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Ohio

This should be a fun post, what is the oldest seed you have in your collection?
My oldest is a 900 Lyons 1994. I tried this seed this year and coulnt get it to germinate, I have one left and going to try it again next season.

Brooks

11/22/2007 8:04:24 PM

ordinary,VA

963/968 Zehr 95.
Brooks if we can get these seeds to germinate what would be a good seed to cross with?

11/22/2007 8:44:32 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

Selfed 801.5 Stelts here....I think. Maybe a selfed 723.

11/22/2007 9:01:41 PM

Rhode Island

The old WALLACE 406er from 1992. biggest seed i ever saw. HUGE, at least 1 and 1/8 inches long,wide and FAT.

Every year i think about planting it just for sh--s and giggles but never want to push something else aside.

11/22/2007 9:52:55 PM

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I like old seeds...LOL...I have some weird stuff that I hope to get started one of these days as long as the conditions are right (IE laboratory environment).

1976
451 Ford '76 WR

1980's
495 Fulp
399 Fulp SQ
424 Fulp
404 Fulp
375 Fulp

1988
616 Dill '88

1989
755 Gordon Thomson '89 WR

1991
730 Milton Barber '91

1998
815 Checkon '98
790 Emmons '98

1999
650 D. Lloyd '99
520 Emmons '99

11/22/2007 10:01:34 PM

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Brooks

Regular germination methods aren't enough (as a rule). Potassium Nitrate & GA3 will get stubborn old embryos going if they have anything left. But once there's a glimmer you need to get it into a sterile agar solution to make sure that ONLY the embryo is growing & not some fatal fungus.

Brigitte might be able to do this at school if she has access to a lab. Adam Wheeler too but he's a busy guy.

11/22/2007 10:08:38 PM

Ohio

Tremor what the GA3?, would you use the potassium Nitrate as to soak the seed in, or would you have to start these older seeds in the solution that your talking about until you get a good root going? What about temperature, same temps as we use on regular seeds?

11/22/2007 10:21:03 PM

Ohio

Tremor, grow that 451 next year!

11/22/2007 10:22:13 PM

Cincinnati,OH

781 Schlutt 96. 2 of 3 germinated in 04. still have 2 left

11/22/2007 11:37:22 PM

Colorado

my friend has a 493.5 dill from 1981

11/23/2007 12:34:37 AM

Ohio

I have a 447 Wallace 1999 (946.5 Geerts 1996 x 887.0 Orr 1995)

11/23/2007 5:40:29 AM

Williamsport, Pa.

3-500 uow celiberto
780 eatonX 935 lloyd

11/23/2007 6:22:46 AM

Williamsport, Pa.

forgot year 00

11/23/2007 6:24:00 AM

Sheridan . NY

My oldest is a 1983 lembke 291#---That means im a old man too--------

11/23/2007 7:20:00 AM

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Craig,

Any pictures? Was your 291 '93 grown from a Dill stock?

11/23/2007 9:00:05 AM

Team Munson

I have (had) a 562 Rose '94 which was the pollinator for my 801.5, the mother seed was a 825 Shymanski '06 which will be up for bid on the GPC auction.

11/23/2007 9:21:27 AM

Sheridan . NY

steve-- 83 291 and it came from a 82 238 at collin 82 weigh off-- i have no idea what dill seed it came from we didnt care or think obout those things back in the old days and yes i do have snap shots

11/23/2007 11:16:28 AM

Napa Valley, CA

I have 2 seeds from 1986 that I ordered from Harris Seeds (Rochester, NY) still in the original packet. The packet came with 5 seeds and is labeled Lot No. 689-58972. Obviously no telling what the cross is. I planted 3 in 1986 and grew a pumpkin about 175 to 200 lbs.
Other than that I have
658 Rose 93*
900.5 Lyons 94
714 Mombert 95

11/23/2007 1:20:24 PM

Sancoins / Cher / FRANCE

I have 729 and 845 bobier 1999, 803.5 Eaton 1999, here is my oldest seeds.

11/23/2007 3:22:34 PM

Alaska

1997-686,pound-Clouse-Barnesville Ohio.

11/23/2007 4:02:37 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

576 Castelucci '96 567.5 Mombert x 827 Holland, 611 Hester '99 900.8 Lyons x 737 Stelpflug. Peace, Wayne

11/23/2007 6:26:55 PM

Ohio

Thats another seed I had trouble germinating Wayne, the 611 Hester, Im 0 for 2 with that seed, cause of the age Im sure.

11/23/2007 6:51:35 PM

Long Island,New York

453Black90...641Gancarz x 755Tanner
459Black90...627Lanny x 755Tanner
704Gerry McGowan91..... (pg 30 in HTGWCGP1)

11/23/2007 7:09:52 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Maybe I should just send it to Tremor??? LOL Peace, Wayne

11/23/2007 8:27:21 PM

Woodburn, Indiana

403 warnock 1904

11/23/2007 9:32:06 PM

Team Munson

Kelly that's like having a Honus Wagner baseball card, when it comes to pumpkin seeds that is the grand daddy of them all!!!!

11/24/2007 8:56:48 AM

Colorado

kelly,if I might ask.how did you ever come across that seed?

11/24/2007 2:18:49 PM

Ohio

is that a late april fools Kelly?,lol

11/24/2007 2:34:19 PM

Pumpkintown, SC

Looks like a lot of great potential & potential crosses covered with dust instead of soil...

11/25/2007 11:40:13 PM

Ohio

720 Parks 2000 825.5 Shymanski x 946.5 Greets

11/26/2007 5:53:23 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

SOMEbody get me a towel.......

11/27/2007 9:12:48 AM