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Western NY

I personally feel that selfed seeds are underrated in the performance category. Who has selfed seeds in their lineup this year?

This year we're putting in my 792 Wolf (selfed 1407)

4/26/2007 9:16:25 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I'm planning growing the following selfed seeds:
two 603.5 Muller 03(845 Nesbitt X self)
two 615 Reiss 06(1233.5 Reiss X self)

4/26/2007 9:21:09 PM

Minnesota

Hello Andy, I will be putting in some selfed seeds this year. These are the seeds i will be trying.
814wolf (1407wolf X self)
792wolf (1407wolf X self) both fruit from same plant
1010christopherson06dmg (1446eaton X self)
1075christopherson (1446eaton X self
1225pukos (1231pukos X self)

The selfed plants that i have growing so far are very nice plants but when it all comes down to it, we will be weighing the pumpkin. Maybe the pumpkin growing community needs a challenge. If each grower puts one selfed seed in, then maybe that will give us an idea if selfed seeds really can compete. That would be interesting.

Bye the way your plants are doing fantastic. I'll send some pics later.

4/26/2007 11:54:30 PM

Netherlands

1225 Pukos (selfed 1231)
1055 Pitura* (selfed 848 MacKenzie*)

4/27/2007 3:50:54 AM

Wood River, IL ([email protected])

Hi Andy,
I'm planting one selfed seed this year. 1011 Peters (1370 Rose selfed)

4/27/2007 5:47:11 AM

Saegertown Pa.

I second that Andy, I'm planting the 1450 Wallace.

4/27/2007 6:01:28 AM

Saegertown Pa.

I should have read the post the 1450 is a sibb not selfed

4/27/2007 6:03:18 AM

Farmington, Utah

I am planting my own 1104(1247 handy X self). I hope that it performs as well as or better than the 1104 plant did.

4/27/2007 8:19:24 AM

Wi

I've also got a couple 1225 Pukos seeds in the dirt.

4/27/2007 11:04:43 AM

Mt Vernon Ky

i am going with 792 Wolf looking good

4/27/2007 4:39:25 PM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

I've started one of my 114's which is 723 Bobier selfed for 2 generations,coincidentally it will be competing against a couple of 420 Wolfs for a place in the patch.
Time will tell.

4/27/2007 5:07:59 PM

Ft. Branch, IN ([email protected])

I'm planting the 834* Gadberry (895* Hester x self) and the 521* Andrews (834* Gadberry x self) this year.

I am in total agreement. I think that the reason that they don't see as much dirt is that they aren't as "interesting". BUT, maybe interesting shouldn't be what we are after....I think we should be chasing characteristics that we like.....how better to do that than by planting selfed or sibbed seeds.

I'd be interested to know how many generations selfed (or sibbed) are out there....for example:

521* = 834* x self
834* = 895* x self
895* = 900 Lyons x sib

Who's growing the seed which has been selfed/sibbed the most generations?

4/27/2007 5:28:50 PM

western Kentucky

946.5* Carlson and Peterson... its a 1086* C&P x selfed which is a 552* Sherwood x selfed which is a 889* Hester x sibbed which is the 900* Lyons sibbed... So I think the 946.5* is one step farther than the 521* mentioned above.

4/28/2007 12:08:35 AM

Canada

Andy I may not be growing any selfs this year, but I agree.....crossing two different selfed seeds can lead to awesome genetics..you are doubling up on the great traits...take the 1225 Pukos.....selfed and 735 Pukos selfed...cross those two.....would be interesting....

4/28/2007 9:28:30 AM

Nashville, TN

The majority of the 18 varieties that I'm growing this year are from selfed/inbred lines - a few are 4th and 5th generation selfed..They will all have at least one selfed 'kin each this year (deepen the inbreeding).

Have two crosses represented: the 300 Peck pear - 572 Moore X 572 Bosworth and the 300+ Peck Football - 572 Bosworth X 572 Moore... Same cross - but different in whom the male and female were..

4/30/2007 7:24:25 AM

Nashville, TN

BTW - I'm ALWAYS interested in more varieties of selfed GPs... The more that can be grown and genetically preserved - the better for future research endeavors...

4/30/2007 7:26:11 AM

Burt NY

1194.1 sundstrom 05

4/30/2007 4:11:48 PM

Wilmington.Ma.

1011.4 Peters 1370 Rose selfed.

5/1/2007 3:08:38 PM

Nekoosa, Wisconsin

I am planting the following selfed seeds 1185 Leonard, 1131 Timm, and 1355 Marion. And hopefully pollinating each with the 1450 Wallace. Self by sib crosses should be interesting.

5/2/2007 11:01:18 AM