I'm assuming that all the seeds from one fruit will produce the same but since different flowers on one plant can be pollinated by different plants, I guess you could get several different types from one plant. So, maybe I should save more than one squash for seeds. Then I have to plant some...
Yes, it will. Doesn't F2 give you half and half? I don't know if I'm up to a whole genetic experiment. I would just like to get some more like these. Of course, it may cross pollinate with the crooknecks again and be different again. Who knows.
I have been calling them "mutant squash" when I give them to friends. These are really the best squash I've ever had. The skin is less knobby than crooknecks. I have one that I am leaving to make seed - and to see just how big they will get. I expected the big ones to be pithy and seedy, but...
Hi,
I'm new to this group. I joined because I have a wonderful volunteer squash that is a cross between Acorn Squash and yellow summer squash. I looks like a spaghetti squash, but it is like a yellow squash inside. Tastier and bigger than crooknecks. One squash makes a meal for two people. I...