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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> >Yep, they'll be fine.  Not sure what you're using but I usually have New 
> England Pie and LongPie plus an un-named variety that was a bust for 
> Johnny's Seeds, which is near here.

This year I planted some large orange pie pumpking and a Cinderella type 
green pumpkin.  Both from seeds got from pumpkins I bought at the produce 
store 
last year.  Very large pumpkins, long vines, keep well, and very, very fine 
grained.

Water was the limiting factor here.  And the long epic battle I fought with 
squash beetles early in the season.  I won, but it delayed the pumpkins and 
that cost me more than half the crop that would have been there.

After planting the things for seven or eight years, I finally got a crop of 
Lakota squash this year.  VERY short season!  Haven't eaten any yet so I'm 
reserving judgement.

James