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Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

I've got two 1734.5 Clementz plants growing side by side. I'll need to cull one soon, as the leaves are overlapping some. The mainvines aren't yet laying down, as they aren't quite that far yet. Plant A has a yellow colored vine early on. It had double leaves at the fifth leaf node, but looks normal after that, so far(the next two leaf nodes). Plant B is sligthly larger, and has a medium green vine so far. No double tendencies noted on it. I'm hoping for a large and orange pumpkin. I've heard that yellow vines = orange pumpkins. I'm wondering if this is usually the case, or not? One year I grew two 1348 Hester plants. The one with the more yellow vine produced a paler orange pumpkin, than the other plant with a less yellow vine. Also, do plants sometimes have double leaves at a node or two, and grow normally otherwise? I'm sorry this is long winded.

5/27/2016 6:49:43 PM

Colorado

Oods are better for a looker with that yellow vine plant imho

5/27/2016 10:14:44 PM

Ely Mn

I would leave both until at least one is on the ground.that's just what I do because you never know what could happen.

5/28/2016 12:31:40 AM

Deer Park WA

our 834 squash had almost black green vines and threw beautiful dark squash wherr our 1610 lieber had, as you described,yellowish vines ant the fruit was beatufil orange. ps we crossed the two together and will grow the offspring next year (god willing).

5/28/2016 2:01:12 AM

Tinykinville

Ive heard the old saying yellow vines grow orange kins after growing over thirty plants and seeing hundreds ive seen zero evidence to back that up let them fight it out and grow best one and let the genetics do there thing

5/28/2016 7:58:25 AM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

I appreciate the advice and opinions. I think I can give the plants a few more days to "fight it out". I guess the main thing I was wondering is if the more yellow the vine, the more orange the pumpkin thinking really is true more often than not? Or is it an old pumpkin growers tale?

5/28/2016 2:22:10 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

I no longer believe that yellow vines mean anything. I do believe that thin white seeds typically produce orange pumpkins, but my plants rarely have either trait.

5/29/2016 10:07:51 AM

NILES , CALIF

Don't let the color of the vine fool you or the blossom color?

I grew two orange pumpkin plants, one plant had a green vine
with light color blossums and the small females were green?
t he other plant had a orange main vine, dark orange blossums and a yellowish female.
the one with the green vine produced a bright orange pumpkin; the other plant with the yellow vines and bright blossums came out an ugly salmon color pumpkin.
Don't be fooled

5/29/2016 2:14:09 PM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

Thanks. I think I'll go with the best looking plant then. So far it's the green vined one.

5/29/2016 11:38:43 PM

Greenwich, CT

Would like to contact 'OLD ROOKIE' in Niles, Calif.
Question about red-orange pumpkins.

Bob Stark Greenwich, CT robertstarkmd@verizon.net

6/17/2016 3:04:28 PM