I like the 1475 Scherber because the estimated weight put it as the biggest pumpkin by far ever grown in Colorado. The plant was beast. Like nothing else I've ever seen. Joe told me the day that he pollinated that pumpkin that is the pollination would take that nobody else could catch him and I believed him when he said it. The pollinator was a clone of the 1161 Rodonis that grew the 1725 Sweet pumpkin. You could see in the clone plant how that plant was just made to grow. Even on a patch of soil that was less than desirable it produce a respectable pumpkin.
I like the 1647 Wallace because in my mind it has the highest likelihood of producing consistent offspring because it is a sibling cross. In other words the mother was crossed with another plant whose seed came from the same pumpkin. Genetically speaking sib crosses tend to produce genetics that are more similar to the original plant genetics. They aren't the same, but the next best thing. The pollinator in this cross had an estimated weight of 1789 pounds when the pumpkin went down to a split in August. It still had another month to grow and could have broken the world record by a lot. The mother in the cross went 11% heavy to the charts. In my mind this is the ideal cross.
My 924 Johnson I think has some very good potential. Not only were the mother and father good looking pumpkins their genetic backgrounds on both sides are fantastic. I know of a number of people that are planning on planting this seed and I think someone will grow a very nice pumpkin from it.
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Are you still selling any of the 924.5 Johnson? I think it was on your seed page, but I don't see it there anymore.
I was running our of those seeds so I had to take them off of the ecommerce site.
I was thinking of getting a couple seeds from that a few months back - looks like I should have acted quicker. Maybe you'll end up with a 924 Johnson/1647 Wallace cross for seeds next year. If the offspring could get the nice shape and huge size, that'd be one heck of a cross.
Jason, send me self-addressed, stamped bubble envelope to the address below and I'll send you a 924.
Jamie Johnson
5337 Parfet St.
Arvada, CO 80002
I like the 1647's potential. I had one but it didn't germinate. That was the only seed that didn't germinate for me.
Jamie, thanks so much! I'll send that to you soon.
-Jason (I'm using my other account now since that's where I'll be blogging about this year's patch)
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