another volunteer cucurbit

habitat_gardener · July 7, 2012

Is it possible to ID the kind of cucurbit from a photo of the developing fruit? This volunteer has grown into a beautiful large clump and I just noticed a couple fruits developing. It doesn't look like anything I've planted; it could be a seed that survived composting.

Mudman · July 7, 2012

These things will survive anything. You know what you have composted so you may be able to narrow it down but... If you have grown hybrids, it could be the offspring. If you have eaten anything from the store and composted that, who knows what it is. And curcubits readily cross so it might be difficult to figure it out.

habitat_gardener · July 8, 2012

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Originally Posted by Mudman

These things will survive anything. You know what you have composted so you may be able to narrow it down....

I've gotten compostables from a couple other households, so it could be anything.

July 7, 2012	#2
Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	These things will survive anything. You know what you have composted so you may be able to narrow it down but... If you have grown hybrids, it could be the offspring. If you have eaten anything from the store and composted that, who knows what it is. And curcubits readily cross so it might be difficult to figure it out. __________________ Mike