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pumpkin, squash and gourd seeds (coming true)
Happened to be in Kew on Sunday when they were flogging all the
multi-coloured pumpkins, squashes, gourds etc that were in their Autumn displays. Will be eating them for weeks. I assume that the seeds will all come true if I plant them next year. Or am I being foolishly naive? Any tips would be very welcome. will |
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pumpkin, squash and gourd seeds (coming true)
"will" wrote:
I assume that the seeds will all come true if I plant them next year. Or am I being foolishly naive? Well, they don't (always) cross between branches of famiglia cucurbita, but within their own, well let's say "easy virtue" is an understatement. If this weren't the polite and refined newsgroup we love, I'd go for "wantonly licentious hedonists." Chances is that the seeds will produce interesting offspring. I could tell you tales of an apparently demure spaghetti squash plant for instance... Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G |
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pumpkin, squash and gourd seeds (coming true)
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:52:55 -0000, will wrote:
Happened to be in Kew on Sunday when they were flogging all the multi-coloured pumpkins, squashes, gourds etc that were in their Autumn displays. Will be eating them for weeks. I assume that the seeds will all come true if I plant them next year. Or am I being foolishly naive? You are being foolishly naive. I was just reading "Plant Breeding" the other day, by Bailey and Gilbert, ca. 1914, and in it they mention hybrids between squashes and gourds. The taste was something truly dire, it appears, even when the plants *looked* like squashes. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada change "invalid" to "net" to respond |
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pumpkin, squash and gourd seeds (coming true)
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:52:55 -0000, "will"
wrote: I assume that the seeds will all come true if I plant them next year. Or am I being foolishly naive? You might have seen my post a couple of months ago about my "Pumpows" which were supposed to be pumpkins grown from last year's saved seed, which were orange but marrow shaped. Tasty but no good for Hallowe'en. I now know they will cross but if you are not after a specific thing you could have some interesting specimens. Pam in Bristol |
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