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Can anyone identify this? It came from a volunteer vine (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 OP
Unripe cantalope? Think. Again. Sep 2023 #1
I think it's a squash bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #2
Not Kombocha, I have one those sitting on my counter right now. sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #10
Some type of winter squash Bayard Sep 2023 #3
Some sort of winter squash. Bake it and see if it's tasty. ratchiweenie Sep 2023 #4
blue hubbard ShepKat Sep 2023 #5
I think you're right. sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #11
me too- ShepKat Sep 2023 #12
not sure, but BlueTexasMan Sep 2023 #6
Unfinished Blue Hubbard. Save the seeds. Best pie in the world. cachukis Sep 2023 #7
It is squash for certain. What type, no idea. Emile Sep 2023 #8
agree - most likely a blue hubbard .. nebby70 Sep 2023 #9
Makes sense. cachukis Sep 2023 #14
Last year my zucchini and acorn squash... MiHale Sep 2023 #13

ShepKat

(432 posts)
5. blue hubbard
Sun Sep 10, 2023, 02:14 PM
Sep 2023

either a small regular one, or there is an heirloom called 'baby blue' hubbard. let the seeds dry and plant next year if you want

ShepKat

(432 posts)
12. me too-
Sun Sep 10, 2023, 02:57 PM
Sep 2023

I am an heirloom seedsaver for the last 30 years
I used to sell them on localharvest.org

nebby70

(490 posts)
9. agree - most likely a blue hubbard ..
Sun Sep 10, 2023, 02:38 PM
Sep 2023

...it appears to have a small flesh to seed ratio ...
... could well be a 'volunteer' of a previous season's hybrid species; which means it is a parent, and seldom best quality...
... unless you have ample space (all gourd family plants are garden hogs) I wouldn't plant the save seed of this...
... however, the seeds can be tasty when dried; and of course the flesh from this one is may have a good taste when roasted...

MiHale

(10,900 posts)
13. Last year my zucchini and acorn squash...
Sun Sep 10, 2023, 03:11 PM
Sep 2023

Got together and had some fun under the leaves. They cross pollinated, I had no idea the acorn squash seeds I saved from the fruit must have been contaminated with zucchini “DNA” .
Because this years seeds did really weird stuff…some are round Acorns squash no problem…some are zucchini with a slightly harder skin, if picked early it’s fine, if not inedible…but some of those are showing characteristics of an Acorn, albeit oblong…we”ll see.

I sliced open one of the squash’s and it looked similar to those pictures.

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