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British Columbia, Canada

Pretty simple question but I know there's mixed opinions on it and I'd like to hear them. If a grower plants 2 highly sought after seedlings beside each other and culls one, even if they are both completely healthy, is this fair to everyone else? There's only so many seeds from one pumpkin and everyone would like to grow it...What do you think?

5/26/2015 11:17:25 PM

Colorado

Ive been starting two of everything the last couple of seasons.No two seedlings are equal. Theres always runts and flat vines. Is that a waste of seeds yes and no. Just making sure to start with good seedlings.Two much time and work to go with weak seedlings.

5/27/2015 12:08:26 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Hoarding or collecting, and not growing seeds is a greater loss than culling one plant over another.

For example, I sure would have liked to grow one of the 1385 seeds that were not grown by a buddy of Josh's in the previous post.

So...anybody out there keeping a bunch of 1495 Stelts seeds in their sock drawer and not growing them, ole North Shore Boyz will take them and let them see soil next year.

So ya Jordan, it's cool to grow 2 plants and cull one for the other...a lot of growers do it that way.

5/27/2015 12:15:26 AM

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

I have some 1495 s yet... I will grow them..

5/27/2015 8:20:04 AM

Rhode Island

its only a seed. more important things in life than a few culled plants.

5/27/2015 11:32:15 AM

norway , maine

I with North Shore ...I would also add germinating can be tough sometimes and starting 2 of the same is a good way to help your odds and if both germinate double planting only makes sense

5/27/2015 12:16:01 PM

Torrance, Ca.

I started 3 and 4 of all the plants I wanted to grow. Each plant is so different and only one will make the spot.

Like Glenn said,,, much better then sitting in my seed drawer.

5/27/2015 1:20:39 PM

East Jordan, MI

not a waste to start a backup. It increases the odds that you will grow the one you want.

Around us we have many growers and someone always has a bad start, so most of our backups get given to others, but not all.

We have even mailed a backup from Ohio to Missouri when a grower had a season ending catastrophe.

5/27/2015 6:05:48 PM

Upa Creek, MO

Agreed with the above, that backup saved my season!

5/27/2015 8:22:02 PM

Zurich, Ontario Canada

I look at it like this. Is it fair if you only have one plant and it dies. We have to be a little tiny tiny bit greedy.

5/27/2015 11:20:39 PM

NE Arkansas

I raise commercial field kins and melons, so I took my back ups over to one of those fields that we aren't using and planted them there. they wont get the same attention as the ones at the house but they will get a fert program, insecticides, fungicides, and water. So I will see how they do... I still plan on shading the kins and doing what I can for them

5/29/2015 10:55:49 AM