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canal winchester ohio

Past seasons my pumpkins ( and squash) have started out shaped like basketballs, this year they look like footballs..nice even shape, just footballs. Does anyone have a preference, does football shape tend to grow longer shaped pumpkins?
Thanks....Paul

7/13/2007 4:33:43 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I prefer round or barrel shaped pumpkins. I think footballs will tend to be longer than round shapes, but you can't always tell. It depends on how they fill out.

7/13/2007 6:25:54 PM

Amherst, WI

I guess I like the big barrel shaped ones with a bit of length to them, than the wheel shaped pumpkins. My experience has been that when they start out as really round little pumpkins, they have a good chance to end up as a big wheel.

7/13/2007 10:32:08 PM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

Thinking that longer football pumpkins will be more likely to get pockets in the ribs and hold water or fall to a growth ring crack. I do believe that it is a geometric rule that a true circle is the strongest, and any deviation to that will be weaker. Keeping with the roundest fruit possible is my goal this year.

7/14/2007 5:26:43 PM

Eugene,OR

Footballs usually win the weighoffs.

7/14/2007 6:22:40 PM

No Place Special

I agree with Vineman

7/14/2007 6:34:27 PM

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Footballs rule. Look at the 1068 progeny for that Wallace winning figure.

Take a look at the current & all the former WR's. Long tails on all but the worst of them.

Basketballs are for the front porch. Footballs are for the scales.

Grow 'em long.

7/14/2007 11:54:51 PM

canal winchester ohio

Thanks guys, the footballs are on my 670 Daigle ( it's in my diary), I was checking on the AGGC & most of the larger 670 offspring ( except for the 1233 Reiss) had huge circumference's meaning they were long pumpkins. I'm picking between 2 on the 670 & my choice will be growth rate 2nd, my first priority is taking the "fullest" football shaped pumpkin. Try to avoid the one with future dip problems.
And Steve, I crossed the 670 with the 1133 Demers, same cross as the 1068..so I guess the offspring next season should be bright orange footballs..LOL

7/15/2007 5:00:10 PM