blissful
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This is a big garlic garden from 2012.
I thought you meant the peppers! LOLDave, I meant the butternut squash seeds. Do you eat those?
What is this that I grew/ harvested ?
This year I cleared out some land on the side of my house to make room for free growing plants (Squash). My raised beds dont really allow for things that kinda take over, so I needed an alternative.
I carefully plotted out what I was growing where. Kept track on paper. But do to the size and spread of these vines, things soon got out of hand. the things I planted in this area were:
1) Small pumpkins
2) Loofah
3) Turbin Squash
4)Delicata Squash
5) Butternut Squash
6) Spaghetti Squash
Most seeds were hand collected and saved by myself after buying, growing aand or eating one.
The only seeds that were store bought were the Delicata aand loofah, and they were bought through reputable companies.
At first I thought it was a spaghetti squash as it was similar in shape, but then it developed a pattern on its surface , and it has aa more long/ narrow shape than a spaghetti squash.
It definiely isn't a pumpkin, butternut , turbin or loofah.
Delicata's are smaller, and have like a ridged/ scalloped outer surface.
The vine died , so I couldn't really trace it back to its recorded spot.
It did have a little brother which was a smaller version of itself, but didnt develope.
Im sure I used some home made compost when planting, but I have never bought/ ate anything like that to have wound up in the compost ?
Do you think its just a genetically modified squash plant due to mixed pollination?
Do you think a seed got mixed up when they were put in the seed packets I purchased ?
Its about 1 foot long by about 5-6 inch diameter
Started off green, then developed darker green streaks/ pattern, smooth surface, and seems to be ripening to yellow.
Just curious if you guys came across a squash like this .
***I also tried to grow watermelon and cantaloup in the same area, but those vines never made it, so Im ruling them out (as they dont look like either one anyway)..
***Apple to give size reference ***