The Mystery Squash has finally decided to bloomed since my last update. It is still surrounded by borage and I even pulled some up the other day to give it a bit more room.
The flower pictured above is a male flower but look what is getting ready to bloom here soon:
Maybe it is just me, but that looks awfully like a little teeny tiny baby pumpkin! Could it be that I was right all along and the Mystery Squash is a pumpkin? Time will tell I suppose. One thing is for sure- this unexpected garden guest is covered in flower buds right now. I might just hand pollinate the above female flower once it opens just to ensure we get to see what will develop.
I hope this update finds everyone’s gardens doing great. Now I am going to sit down and beat the heat with a nice tall glass of iced herbal tea!
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Looks like you’ve got a pumpkin to me. Watch out, last year a two volunteer pumpkin vines took over my garden.
Hi Cynthia! I was just reading your post about sun teas! Very interesting… I need to plant some more herbs!!!
Thanks for the mystery squash update. Sure looks beautiful! It’s been so much fun following your posts on it.
It is sure looking like a pumpkin. I did not even grow pumpkins last year and I’ve got volunteer pumps. Oh, yeah, I forget that we through out in the field our old pumpkins. LOL
That makes more sense.
~Faith