Now that's a nice looking 'mater shrub!
I see you take full advantage of your greenhouse. I love mine too. I like to have nice size plants when I put them in the ground.
You could direct seed a few and plant some in pots.
I just direct seeded some melons, winter squash and pie pumpkins. Most came up in 4 days. I will trim out any extras.
Yes, I done this with a few hybrid tomatoes and some flowers. Never know what you will get but I got some really nice surprises too. If you continue they seem to vary even more.
The butterbean I grow is a very old heirloom and the only butterbean I grow.
I don't know much about pumpkin...
$150 for 5 seeds is outrageous!
Over all I do believe seed selection is important.
I used to grow big watermelons. Took a lot of garden space. Chose a large variety, seems it was called Rattlesnake or something similar. Used lots of compost and some 10-10-10. Each year I thinned the fruit...
Jealous of that clean looking foliage.
That just does not happen here. They are getting really big too.
Grew some pie pumpkins this year and harvested yesterday. Only a couple plants. I got 14 small pumpkins!