Mystery Squash June 4, 2009
I am amazed by how much growth it has put on in one week. It has more than doubled in size. I guess it loves the warm weather we have been having. (We actually have been on the dry side here in Northern Oregon which is a big difference compared to the wet cold spring we had last year.)
I will continue to keep posting weekly updates on this unknown garden resident until it reveals its true self once and for all. My two guesses so far are either a zucchini or a pumpkin- but I am so careful when it comes to not letting seeds from our food scraps into the compost for fear they will germinate everywhere so I remain baffled.
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Yes! Weekly updates will be fun!
Sounds good, Cynthia. It’s grown a lot in the last week. Hopefully it survived today’s freak storm!
My volunteers always grow twice as fast and twice as green as anything I work to make grow. But they are usually a mixture of several types of squash, end up being a winter type, and rather interesting to look at.
The best one I’ve had I called a Zuchin. I’m pretty sure it was part pumpkin and part zuchini. It was actually very tasty. I’ve got a few volunteers this year myself that we are waiting to see what they are. Like finding a treasure by surprise. LOL
~Faith
If they are pumpkins they are going to get BIG. They took over my garden last summer.
This will be fun, I too have an unknown growing in my manure pile. Mine too has to be either squash or pumpkin. I am guessing pumpkin on both yours and mine. Like you I have no idea how mine got their, I would not toss pumpkin on the manure pile…
I’ll wait to see what yours looks like next week.
Have a great weekend.
KAryn