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salamanca,NY

K...this year im going to take a general consesus on what everyone on bigpumpkins.com thinks about what 2 seeds i should start to plant this year and what 2 seeds to start as backups...i live in western new york...approx 50 miles south of buffalo....so with that in mind here is my seed inventory......also has anyone grown any of these or know anyone who has...and how did you/they fair on weight and disease and color...thanks in advance.....1) 1352 Jutras "07" (840 Parksx 1225.4 Jutras "03") 2) 1169 Jutras "06" (1354 Checkton) x 845 Bobier uow 3)1024 Pukos "02" (723 Bobier "99") x (selfed) 4) 1161 Holland "07" (1112 Holland) x (1231 Pukos) 5)936 Holland "07" (1086 Holland) x (998 Pukos) 6) 576.5 Wolf "08" (907 Wolf) x (998 Pukos) 7) 348 Bailey "07" est (1217.7 Bailey) x (1407.3 Wolf "05") 8) 144 Bailey "07" est (1217.7 Bailey) x (998.6 Pukos "05") 9)715 Wolf "06" (735 Pukos) x (898 Knauss) 10)805 Wolf "08" (935 Lloyd) x (1407 Wolf) 11) 1110 Kline (842 Eaton) x (Selfed) 12) 783 Wolf "08" (1445 Marsh) x (1407 Wolf) 13)894.4 Pukos "04" (735 Pukos "01") x (Selfed) 14) 986 Papez "06" (1058 Papez "04") x (1068 Wallace) 15)1432 Carlson "04" (1097 Beachy) x (Selfed) 16)1125.5 Checkon "06" (1225 Jutras) x (1354 Checkon) 17)645 Checkon uow "06" (1354 Checkon) x (1225 Jutras) 18)805 Wolf "08" (998 Pukos) x (935 Lloyd) 19)1089.5 Stelts "07" (1370 Rose) x (977 Wallace) 20) 1060.5 Beachy "04" (1097.5 Beachy "02") x (591.5 Beachy "03") 21)937 Holland "07" (634 Filmore) x (995 Holland) 22) 520 Boer "06" (808 Beachy) x (1233.5 Reiss) 23) 700/900 "07" Dills Atlantic Giant From Howard Dill Canada .....

4/15/2010 10:15:12 PM

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Jr.

Any of those Wolf seeds are great cross's. Just pick your poison on what you want to grow, Andy does alot of great cross's that doesn't get very many chances to be grown when seed picking time comes ,mainly because growers will go with the Big Provens seeds like the 1385,904 998,1068 etc,etc,,,or even go with Andy's 1407 seed if there was any left to grow.

Andy does alot of interesting and unique cross's that alot of his cross's have only been done by him and no one else, so Id flip a coin on his seeds, anyone of them can grow a 1600 plus lber in my book.


But do make sure you do this,,,,

Make sure you grow a Pukos seed for luck, its a superstition I have and believe in, when ever I didnt have a Pokos seed growing in the patch somewhere I always had a terrible year. So if you dont have a Pookie's seed growing somewhere in your patch then your whole patch could just go to shambles,,,LOL.

Hows that saying go?,,, ''you just ain't growing unless you have a Pookie's seed growing in your patch somewhere!'' ha!

4/16/2010 7:13:49 AM

salamanca,NY

andy has been such a help to me over the last 3 seasons...great friend!! I am leaning in that direction,thanks for the input brooks

4/16/2010 8:58:13 AM

salamanca,NY

Decided on seed selection....2 x (1 backup)1352 Jutras..576.5 Wolf...348 Bailey...783 Wolf...going to see whcih 2 plants start out with no defects and also which 2 are most aggressive...others will be backups

4/17/2010 5:35:26 PM