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Appalachian Mtns.

Is your lineup complete? Whatcha' growin'? Here's mine....
1260 Weir
898 Knauss
805 Pukos
1097 Beachy
712 Kuhn
1068 Wallace...(or another 898 x 845 x 898 cross)
897.5 Davies

2/25/2005 6:45:00 AM

Alex, IN

I will be growing the following:

Main Plants
1097.5 Beachy
490 Beachy
1432 Carslon
Then I am not sure of the last spot it will either be the 488 beachy or my 44.5 Hodge

Genetic Plants
1005 Mombert
828 Wycoff
681 Stellpflug
488 Beachy
353 Glisczinski
163 Hodge
142 Hodge
80 Hodge
44.5 Hodge
5 Hodge

Mikkal

2/25/2005 8:44:29 AM

Woodburn, Indiana

845 bobier
846 calai
723 bobier
712 kuhn
898 knauss
1097 beachy.

2/25/2005 11:55:14 AM

San Diego

how do so many growers have so many super hot seeds all the time?:) hehehe 845, 846, 712, 898, 801's. I am amazed, maybe jealous since I never have had one with lots of seed trading. Jimmy

2/25/2005 12:13:03 PM

Pocatello ([email protected])

I scratch my head and wonder about that as well...

Anyway, I tend to go with promising seeds from the previous
season. My line-up so far is listed on my site:

http://idahopumpkin.tripod.com

See the 2005 Preseason section.

Regards, Cliff

2/25/2005 12:24:52 PM

Follansbee, Wv

Unless I get another bombshell of a seed dropped on me, the line up looks like this so far:

582 Hester '01
1097.5 Beachy
1367.5 Rose
1370 Rose
905 Ailts (898 Knauss x 1260 Weir)
658 Wolf (846 Calai x self)

If I can juggle the garden around some and make room, I may add:

721.5 Vincent (1458 Whittier 03 X 1172 Greer 02)
658 Lovelace (307 Little ’03 x Self)
216 Jepson (842 x self)

A first year grower with this kind of line-up...frightening thought ain't it?

as a footnote-
I know you'll read this Don. That day on your front porch when you said I was after the WV record...you were right. Either that, or I'll embarrass the heck out of myself..LOL

2/25/2005 1:18:26 PM

Massillon, Ohio

carlos is lying LOL

(carlos owes ME a 1097 !!)

i dont know what i'm growing !!! EEK

2/25/2005 1:47:15 PM

Ottawa, Ohio

I'm just going to cry.... I don't even have one of those good seeds! Well look on the bright side if I don't have them I can't kill them....

Christy is that 1097 the one you promised me? I've been waiting for it......

2/25/2005 3:39:59 PM

Eugene, OR

LOL Monty, Don is a great guy! Listen to his advice and I guarantee you'll grow a very nice pumpkin. I couldn't have grown a single pumpkin without all of his help and advice. Sophomore curse here we come!

My lineup:
869.5 Calai
1048.6 Companion
783 Daletas
857 Rivard '04(783 Daletas x 960 Kline)
810 Dill
833 Reid
765 Reid

2/25/2005 3:51:23 PM

Western NY

looks like:

865 Mettler
1010 LaRue
1097 Beachy
229* Hathorn
1005 Mombert
either 735 or 805 Pukos
either 961 or 1016 Daletas

i'm sure my plans will change somewhat.

plus seeds from pretty much every pumpkin i've ever grown.

new place, tons of room.

2/25/2005 3:53:54 PM

Massillon, Ohio

lol james, well we need to ramsack tom's because kelly killed off the one i gave him last year. so kelly and me and you and nick are all screwed. haha.

2/25/2005 4:08:58 PM

wilmington,ma.

I can only grow 3,and I have 4 .What to do,What to do??
1370 Rose
1101 Peters
1104.5 Hester
969.5 Calai

2/25/2005 4:12:14 PM

Usa,pa,westsunbury

here are the seeds that i'm planting
1144 Hester
1370 Rose
1432 Carlson
903.3 Powers
721.5 vincent
692.5 Brunst sq
1086 Carlson sq
531 Rahe
300 Caron

2/25/2005 4:18:35 PM

Belgium Europe

You can send the 4'th one to me Ahab... i want to grow four and i've only three....996bobbier,917ghaye,895.5handy and...?

2/25/2005 4:32:35 PM

Belgium Europe

sorry 895.5hester

2/25/2005 4:33:09 PM

Cincinnati,OH

Going orange
601 Rahe
338 Rahe
250 Kilbert
177 Rahe
and maybe 1 more, no mmmust resist oooverppplanting.

