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Colorado Springs.Co

I was washing the pulp off my seeds in a bucket and out of hundreds only one sank to the bottom. Any significance? I put that one aside just in case. I think it may have just been a Red Sox fan.

11/7/2009 7:03:15 PM

Pataskala,OH

Drop it if it sounds more hollow than a seeds that did not sink then that seed is empty.

11/7/2009 7:07:40 PM

Western PA

Maybe it filled with water and then sank ???

11/7/2009 7:15:46 PM

nOVA sCOTIA

I'd say thats the one thats going to go heavy.lol

11/7/2009 7:17:42 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Darth, Darth Veader!!! Peace, Wayne

11/7/2009 7:24:06 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Or, did kids take shots at yer pkn from the road? Maybe a shot is in it? LOL Peace, Wayne

11/7/2009 7:25:42 PM

Colorado Springs.Co

I only put twenty or so in the water at a time then washed them so they weren't in the water long enough to fill with water. I like your theary Donkin. lol.

11/7/2009 7:27:14 PM

New Hampshire, USA

more mass than the other seeds

11/7/2009 8:49:57 PM

Bloomington, IN

I had the exact same thing happen! I was washing them in a bowl of soapy water and out of 274 seeds one immediately sank to the bottom. It appears solid and when I bounce it on the table it sounds like a rock.

11/7/2009 9:25:57 PM

Anchorage, Alaska

If I had to venture a guess, I would say the seed simply had an unusually high mineral content. It could have been anything from chemical concentration gradients, to genetic funny business.

Anyway, the greater density does not likely influence plant vigor or potential pumpkin weight. It was just the one which couldn't swim.

11/7/2009 10:04:40 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I'm betting that's the one that didn't hold it's breath :)

Solid-er than the others, might mean it will take longer to dry.

11/7/2009 10:53:09 PM

Pocatello ([email protected])

I think it's just a Red Sox fan.

11/7/2009 10:59:12 PM

New Hampshire, USA

crack in the seed and the water rushed in and sank it

11/7/2009 11:19:09 PM

Colorado Springs.Co

Some good thoughts, I'll look for cracks and hold it to my ear and listen for A Rod sucks. Like that Steve.lol

11/7/2009 11:26:10 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

How big was your kin this year shaker?

11/8/2009 12:06:27 AM

Port Alberni, BC, Canada

Shaker, it makes no difference whether a seed is a floater or sinker. We all have them. The sinkers are just a bit denser.
Some growers have even seperated seeds from the stem end and blossom end believing the stem end (shoulder) seeds would produce heavier kins.

11/8/2009 1:49:12 AM

Sequim, WA

That's the golden seed and the one you want to plant! Gold is dense and heavier making the seed sink.

11/8/2009 2:29:26 PM

Midwest

OkieGal ROFL!

11/8/2009 11:04:39 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

I often wonder the same thing about toidZ.....some floaters.....some not.......

11/9/2009 9:05:22 AM

Somers, CT

ASk it if it likes Manhatan Chowder. If the answer is "What's that? it probably is a Sox fan.

11/10/2009 9:56:39 AM