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Midway, UT

Thanks to bigpumpkins.com and the GPC, pumpkin seed data for 2011 pumpkins that have gone to the scale to date are now searchable on www.pumpkinlink.com. Search Atlantic Giant pumpkin seeds by weight, grower name and cross. Also view progeny for each seed. More than 12,000 seeds are now available in the database.

10/16/2011 5:32:42 PM

Midway, UT

Looking at seed progeny, the following are the top 15 seeds based on average weight were at least five pumpkins have gone to the scale and the average weight of the top 5 progeny are included:

1161 Rodonis
1421 Stelts
1622 Young
1180.5 Pukos
1068 Wallace
664 Liggett
1725 Harp
1596 Wallace
1556 Werner
1140 Stevens
1450 Wallace
1350 Starr
1385 Jutras
1207 Young
1566 Rodonis

10/16/2011 5:52:45 PM

Midway, UT

The following is the same list but where at least 10 pumpkins have gone to the scale with the average weight of the top 10 pumpkins included.

1161 Rodonis
1622 Young
1140 Stevens
1421 Stelts
664 Liggett
1068 Wallace
1450 Wallace
991 Urena
1566 Rodonis
1288 Wallace
1385 Jutras
1350 Starr
1306 Jutras
1092 Martin
1207 Young

10/16/2011 5:56:44 PM

Upa Creek, MO

Thanks, I use the site frequently.

10/16/2011 7:13:32 PM

Minnesota

Awesome, should the Wallace monster be in there from 2011?

10/16/2011 9:21:35 PM

Midway, UT

I have an email into Ron as I can't remember what the estimated weight was for his pumpkin.

10/17/2011 1:34:24 AM

Deer Park WA

So many seeds so little time!

10/17/2011 1:43:23 AM

Minnesota

Thank You

10/17/2011 8:05:22 AM

Wi

OK I'm all for seeing 1140 near the top since it's been planted maybe 1% as much as 1421 and 1161, but how can 1140 outrank 1421? 1421 has what...6 over 1600. 1140 has zero over 1600. Seems impossible to outrank 1421 based on an average of 10.

10/17/2011 9:24:18 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

AB, way kul...can't wait to see where 1404 ranks next year!!! Know what I mean? Peace, Wayne
PS..also curious if 1566 Rodonis will move up the chart!!

10/18/2011 3:06:00 AM

Midway, UT

I'll check into that Steve. Something looks kind of fishy with that 1140. I'll take a look at the data.

10/18/2011 7:04:03 PM

Cheyenne,WY

I created a widget at http://tools.pumpkinfanatic.com/BiggestSeeds.php. You can enter the number of seeds you want to analyze, and the results are a little different each time. Looking at the top 10 pumpkins, I get the results below:

1068 Wallace 2003
1231 Pukos 2005
1161 Rodonis 2007
1421 Stelts 1663
998 Pukos
1370 Rose 2003
1385 Jutras 2007
Unknown
991 Urena 2005
1495 Stelts 2010
1093.5 Hunt 2006
904 Stelts 2006
901 Hunt 2007
1634 Werner 2010
998.6 Pukos 2005
1303 Sweet 2009
1678 Hunt 2009
1631.5 McKie 2007

I'm not sure how accurate this list is, but I have used my site to narrow down where I might want to live someday.

10/20/2011 2:11:01 AM