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Downwinder

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9. Neighbor here was given some alfalfa hay which she fed to her

Reply to Javaman (Reply #7)

Wed May 14, 2014, 09:53 AM

May 2014

horses and then put in her compost. In her words, "All the tomatoes i put out this year had all this weird stunted twisty growth and I found out it was
herbicide damage and look how i got it."

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a squash growing out of my compost.... [View all] Javaman May 2014 OP

Easy, it's a volunteer! Scuba May 2014 #1

You obviously don't have any alfalfa hay in your compost. Downwinder May 2014 #2

I never by outside compost. Javaman May 2014 #7

Neighbor here was given some alfalfa hay which she fed to her Downwinder May 2014 #9

I've had watermelons come from my compost pile. sinkingfeeling May 2014 #3

Oh my Gourd! postulater May 2014 #4

Austin, Texas. :) Javaman May 2014 #5

Don't fall asleep next to it. OnyxCollie May 2014 #6

It's a beaut! Looks like haute couture. (nt) enough May 2014 #8

It's gorgeous! CrispyQ May 2014 #10

My guess is it's some type of wild gourd that has cross pollinated with another squash Major Nikon May 2014 #11

Lovely, but apparently guessing it's ancestry is almost impossible. Sentath May 2014 #12

Thanks! Javaman May 2014 #13

One could call it is a Squashmelon FloriTexan May 2014 #14

Potatoes grow in my compost pile. lululu May 2014 #15