a 500lber at most?

Mike

10/6/2003 5:49:35 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Mike I am not trying to attack you personnaly, but what did you grow this year and how many years have you been growing. If you think you can throw a 783 daletas or a 1230 daletas in the ground and get a 1000 pounder more power to you. There are so many things that go wrong with these things. Soil conditions,insects,disease, high and low temperatures, flucuations in growth causing splits, fruits aborting for no apparent reason, sudden hail storms, critters chewing on your roots. The list goes on. I could write a book, wait a minute Don Langevins wrote three.
Growing giant pumpkins is a new challenge every year, a new one I look forward to every year to beat me personal best from the year before and learn from what worked in my climate. Shannon

10/6/2003 6:06:03 PM

Stouffville

I've been growing since '92 and i grew a ~750lber this year, but i had an 832 UOW in '93...living in the past in know...

I know lots of things can go wrong, that's why i'm asking whether 500lbs was the limit of that seed, or whether it was pollinated late, grown on a tiny plant, infected by a virus, grown in shit soil..there are lots of possibilities as to what could've gone wrong...or perhaps the genetics weren't there even though it was from the 1230 daletas, that's also a possibility

10/6/2003 6:10:29 PM

Sask, Canada

Jammerama:

1230 was grown in 450 sq. ft., had multiple main vine splits and holes from hail and was pollinated near the end of july plus soil was off peak.

now getting back to this post topic what was the seed and pollinator for your 750lb'er

10/6/2003 6:19:15 PM

Stouffville

my ~750 which i'm hoping to actually get a weight for was grown from my 490 est of 2002 which was an open pollinated 1058 papez, the possible pollinators of the 490 are the 1092 burke, the 1020 papez, the 850.5 eaton and self. the ~750 was pollinated with the 625 est jammer of 2002 which was most likely a self-pollinated 1092 burke. The 625 est jammer that pollinated the ~750 (man i hope i get a weight for it) grew an ~450lber...wow that was a lot of ~'s, est's and open pollinations, too many as far as I'm concerned but I've done what I've done

10/6/2003 6:33:10 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

619.5 Engel 03 (1074Calai02 X SELF)
601 Engel 03 (869 Calai x 455 Andrews)
543 Engel 03 (934 Kennedy 02 X 1074 Calai)
251 Engel 03 (869 Calai X 801.5 Stelts)
231 Engel 03 (801.5 Stelts X Self) grown from 1049.5 Koch plant that was grown in a 150 sqf and pummeled with powdery mildew, that finally killed the plant.

My previous best was a 451 Engel 02 (637 Kilbert X Self) Brigitte grew it this year and got a beautiful heavy 604.5.

10/6/2003 7:12:32 PM

Bristol, ME ([email protected])

906.2 Clark 03 (859 Mombert x 854 Berard)
570 Clark 03 (1074 Calai x 859 Berard)

10/6/2003 8:09:11 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

560 king 03 (845 nesbitt x 805 pukos)
326 king 03 (845 nesbitt x self)

all grown on the same plant in 240sqft

10/6/2003 8:23:43 PM

Streator ,Illinois

933 mcmullen exh. 500 mitchell est.(99) self went down 3 weeks ago
652 mcmullen 808.5 gibson selfed

10/6/2003 8:33:17 PM

North Mississippi

344 gray 03 (673 kilbert X 803 Davies)
334 gray 03 (673 kilbert X self)

10/6/2003 8:39:06 PM

Choctaw, OK

830 Neuville 03 (846 Calai 99 x 193 Wolf 02) Was 94 lbs heavy. Nice orange fruit too. Very solid fruit. New personal best.
635 Est Neuville 03 (620 Boyton x 845 bobier) Blossom split. 845 plant grew 742 uow Koch 03
508 Est Neuville 03 (946 Geerts 96 x 846 Calai 99) Blossom end split. Great cross.

Numerous small fruit crosses on genetics plants...1092 burke x 865 mettler, 413 Wolf x 865 mettler, 909.5 Lloyd x 865 mettler, 838 bobier x 846 calai, 838 bobier x 714 bobier (714 grew 773? uow Glisczinski 03), 720 parks x 1074 Calai, 846 x self (very few seeds are mature enough to germinate) and (502 Palbrach est 03)783 Daletas x 846 Calai (side vine fruit went down to mice...same 783 plant grew a 619 Palbrach 03)

Casey
Ps...Randooo has some nice crosses....one including 1016 daletas x 801 stelts (clone of 801 that grew 1049 Koch) and 801 stelts x 865 mettler.

10/6/2003 11:07:26 PM

Long Island,New York

572Andrews03=1260Wier x sib
475Andrews03=1260wier x sib
345Andrews03=1260Wier x sib
Soil problems limited my sizes....damn fungus !

10/7/2003 7:57:49 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

I had 17 different crosses this year...but the pumpkins were all under 450# so noone will grow 'em but me. No point in listing them....

10/7/2003 9:31:01 PM