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a squash growing out of my compost.... (Original Post) 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

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)
9. Neighbor here was given some alfalfa hay which she fed to her
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."

Javaman

(63,062 posts)
5. Austin, Texas. :)
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:21 AM
May 2014

I also have, to brag a bit, a mess of spaghetti squash as well.

this one, however, is proving to be a quandary.

Major Nikon

(36,899 posts)
11. My guess is it's some type of wild gourd that has cross pollinated with another squash
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:05 AM
May 2014

Certain varieties of squash will cross pollinate and create random shapes and colors. It probably won't be too good for eating, but it will likely dry to a hard shell so you might be able to make something out of it.

Sentath

(2,243 posts)
12. Lovely, but apparently guessing it's ancestry is almost impossible.
Wed May 14, 2014, 12:28 PM
May 2014

I link this with a little caution, because I do not know what the author thinks a citron is, but I know it isn't a melon.

http://www.walterreeves.com/food-gardening/squashpumpkincucumberwatermelon-pollination-explanation/

Javaman

(63,062 posts)
13. Thanks!
Wed May 14, 2014, 03:23 PM
May 2014

I think you are right. I'm now believing it's a cross pollination of a summer squash and zucchini.

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