Gardening
Related: About this forumCan anyone identify this? It came from a volunteer vine
in my backyard.


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(22,456 posts)bucolic_frolic
(55,370 posts)but the dull smooth green is confusing. Kombocha?
sinkingfeeling
(57,849 posts)Bayard
(29,887 posts)ratchiweenie
(8,218 posts)ShepKat
(538 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
(57,849 posts)ShepKat
(538 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
(3,987 posts)Emile
(42,516 posts)Maybe yellow?
nebby70
(491 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
(3,987 posts)MiHale
(13,082 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.