Kassaundra
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The three oblong green w/ yellow speckles.
Does anyone know what kind of squash this is?
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The three oblong green w/ yellow speckles.
digitS'
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Was the plant a volunteer, Kassaundra?
If so, what was in your garden last year . . .
. . . and, in your neighbor's garden?
Steve
If so, what was in your garden last year . . .
. . . and, in your neighbor's garden?
Steve
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Kassaundra
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No I planted it, but I had several issues and replanted several times after some seedlings died and I am horrible at record keeping (something I hope to get better at) so everything got all mixed up and I can't remember all the ones I planted, but I didn't remember any that were going to look like that. But knowing me it could have been an impulse seed pkt purchase. Some woman can be easily distracted by a shiney bauble, w/ me it is a cool veggie seed.digitS' said:
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Looks a lot like Ronde de Nice Squash: http://www.seedsavers.org/Details.aspx?itemNo=1511
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I call them squamkins. I think they are self sown from a curcubit cross pollination.
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Kassaundra
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Well I cooked one tonight and those that thought a cross were right, the insides were just like a spaghetti squash.
digitS'
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Well now, could it have been a spaghetti squash, Kassaundra?
Your picture made me think of a cross because you have a pumpkin and zucchini this year. All of these, pumpkin, zucchini and spaghetti are Cucurbita pepo. Smileyfacecat's suggestion of a Ronde de Nice Squash is one too!
That just about covers the field for Cucurbita pepo. Most are summer squash and then, kind of remarkably, jack o'lantern pumpkins. And, they all cross-pollinate.
For a number of years, my neighbor and I used the same tractor guy to till our gardens. One year, I had volunteers (that I blamed on the neighbor
) scattered everywhere in my garden -- including in my squash patch! I had trouble knowing which plants I planted and which volunteered. The fruit of some looked rather like the ones in your picture but they were more like gourds!
The neighbor let his grow and their fruits were still scattered around in his garden by the end of the season. (Now, I really had something to blame on him :/.) The 3rd year, I showed up in his garden while he was on vacation and I was tending it . . . all of his volunteer squash disappeared.
There are 3 common squash species and you can grow summer squash, Butternut squash and Hubbard squash (for example) all together without any real concern about them crossing. And no - they don't cross with cucumbers and melons. This all doesn't make much difference unless you want to save seed. OR, volunteers show up in the squash patch and - then - you are in trouble!
Steve
Your picture made me think of a cross because you have a pumpkin and zucchini this year. All of these, pumpkin, zucchini and spaghetti are Cucurbita pepo. Smileyfacecat's suggestion of a Ronde de Nice Squash is one too!
That just about covers the field for Cucurbita pepo. Most are summer squash and then, kind of remarkably, jack o'lantern pumpkins. And, they all cross-pollinate.
For a number of years, my neighbor and I used the same tractor guy to till our gardens. One year, I had volunteers (that I blamed on the neighbor
) scattered everywhere in my garden -- including in my squash patch! I had trouble knowing which plants I planted and which volunteered. The fruit of some looked rather like the ones in your picture but they were more like gourds!The neighbor let his grow and their fruits were still scattered around in his garden by the end of the season. (Now, I really had something to blame on him :/.) The 3rd year, I showed up in his garden while he was on vacation and I was tending it . . . all of his volunteer squash disappeared
.There are 3 common squash species and you can grow summer squash, Butternut squash and Hubbard squash (for example) all together without any real concern about them crossing. And no - they don't cross with cucumbers and melons. This all doesn't make much difference unless you want to save seed. OR, volunteers show up in the squash patch and - then - you are in trouble
!Steve
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Kassaundra
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Yes I did plant spaghetti squash and had a vine that had normal pale colored oned. I won't be planting it again I didn't like the texture at all, and I have learned to julliene cut my zuchs for my spaghetti which is much tastier and better texture. My goal is to save as much seed as I can, I thought squash was going to give me a headache in the seed saving dept b/c of the crossing.
