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Pataskala,OH

I'm surprised no one has considered getting some scientists to genetically modify are pumpkin seeds to get a 2000+ lb pumpkin. I mean they could use giant pumpkins as advertisement for their company. They could say if we get pumpkins this big imagine what we do to corn. lol

12/22/2009 5:40:29 PM

Pataskala,OH

I'm seriously considering this. lol

12/22/2009 5:42:43 PM

Milmine, IL

That's gonna have to be a mighty big combine to harvest 2000 pound ears of corn. Gonna need much bigger butter knives too.

12/22/2009 8:16:09 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Nic, find the market, and the scientists will then jump or leap...prbly pole vault into the research to do the genetic modifications!!!! So far...there doesn't seem to be such a market!!! Soybeans & corn & wheat seem to be in the front!!! I sorta like it how it is NOW!!! Peace, Wayne

12/22/2009 8:44:50 PM

Pataskala,OH

Well, they could probably use a gene from the giant pumpkins to make other crops bigger. There obviously is a gene that causes fruit to get giant. Can you imagine if they could grow everything double the size it naturally is. I mean there has to be something they would be able to learn from 1600+lb pumpkins.

12/22/2009 9:01:07 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Personally I like the conventional breeding of A.G.s.
To me genetically modifying A.G.s would take alot of the fun out of it.

12/22/2009 9:17:38 PM

Western NY

They couldn't genetically modify them to outpace our current weight increases.

12/22/2009 10:12:29 PM

Greenville,Pa.

Nic, I take the "growing information" that I get from the growers seminars and apply it to growing garlic. There is no genetic crossing involved. Just good growing practices and constant foliar feeding, and paying attention to details. Now if I could just get my pumpkins to grow like my garlic.....there would be a new world champion in Greenville!!!!!!!

12/23/2009 7:43:18 AM

Bulgaria

First, to create a gmo variety through transferring only one or few genes will cost millions of $$$. The Flavr Savr tomato (the first GMO variety) costs more than $200 millions. Nowadays it's cheaper, but still quite expensive.

Second (and most important), andy W is absolutely right. Traits as flavor and yield are ruled by many genes, not only by one or few. Nowadays science is TOTALLY helpless to deal with traits which involve many genes. Did I mentioned that they even do not know all of these genes.
If you do not trust that, check this table describing the general properties of nowadays GMO varieties:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food#Development
As you can see they work ONLY with properties which involve one or very few genes.

12/23/2009 1:54:19 PM

Team Munson

I'd be happy if they engenered round up ready giant pumpkin seeds. I keep trying but every time I spray my plants with round up they don't like it but I keep trying LOL!!!

12/24/2009 9:27:54 AM