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Grants Pass, Oregon

If you are in a need to just pollenate and not care on cross, can this work?

7/3/2010 12:33:08 PM

Rudolph

Yes!

7/3/2010 12:41:52 PM

Pataskala,OH

I heard that it does not since an Jack O' Lantern is a C. Pepo and a Ag is a C. Maxima

7/3/2010 1:11:40 PM

British Columbia, Canada

You could use strawberry pollen and it'd take. It doesn't take a specific pollen to pollinae a pumpkin, unlike other plants.

In 2008 I used AG pollen to pollinate my 'Unknown Pumpkin' (Which turned out to be a Jack o Lantern)

Obviously if you use Jack o Lantern pollen to pollinate a AG, the offspring would most likely only be around 50Lbs, but if you don't care about offspring then...Yes!

-Jordan.

7/3/2010 2:16:26 PM

i need my boots

7/3/2010 3:13:49 PM

Rapid City, SD

hip waders are more fitting

7/3/2010 3:31:25 PM

Northern California Foothills

If your talking about the variety Jack O Lantern,it is c.pepo. C.pepo and C.maxima can't hybridize.

7/3/2010 4:01:56 PM

ordinary,VA

so we can grow giant strawberrys? Cool!!

7/3/2010 6:08:21 PM

Ohio

they are right Greenie, they will defintly ''NOT'' cross with each other, no way no how.

7/3/2010 6:27:36 PM

Ohio

Oh wait a minute,, I used belly button lint one time to pollinate my AG and it worked just fine,,,,,my bad,, forgot about that.

7/3/2010 6:30:46 PM

British Columbia

I thought all the cucurbits would cross pollinate. Does anyone have a link to an article that discusses the limits and extents of cucurbit x-pollination?
Oh, such an educated group!
Mr. d&me - how about a cross with a pot plant - than we could all retire! Except it would be nuts trying to keep the hippies out of your patch.
Thanks
M

7/3/2010 8:12:11 PM

Breslau, Ontario, Canada

They will not.

This is why we have a Field pumpkin class now.

7/3/2010 8:28:02 PM

Ohio

Ill tell ya who would be really a really good expert in explaining all this and thats ether Joe Ailts or Ron Rahe,they will set you guys straight when it comes to this category.

But a C.Pepo (Field Pumpkin) and a C. Maxima (AG) will not cross.

7/3/2010 9:39:54 PM

Bloomington, IN

I pollinated one with dandruff.

7/4/2010 12:13:16 AM

Paradise Mountain, New York

Now remember guys, this is a true blonde asking this question.

7/4/2010 12:41:16 AM

British Columbia

http://www.hybridproduction.com/squash.htm

Apparently these dudes are doing, although it might be in vitro or tissue culture or shot gun gmo. I dunno?

7/4/2010 2:56:24 AM

Grants Pass, Oregon

Hey Brat, bite me

7/4/2010 3:05:02 AM

Grants Pass, Oregon

I simply asked a question Brat that I wasnt sure about. What does my hair color have to do with anything?

7/4/2010 3:06:06 AM

kinda rude to make remarks about an honest question, isnt this what the board is for? I used to be a mod and never once did I let people talk about anothers question in this manner.....
answer and help if anybody can the end... Adam

7/4/2010 3:29:53 AM

Long Island,New York

The question is fine, the answer is tytpical here these days....where's Bob A now?...geez.

7/4/2010 8:14:21 AM

ordinary,VA

hahahahahha cucurbitamaxima

7/4/2010 11:49:36 AM

Ohio

uhhh oooohhh Brat, better start back peddling now, cause your in traaaaaa-uble !,,lol

7/4/2010 5:56:59 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

There is nothing wrong with your question Cary, Brat is being an assmunch. I wondered the same thing myself.

7/4/2010 10:05:08 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

Assmunch......You a Beavis and Butthead fan too Andy?

7/4/2010 10:46:04 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

Must be the summer heat has fried some people brains. In this world today, no one has a sense of humor. Can't brake anyone bubble with out anyone having a fit or flying off the handle. Now Carrie, If a pumpkin is open pollinated by bees ( from a apple, pear, flowers)and it works, then now why wouldn't a Jack O lantern pumpkin work, Even a blonde should be able to figure that one out. Went to a cookout yesterday and some joker flew off the handle at a joke and started a fight. Poor guy won't ever be invited to a 4th July cookout again. Everyone was right there and was laughing at the joke. Some people just need to have a life and take a good joke once in a while.Now you see why I never hardly post or reply to post anymore.

7/4/2010 10:55:05 PM

Grants Pass, Oregon

thats because you are an assmunch...again, what does my being a blonde have anything to do with anything. Are you implying blondes are stupid???

7/5/2010 1:59:30 AM

Waquoit Mass

watch it brat , im a blonde ill put you over me knee for a good thumpin.

7/5/2010 7:44:40 AM

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Cary
You can't cross different geno types with pollen, As some of the others have answered, Giant pumpkins are Maxima, and will only cross with other maxima pumpkins or squash. The Pepo geno type will on very specific occasions take pollen from a Maxima, somewhere in the 1,000,000 to 1 but not the reverse, and that is because of the DNA strains.

7/5/2010 9:41:38 AM

Minnesota

Yes. just use a flower from that same plant to pollinate or do nothing and let the bees do it.

7/5/2010 11:56:33 AM

ordinary,VA

Hi Cary ,hope this help's. bets of luck this year!!

Squash and Pumpkins



Cucurbita maxima

C. pepo

C. moschata

C. mixta



Squash, like beans, corn and tomatoes were domesticated in Central America. Seeds have been discovered in the Andes and in Mexico that carbon dated to 8,000 B.C., making squash one of the oldest domesticated crops. Squash spread north into North America and became an important crop for the native peoples living there. To clear up the biology involved, pumpkins are simply round orange squash, regardless of the species. Squash and Pumpkins cross-pollinate readily with other members of their species, but not with different species. Therefore, a spaghetti squash (C. pepo) will cross with an acorn squash or even a zucchini, but not with blue hubbard (C. maxima) or nippon island (C. mixta).
:souce Annapolis seeds

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/asianveg/msg0812121623975.html

7/5/2010 12:40:26 PM

ordinary,VA

" best" (not bets) of luck sorry about the typo.my dyslexia in high gear today :)

7/5/2010 12:45:14 PM

Deer Park, WI

Brooks, thanks for the nod. Cary, Ed's post is spot on. It is biologically impossible to cross a jack-o-lantern with an AG pumpkin.

This is the equivalent to chimpanzees and gorrillas trying to reproduce...they look alike but are just different enough that it cannot work.

7/5/2010 1:25:18 PM

Grants Pass, Oregon

See thats all I wanted was a straight up answer, thanks to all who answered and not rudely..

7/5/2010 6:27:56 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

P.Brat...just thought you should know that Cary is an honorary member of the KPM!!!! Grow em BIG!!! Peace, Wayne

7/7/2010 1:01:45 AM

Grants Pass, Oregon

Thank you Wayne, its nice to know my KPM brothers have my back.

7/7/2010 1:28:31 AM