2/25/2005 5:42:22 PM

Manchester,N.H.

These are the seeds I am planting
1133 Demers
500 Wallace
996 Bobier
580 Weir

2/25/2005 5:56:30 PM

Cheyenne, Wyoming

1180 Daletas
1104 Hester
763 Biss
664 Liggett

2/25/2005 6:02:58 PM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

977 Schnicker
480 Schnicker
996 Bobier
869.5 Calai
1353.5 Liggett
1097.5 Beachy
851 Davies
1370 Rose
1125 Frantz
600 Glasier
802 Dill
1446 Eaton backups 872.5 Bassett, 1230 Daletas,935.5 Nesbitt

2/25/2005 6:52:59 PM

Western Pa.

Andy W.,
It's refreshing to see someone is actually going to plant the 1010 LaRue! See ya up Nawth!

2/25/2005 7:25:17 PM

Sparta, NC

658 Lovelace
709.5 McCallum
1178 Rivard
774 Mombert
572 Andrews
740 Simmons
521.5* Andrews
451.8* Wolf

2/25/2005 7:38:06 PM

Picton,ON ([email protected])

1097 Beachy
1068 or 500 Wallace
845 Nesbitt
1458 Whittier
721.5 Vincent (1458 Whittier X 1172 Greer)
552 Sherwood SQ
790 Kennedy SQ
Still Thinking on two more Pumpkins. Cosidering:
1230 or 1016 Daletas
707 Toftness
611.5 Hester
1225 Jutras
1125 Frantz
1057.5 Vader

2/25/2005 7:41:55 PM

canal winchester ohio

Right now I have 3 I know will go in.
Liggett 664.5
Calai 869.5
And my 410 from last season......Paul

2/25/2005 9:43:11 PM

No Place Special

869 Calai
842 Eaton
1097 Beachy
1260 Weir
805 Pukos
Golat* 552 Sherwood X Self
1101 Northrup
1125 Frantz
1083 Frantz

2/25/2005 10:22:12 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

Competition plants:

two 801.5 Stelts 97 (going to sibb them)
one 869.5 Calai 00
one 670 Daigle 03
one 846 Jutras 03
one 810 Dill 99 (I have two 810s and might save this one so that I can sibb in 06)

these are the ones that I have in mind now but might still replace one or two by any of the following:

1016 Daletas 01
604 Jutras 02
1076.5 Werner 02
1225.4 Jutras 03
1370 Rose 03
961 Daletas 01

I'll also have available some space in open field from a local farmer. I'll plant some more there for doing crosses or for producing flowers for pollinating the competition plants. I'm currently thinking of:

1125 Frantz 04
1101 Northrup 04
1074 Calai 02
965 Northrup 04
933 Jutras 04
495 Reiss 04
and maybe a few older 567.5 X 801.5 and 801.5 X 567.5 crosses.

Also, I might be able to get another spot in open field and would plant some ugly beast produces as to at least give them a chance and do the seeds justice....lol And well, who knows, maybe I'll get lucky as Boily did...
Seeds could be:

1097.5 Beachy 02
842 Eaton 02
845 Bobier 00
805 Pukos 00
582 Hester 01
735 Pukos 01
695 Handy 01

Martin

2/26/2005 6:43:03 AM

Bristol, ME ([email protected])

845 Bobier
735 Pukos
552 Sherwood SQ

2/26/2005 6:44:22 AM

Itzetown City

By all that good crosses going around, it´s very hard to take a choice, so it will change now and then. However,in October we all should known it better.
For the present:

1101 Ford 04
903 Ford 04
968 Rodonis 04
891 Tanner 04
503 Beauchemin 03
621 Welty 02
714 Frei 03
681 Beauchemin 04*

Testpatch: 275, 251, 300, 274 Gerry, 642 Michalec, 641 Olsen, 321 Böhnke and 451 Welty*

2/26/2005 7:07:05 AM

801.5 stelts 723 bobier 869 calai 1260 weir 1125 frantz

2/26/2005 9:10:20 AM

canal winchester ohio

Sweet lineup Don, A lot of folks would kill for those seeds.....Paul

2/26/2005 10:48:43 AM

Minnesota([email protected])

Wow,
Alot of great seeds being planted. I agree, Great line-up Don!
If all goes well The 3 following will be in my plans.

1370 Rose
940 Mombert 00(I may so a sibb cross)
901 Hebb

A 901 X 940 looks sweet.

2/26/2005 11:50:37 AM

Minnesota([email protected])

I may "do" a sibb cross, I meant.

