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Eugene,OR

I have a 1230 Daletas which has about a 5 foot main, which is flat vining, but not really seeming to do anything else strange. Some of the secondaries are flat, some are normal. About 3 feet from it I have a backup growing, my own 500 Pugh (805 Pukos x 845 Bobier...the 845 grew my 873.5 on less than 200 square feet of plant) which should grow a darned nice pumpkin. The 500 has about a 3.5 foot long main vine (it was started about a week after the 1230). Do I go with the 1230 which is maybe a little bit wierd, or my own 500 which looks normal? That is the question. What do you think?

6/1/2005 12:25:41 AM

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Keep the 500. Have confidence in your homegrown seed.

6/1/2005 12:40:39 AM

go w/ your own 500

6/1/2005 1:48:05 AM

Rhode Island

a no brainer--------- go with the 500

6/1/2005 7:13:08 AM

Chico, Ca

Ditto

6/1/2005 9:21:51 AM

Brillion Wisconsin

If the plants are not crowding each other then I would take a wait & see approach. A few more weeks of growth could prove to be interesting. If one has to be culled immediately I would go with my gut and probably choose the 500.

6/1/2005 12:43:22 PM

San Luis Obispo Ca

500 yes. proven as a winner!

6/1/2005 5:11:19 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

yours Russ

6/2/2005 6:53:30 AM

Eugene,OR

Yesterday the 1230 started to go double about 6 feet out. That, plus everyone's encouragement to "grow my own" answered my question. I got out my knife and cut through the nice, fat, two and a half inch stump of the mutating 1230. Then I looked over at my 500 Pugh that was waiting in the wings and smiled because I knew that I had done the right thing. This is why we grow backup plants...and if your backups are your own seeds, it is a great way to try one of your own.

6/2/2005 9:45:50 AM

Joliet, IL

just had the same dilema here russ, except mine happened twice. now i have 2 of my own growing in my patch and i am excited like a little kid to finally see what my own seeds will do. they are tough decisions to make at the time, but you do get a different feeling watching your own plants grow. its hard to describe the feeling--but its there and it puts a little smile in the eyes everytime you see the plants.

6/2/2005 10:35:01 PM