I planted a dozen or so spaghetti squash seeds and came up with a couple of plants that produced these. What are they?
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Pumpkin or squash?
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If you have other squashes or pumpkin near by it may be a cases of cross pollination. I've had some very similar results.
No pumpkins in the patch. The seeds were given to me so I have no idea of their parentage.
Eutycus
Cannon
I've had several of those mystery plants show up in my garden some years back. The local "experts" will tell you that cross pollination just doesn't happen, I beg to differ. That squash looking plant was red inside like a watermelon. And the cucumbers tasted terrible. It seems like vine plants do cross pollinate.
I've never spoken to a gardener that doesn't believe cross pollination occurs.
I grow different varieties of similar species, you can get around it with early and late season varieties and the timing of sowing.
Another possibility is the seeds came from the product of a hybrid plant. The seeds from a hybrid will not produce vegetables like parent plants and the seed companies like to push hybrid varieties so you have to keep buying their seeds. I like to save seeds and have had some rather strange results. Last year I grew some carnival squash from saved seeds and the outer rind turned out hard like a gourd. Normally I can cut these in half with a knife but these hard ones required an axe. The now empty hulls of some that were not harvested survived the winter and are still out in the bushes like cannon balls.
When we've had this happen, it's been mostly with punkins & gourds, but sometimes with tomatoes, too. Saving seeds one year to the next is fun, but also comes with "surprises" at times.
Eutycus
Cannon
Yeah stick with the known heirlooms when saving seeds. You'll get pretty plants from hybrids but the fruit is "iffy".
We will see with these. I haven't cooked one yet, wife thinks they are too pretty, and we are all about pretty.
Be it squash or pumpkin both are good table fare. We lived in FL In the 70s and couldn't find a pumpkin for pie at Thanksgiving. I found that butternut squash makes a good "pumpkin" pie.
Be it squash or pumpkin both are good table fare. We lived in FL In the 70s and couldn't find a pumpkin for pie at Thanksgiving. I found that butternut squash makes a good "pumpkin" pie.
Eutycus
Cannon
Were those "squash" big enough for birdhouses? Seems like some durable material.
When I was in high school I picked squash for a couple of seasons, made $.75/hr. on a good day. The squash were sold to One Pie brand for pie filling. They only bought squash and when they ran pumpkin pie filling it was squash with molasses added.
All members of the squash family are notoriously incestuous.
Pokerhelper
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Do you remember the classic "invasion of the body snatchers?" I'm just sayin...
Saturday afternoon at the movies..... It probably doubled with a Roger Corman flick.
Yes indeed. With room for the in-laws.
Squash, pumpkin same it takes a sweet tater to make a better pie IMHO
Beat me to it, I vastly prefer sweet tater pie.