Doug

2/26/2005 11:51:38 AM

Rockford,il

This week it looks like the year of the 1097.
926 Hunt(1097 x 842Eaton)
757.5 Pugh(1097 x 963 Stucker)
470 Pugh(1097 x 845 Bobier)
962 Lancaster(842 Eaton x 1097)
Beachy 892 (21 Beachy x 1097)
These are my 5 but I still want to grow 1083 Frantz and 905 Ailts.So I can absolutely, positively say these are what I might grow.

2/26/2005 4:04:48 PM

Choctaw, OK

My line up..not so conventional (if you know the crosses, its alot of 735 pukos stuff)...

857 Neuville 04
891 Tanner 04
894 Pukos 04
882 Armstrong 04

I have a spot for a 5th and I dont know what will go in. Could be any of these seeds:
1247 Handy 03
695 Handy 01
969 LaRue 04
952 LaRue 04
502 Palbrach 03 (grew my 730 04, 13% heavy)
Some beachy seed...LOL.
400 Est Neuville 02 (712 kuhn x 962 willemse..has thown upper 600 lb fruit for some newer growers)
1082 Popp 04
600 Est Lancaster

So much to choose from....i might end up throwing in a few of these seeds for pollination purposes.

Good LUCk to all!

Case

2/26/2005 4:15:36 PM

Joliet, IL

842 eaton
735 pukos
1247 handy
846 jutras

2/26/2005 6:25:15 PM

In the shade - PDX, OR

Whoa there Klinker!

This week it is :

845 Bobier
869.5 Calai
1104 Hester
1071 Houghton
905 Altis

2/26/2005 8:16:24 PM

Riverton, WY

805 Pukos 00
898 Knauss 01
1432 Carlson-Petersen 04
579 Hoffman 04

2/26/2005 9:05:48 PM

Ft. Branch, IN ([email protected])

As of right now my list is as follows:

845 Nesbitt
419 Pukos
1125 Frantz
798 Calai

Unsure on backups at this time.

I am also planning on growing 2 with little attention:

255 Frantz (1/4 Big Max)
1086* Carlson/Peterson

2/26/2005 10:34:32 PM

Norton, MA

Tonight it's 1104.5 Hester and 1068 Wallace (grew 1253 lb. Topsfield winner). By tommorrow it might be 1068 Wallace and 1058 Houghton or 883 Werner or 1133.4 Demers. If I can ever find my darn 552 Sherwoods* one of them somewhere too. Good Luck, and Good Growing all, AleX Noel.

2/26/2005 11:17:58 PM

Norton, MA

Maybe by the end of the week an 845 too. AleX Noel.

2/26/2005 11:19:50 PM

Wimbledon, North Dakota

you all must have one heck of a big garden to fit all those plants in. i thought mine was big with a 40'/40' and a green house over it. must be nice to be rich and famous lol good luck this year !!!!

2/27/2005 12:11:33 PM

Rhode Island

ron and i finally have a chance to prove out a theory ive had for quite some time now
i believe that planting your own seed stocks back into the same soil structure as the parents give you an edge over growers using the same seeds in a different location

( just look how many world records and/or world champions we have had that were grown using this system )

we expect to plant a combination of wallace 1068, 1048, 919, 961 and 500 ( all have 898 and 845 genetics )-with one pollinator to be named later

2/28/2005 3:27:59 AM

Eugene,OR

Competition Patch:
842 Eaton (846 Calai x 723 Bobier)
898 Knauss ( 1007 Brown x 1048 Cox)
845 Bobier ( 935 Lloyd x 865 Mettler)
735 Pukos (846 Calai x self)
582 Hester (940 Mombert x 1026 Holland)
805 Pukos (1092 Burke x 723 Bobier)
873.5 Pugh (845 Bobier x 963 Stucker)
742 Pugh (1230 Daletas x 808 Beachy)
1301 Eaton (842 Eaton x 1236 Eaton)
1446 Eaton (842 Eaton x 1301 Eaton)
1104.5 Hester (898 Knauss x 845 Bobier)
1068 Wallace (845 Bobier x 898 Knauss)
1133 Demers (845 Bobier x 898 Knauss)
1180 Daletas ( 898 Knauss x 846 Calai)
822 Hester (695 Handy x 898 Knauss)
960 Larue (1337 Houghton x 898 Knauss)
1420 Larue ( 1104.5 Hester x 1180 Daletas)
1016 Daletas (705 Stelts x 846 Calai)
1230 Daletas (705 Stelts x 846 Calai)
552 Sherwood squash
VWO Pumpkin TBA

Home Patch:
208 Little Cross (half big max)
310 Frantz (half big max)
1178 Richey Watermelon...2 plants

2/28/2005 8:38:29 PM