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Buffalo, New York

I Opened and dug out my 432 and 882 today....

the 432 had Hundreds of good seeds, while the 882 only had 36 good mature seeds.......I didnt see any immature seeeds.

What causes this low low low seed count?...she was a 5 lober.

10/30/2009 7:27:49 PM

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Temperature extremes on the day of conception.

10/30/2009 9:20:14 PM

Buffalo, New York

Is this a genetic thing to watch out for in the future with this seed?

10/30/2009 9:27:19 PM

Western NY

probably not a genetic thing, I haven't seen any correlation with my stuff over the years. it just happens. I had one with 6 seeds in it once.

10/30/2009 9:35:54 PM

DeWitt, Iowa

So the higher the temp the lower the seed count?

10/30/2009 10:50:32 PM

Winston Salem NC

I just opened my 622 on Wed. and only 2 Viable seeds maybe 25 or so very immature seeds.

10/30/2009 11:06:32 PM

Buffalo, New York

amazing how temps could determine seed count.....

10/30/2009 11:51:43 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Then I shouldn't have any; and I'm getting good counts. I'm seeing very few paperseeds or pips; most have been pretty full and nice lookers.

10/31/2009 12:35:29 AM

Sequim, WA

I've run the gamut with seeds so far. My 541.5 was had many hundreds of dirty white seeds, with about 3/5's of them being empty but large and fully formed. What a p-i-t-a to squeeze every seed and have to discard so many when I still had carving to do. My 476 squash had lots of little ones but many were cracked. Meanwhile a little genetic pumpkin I had has lots of big well formed seeds in it. I still have two more to go and need to collect some from one that was sold.

10/31/2009 12:58:16 AM

Jericho Vermont

Jeremy,
Genetics you say, maybe, I got a total of 68 seeds from the momma to your 882. That is very interesting. Were the seeds small and brown?
John

10/31/2009 8:16:47 AM

Buffalo, New York

John.
Seeds were small and brown, yes.

I was going to email you today and get some info.....thanks for the reply.....maybe this is genetics?

10/31/2009 9:11:33 AM