Gardening
Related: About this forumCan anyone identify this? It came from a volunteer vine
in my backyard.
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(19,155 posts)bucolic_frolic
(47,636 posts)but the dull smooth green is confusing. Kombocha?
sinkingfeeling
(53,268 posts)Bayard
(24,145 posts)ratchiweenie
(7,950 posts)ShepKat
(432 posts)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
sinkingfeeling
(53,268 posts)ShepKat
(432 posts)I am an heirloom seedsaver for the last 30 years
I used to sell them on localharvest.org
BlueTexasMan
(179 posts)I believe it's a wild gourd. They're seen growing beside the roads often.
cachukis
(2,749 posts)Emile
(30,831 posts)Maybe yellow?
nebby70
(490 posts)...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...
cachukis
(2,749 posts)MiHale
(10,900 posts)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 its fine, if not inedible
but some of those are showing characteristics of an Acorn, albeit oblong
well see.
I sliced open one of the squashs and it looked similar to those pictures.