From

Location

Message

Date Posted

Hadley Ny

I just did some test germinations on seeds I harvested. No luck with paper towel and plastic bag..10 percent. Seed starting mix 100 percent. Was a little suprised to see one batch of seeds have roots eight inches long in three days from filing. I use plastic cups so I can see the roots. Picked the cup up and had roots 2" out the bottom and side roots 1 1/2" long.Small pumpkin but nice genetics 823 House X 1912 Carter. Also wondering why some of the pumpkins have white seeds.

1/2/2017 11:42:19 AM

Emmetsburg, Iowa

Seed starting mix works better for me too. About the coloring of the pumpkin seeds, dark seeds and white seeds are both viable. I am not sure if the white seeds are less mature than darker seeds, or if it is the genetics of the pumpkins.

1/2/2017 11:50:20 PM

Colorado

Seed shell color and texture is genetic.Orange pumpkins(AG's) and giant squash used to commonly have white seeds.They looked like a oversized field pumpkin seed. White seeds still happen but maybe less frequently. The 2624 world record seed has white seed texture(vs. thicker tan shell) but has a off white coloration. So its a mix of those two types traits.

1/3/2017 11:23:31 PM

Hadley Ny

Thanks!

1/4/2017 7:24:50 AM