AG Genetics and Breeding
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Subject: Crossing Squash and Pumpkins
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MOpumpkins |
Springfield, Missouri
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Ok guys, I have a question. I’m doing a little project with my squash and pumpkins. Just wanting to know about what color the offspring of (pumpkinXsquash) crosses were. I have been told it could go either way but I don’t see how it could unless the pumpkin you used has some squash background in it. I just want to know what you guys have experienced with these kinds of seeds.
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1/18/2008 10:44:38 PM
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North Shore Boyz |
Mill Bay, British Columbia
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I grew the 761 Corkum which was 875 Corkum '00* X 875 Dill '99.
It grew 2 beautiful orange pumpkins for me but could just have well grown green squash or a mixture of both.
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1/19/2008 1:04:48 AM
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conibear |
Salisbury, MA.
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pure squash crossed with pure pumpkins. If there is a mixture of squash and pumpkins in the seeds background anything can happen at any time. However, if pure seed the female pumpkin crossed with a male squash will produce either pumpkin or squash, to clarify that you won't get 100% squash or 100% pumpkins, you can never be totally sure when you plant if it will be a pumpkin or squash, though several plantings may show any given cross to produce more one way or another. However, if the female plant is a squash and you cross it with a pumpkin, I'm talking a pumpkin with orange color, it will produce pumpkins every time. The orange color is domanent. Remember we are crossing pure seeds.
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1/19/2008 9:18:23 AM
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Don Crews |
Lloydminster/AB
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Remember..Just about all our successful lines of ag's that we are planting have a squash and sometimes several generations of directly in their background. My female squash that were crossed with a pumpkin do throw squash as well as pumpkins. There are no pure ag's unfortunately.
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1/19/2008 10:39:07 AM
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