PURPLE MARTIN GOURD SEED

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I have ordered 25 seed from the J. W. Seed Company. They claim this is a "purified strain", of the original birdhouse gourd. Claim is it produces 10 inches, in diameter, by 15 inches tall gourds.

I would send five, of these seed, to four members, of this site hoping for a few, to join with me, to prove this seed. It would have, to be grown at least two miles, from other so called bird house gourds. Grown, on a rack, or old apple tree would give the best form possible. Done this way the insects would self the pollination. We would prove or disprove this seed, in one summer. If it continued, when selfed, to produce most , of the fruit without weird bottle necks and so forth, this would indeed be some kind,of a hybrid cross or mutation, from the former so called bird house gourd. Any seed we produce would be selfed and continue to behave itself, in most cases.

If anyone else has a similar seed that did not come, from J.W. Jung or his source could be crossed, in 2007 looking for, an F1 hybrid that may be even better than existing bird house seed.

I have a plan that is likely not booked, by anyone but me. Right after any social disruption breaks out and I have shot all area lawyers the people who write seed catalog copy are second, in line. :lol:
Emil Pampell-Tx
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Martin Colony History: First started in Gretna, La in 1969 with a small homemade house, have had martins ever since at 2 different homes in Texas

I do not want to try to prove any seed is good or bad, as I am not interested in research. However, I had some very good seed, the gourds were in the 10 to 12-1/2in size, they all looked very much alike, the tallest was probably about 12in high, and I got 30 usable gourds from 8 plants...There were no other gourds planted nearby to my knowledge (probably not within 5 miles). It is really hard for people to understand that concept that the gourds cross-pollinate, and that any nearby gourds that are shaped different will affect all of them.

If you want some of my seeds, send me an SAS padded envelope, and I will send you a bunch. If you want to see how they look, then look at my previous post on Jan 4th, titled "My new gourds that I raised ". I did mix all the stuff that I emptied out of the gourds, but it really makes no difference, they were all planted within 75 ft of each other.
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I guess I need, to get out, in the countryside and find myself a couple, of shaggy fence rows. That will not be as easy as it sounds.

I tend, to forget, that there are places like that somewhere. I do get mildly interested, in genetics, of or within seed lines. Mildly might be an understatement. :lol:
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