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    I have a decent sized Chicago Warted Hubbard squash sat on the kitchen floor by the back door that I've been meaning to carve up and cook/use/blend for a while now.

    It's a Heritage variety I believe (from HSL), and I was hoping that I can save the seeds (providing there are some in there).

    However, I seem to recall (from a conversation with Jeanied I think), that squash are (can't remember the exact term for it - but it means that the seeds are 'infertile') unable to produce viable seeds.

    Is it so?

    I'm probably going to make a soup.
    A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

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    Dry a few out Wayne & bob 'em in a pot. What ya got to lose?
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    • #3
      No it was that they don't come true HW - being promiscuous cross fertilisers with other squashes!
      I didn't know that last year when I let my pumpkins and squashes do their thaing.
      This year I'm going to keep strict control.
      Last edited by Jeanied; 12-03-2010, 02:36 PM.
      Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Jeanied View Post
        No it was that they don't come true HW - being promiscuous cross fertilisers with other squashes!
        I didn't know that last year when I let my pumpkins and squashes do their thaing.
        This year I'm going to keep strict control.
        Aha! I see, so they're not infertile, they just put it about a bit.
        A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

        BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

        Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


        What would Vedder do?

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        • #5
          They certainly do HW.

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          • #6
            I had some lovely Crown Prince last year, just about to eat the last one today - I kept it under house arrest and with a chastity belt on - so hopefully mine will still be CPs when they come up again
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            Suzie

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            • #7
              Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
              I had some lovely Crown Prince last year, just about to eat the last one today - I kept it under house arrest and with a chastity belt on - so hopefully mine will still be CPs when they come up again
              A crown prince with a chastity belt..........now that's a picture.......
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              • #8
                How likely is it that the "Munchkin Pumpkin" I got from Sainsbury's with the intnetion of carving a mini version of the main carving I did last year will contain seeds that will A: grow and B: Come true?

                I'm guessing they were probably grown in a field with little else in there so there's a chance they'll have been pollenated with other "Munchkin" pollen so come true - but I dunno the first thing about saving seed, whether from shop bought veg or home grown ones, so can't really say.

                Is it just a matter of pulling the seeds out of the stringy innards, drying them out and then sowing them?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
                  A crown prince with a chastity belt..........now that's a picture.......
                  isn't it maybe mine are Princesseseses
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                  Suzie

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                  • #10
                    IS the Munchkin an F1?... you cuold end up with some standard pumkins and a miniature gourd-like thing adn several things in between

                    I like growing lots of different squashes, which is why I don't bother saving seeds yet.....

                    chrisc

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                    • #11
                      I've just had a bit of a search but there's no mention of hybrid or F1 next to anything I've found so far.

                      It'll be interesting to see what comes out anyway. I might plant a few seeds up and see what happens. My understanding of pollenation is that each pollenated ovum becomes a seed so there could be a different male parent plant for each seed in there. I could be way off with that though - it's between 12 and 15 years since I studied plant reproduction!

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                      • #12
                        I saved some seed from a beautiful Acorn squash the year before last, but not a one germinated. I did give some to other Grapes to try, but I never heard whether anyone had any success??

                        As BM said, give it a go, could be an interesting experiment.
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