gr8heather, I thought I could find a helpful answer for you, but this may not be helpful. What you need is someone who understands this much better than I do, but I figured I should post the links to help you or the expert who might happen along. Best of luck! These vendors say it's hybrid: http://www.gurneys.com/product.asp?pn=80662 http://www.gourmetseed.com/product/PK14/Pumpkin-One-Too-Many-F1-Hybrid.html http://www.osborneseed.com/product-details.cfm?pumpkin--one-too-many-f1 Neither Jung nor Reimer mention it being hybrid, but list it as PVP or PVP applied for. https://www.jungseed.com/dp.asp?pID=03289&c=138&p=One+Too+Many+Pumpkin http://www.reimerseeds.com/one-too-many-pumpkins.aspx PVP means you can't legally propagate it and sell seed or plants; I don't know if you can propagate it and sell fruit legally from seed you've saved. But in any case, if it's really PVP, then the variety must be open-pollinated rather than hybrid. This info makes me wonder if the vendors who call it F1 have a lawsuit in their future. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/crops/00301.html http://www.iphandbook.org/handbook/ch10/p11/ And then there's Rupp (never heard of them before), who say nothing about hybrid or PVP: http://www.ruppseeds.com/divvegetable/onetoomany.htm?mnu=4 If you don't get a response here, you might also try the Vegetables forum. This post was edited by missingtheobvious on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 19:55

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Here is an update: I have continued to water the Hakea with distilled water. The intent is to flush out nutrients (or at the least make an attempt to lower nutrient concentration). The 'Cluster roots' common to proteaceae are especially efficient at uptaking nutrients - this leads to an increased chance for toxic levels of nutrients which may lead to premature senescence (which I believe to be the problem my hakea is experiencing) among other things. The first few weeks of flushing the pot with distilled water resulted in a growth spurt (albeit a relative small amount of growth). Additionally, the senescence had halted on the older leaves (ie leaves before new "growth spurt"). While this seemed promising, the hakea has once again halted its growth and has continued with senescence (or what I believe to be senescence). It seems to be spreading faster through the "older leaves" but does not seem to have effected the leaves from the "growth spurt" yet. I am not too optimistic about this hakea's survival - she's looking rough! I would still appreciate any advice from people ho have experience with hakeas or other proteaceae. Also if a reader would be so kind as to provide me with a better description of the soil that constitutes native Australian soil, or soil that Australian natives naturally occur in, I would be very grateful for your time & assistance. Until next time, James.

Hi Sally, I have pie pumpkin, butternut squash, zucchini and yellow squash. I also have a long list of hot pepper seeds to trade you for the poppy seeds. My email is - aliciacammel@gmail.com Ty, Alicia