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Huntsville Texas

Mixed results; the biggest AG was about 500 pounds, and stayed green; after about 6 weeks on the vine at the same weight, a racoon ate through the side. The seeds were fully developed and some of the largest I've ever seen, and the vine never wilted once, even on 108 degree days. so I might try it again. do some of them just never turn orange, or maybe I got a squash cross?

Biggest field pumpkin was a little over 80 pounds, but we got over sixty nice pumpkins; many of the donated seeds I was given grew beautiful plants, but never set in the heat. All MacKinnon seeds flourished and produced wonderfully; it was these that Martha Stewart bought.
One last surprise for the season; I crossed MacKinnon 162 seedling with a .3 pound Jack be Little; and planted the resulting seeds 6 weeks ago and it has just started to set pumpkins, vine has intermediate sixed leaves but started setting pumpkins at only 3' long. hope they beat the halloween freeze

9/6/2012 7:30:04 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

That is so cool, getting pumpkins to Martha Stuart and growing a cross that you made in the same season. What AG seed did you plant? We can figure out if there was any squash traits in there.

9/6/2012 7:46:07 PM

Annapolis Valley Nova Scotia

Weird, I have never seen a green AG, they are always white, yellow or orange. Sounds like you were growing a squash.

9/6/2012 8:09:30 PM

Huntsville Texas

The AG I grew said 697 Veader, but I did not get it from him; it might have been mislabled or crossed? stayed green, with just a hint of tan or brown, but seeds were huge and fully developed, so I think it was ripe and mature. Really want to grow a big orange next year, but several people here in huntsville want seeds of this because it was never bothered by heat.

9/8/2012 11:42:05 AM

Piqua, Ohio

Vimes my 1807 stelts took the 100 degree temps with no burn maybe something related would do good in texas

9/8/2012 1:05:20 PM

Huntsville Texas

would love to try it;thanks!

9/8/2012 5:21:19 PM