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Thursday, June 12, 2025
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Getting 2670 Thompson Pollen (The Exchange Site)
Hillside Pizza sounds like a great place to eat, but this evening's goal was not food, but pumpkin pollen. Special thanks to "Hayden R." for some 2670 Thompson '24 (F: 2465.5 Sperry x M: 2560 Gienger) pollen.
While genetics on paper have been a staple breeding practice, to help speed up the selection process the goal is to match the "on paper" genetics, while also taking into consideration the plants performance during the season. The goal is to find the best of the best. While some plants that are known to be slow starters can complicate this idea.
However, an aggressive plant and pumpkin growth are the main goal with this theory to maximize growth potential. When a grower reports... "the 2670 Thompson which has been the best plant since day 1" this is the trait that would be great to breed into the next generation. Also just having the grower say "I like photographing this plant" tells the plant has generally good behavior and is problem free.
The 2670 Thompson is an unproven seed at this moment in time, but sometimes a calculated risk needs to be taken to push the genetics of the hobby forward. Only time will tell if this works out, but the hope is the research and work will pay off in the end.
Today is also another growers birthday so Happy Birthday GreenGene ;-) Today is typically measure day of the plants, but instead the priority was getting pollen.
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