Hi. Small amounts of seed are fine with me. Actually getting seeds in exchange would be like a bunus, since I'm basically doing this so that the seed isn't wasted. I have already tried growing Spaghetti Squash, but haven't tried the others you have listed. Your strain of Spaghetti may be different than the one I trialed, so any cultivar(s) would be nice. I like to do trials on squash, since my soil has quite a low pH that most cultivars don't do so well. In the majority of the soil, the highest that I can get the pH is 4.2, while most squash prefer a pH of 6+. I have found that most squash do not grow well for us, but there are a few cultivars that do, and I figure that the more squashes that I trial, the more cultivars that I will have found that should grow well for us. Still interested?

My update: Finally warmed up enough to drag this out of the greenhouse and weed it out some. (Really hate that I can not keep up with the weeds to save my life!) There's six seeds that established themselves. The biggest one (third in row) formed at least 3 new bulbs around it. The last one at the right seems to somehow formed a new bulb at the very edge of the flowerbox? Bizarre. I hope to blast them with a lot of fertilizer over the summer and see if I can't get the biggest one to send up a bloom for Spring 2015....

Hi Rick, I can't exactly say I have any actual advice on growing mandonii but, I do have two plants, one I've managed to keep alive for well over a year and the other I've had for several months. Currently they are both in a south facing bay window with lots and lots of sun. I use the same gritty medium as I do for my other hippies and not really much chance of overwatering in the hot sunny window. As I said, no real advice, just kind of limping along hoping for the best. They do grow new leaves that are extremely narrow and I feed with a mild miracle grow each time I water. No experience with mandonii seeds though...my larger bulb (and I use the term larger loosely) has yet to bloom. I think when I bought my first mandonii I asked advice on this forum so when I get the time I'll do a search again to see what info was offered, you might do the same..Good Luck! Donna This post was edited by dondeldux on Mon, Dec 17, 12 at 8:36

My seeds arrived George! Thank you so very much. I can't wait till spring to start them. Actually I was wondering if I could start them indoors in the winter them transplant in the spring? Any special hints?