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Mill Creek West by god Virginia

hi all i got a question has anyone ever crossed these two seeds?i have both available to me for the upcoming 2005 season and was thinking of crossing them what do you all think good or bad idea? thanks ahead of time burrhead

10/19/2004 3:35:53 AM

Wichita, KS

seeds from the 940 Mombert have grown what are possibly the most beautiful pumpkins in the entire world. They ar not the biggest(500-800), but they are gorgeous, glossy, and bright orange with field-pumpkinish ribbing (not too deep). This has been a consistent pattern with the 940 Mombert. IT IS SPECIAL. If a person could plant a field with nothing but 940 Momberts, they would have very little trouble selling every last one.

I would NOT cross it with anything. If I were you I would self it to perpetuate the combination of "beautiful" genes contained in the seed. You have an amazing seed in your posession. If you ever want to get rid of it, let me know.

10/19/2004 10:16:39 AM

Wichita, KS

the 802 was selfed this year by a grower named Biss. The AGGC only records 3 seeds from the 802 ever having been grown. All of them were light in color, and not as round as the progeny of the 940 Mombert, so I would expect that a cross between the two would produce inconsistent results.

Southern selfed the 940 this year and produced a beauty, too. I can imagine that those seeds will be very desirable in the coming years.

10/19/2004 10:32:19 AM

Germany (Kirchheim / Bavaria)

Do you know my 714.1Frei03 ? It`s a "802Dill02 x self" too. It had a nice orange color, a good shape "and" an extremly thick stem!
"burrhead", which of the two 940Mombert (..98 or ..00) do you mean? - Peter

10/19/2004 2:15:13 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I was just going to ask what Peter did.
The 940 Mombert 98 grew the 1262 Emmons. A beautiful large pumpkin.
The 940 Mombert 00 hasn't produced any real large ones, but the few I've seen are very pretty, with nice shape.

Doug

10/19/2004 5:57:25 PM

Wichita, KS

There are two 940s? Oh. I missed that detail. Sorry. I'll have to look it up again.

10/19/2004 7:22:08 PM

Mill Creek West by god Virginia

musicpete i realized that youre714.1 was a 802 selfed you all in germany are doing wonders with a little older genetics my mombert is a 98 i had to do some wheeling and dealing to get it but heck being it my first year growing is now officially past and i learned alot i shall now put my trading skill ah heck luck into putting good genetic seeds into my patch! hopefully ill do good with them this coming spring!!!!!!!!!

10/20/2004 1:45:13 AM

Wichita, KS

I saw your 714.1, Musicpete, and there is no question, it is a beautiful pumpkin. For the sake of genetics, I will still assert that selfing the 940 Mombert 00 to perpetuate its "beauty" genes is ideal. That way you end up with a pumpkin FILLED with 940 genetic seeds.

Also ideal, in my opinion, would be to cross the progeny of the 940Xself with the progeny of the 802Xself (or the 714.1 Frei 03) in 2006.

10/20/2004 12:30:04 PM

Mill Creek West by god Virginia

thank you all for info im just kicking the idea around i love big orange punkins so this is why i choose these two!

10/20/2004 11:08:20 PM