Zone 6b…recently had a tree chopped down in my back patio and all of a sudden, this friend has popped up. Has tendrils like a cucumber, but leaves are much different. Is it a pumpkin?? Squash?? Zucchini???? I’m SO EXCITED BUT UNSURE
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YourFaveNightmare
Some sort of squash/pumpkin. You’ll have to wait until it grows something to find out what.
ch0rpy
Yep a cucurbit for sure! Looks like squad or pumpkin to me, you’ll have to wait and see what variety.
Present-Frosting9848
Love gardening surprises! So funny. Please keep us updated!
traplordtrent
I just discovered I’m unintentionally growing pumpkins. Looks just like your plant
izmaname
Pumpkins
grandcoulee1955
Cucurbit surprise!
Burrito-tuesday
I have mystery cucurbits as well!!! Mine are half intentional, I had pests eating my seedlings, so I planted bunches of seeds in my raised bed lol.
No female flowers yet, so the mystery continues!🧐
TheDoobyRanger
It’s clearly a cucumber… or melon… or zucchini, punpkin, or squash…..
OkBid1535
Definitely a pumpkin I think! It matches the vines I have
Ambitious-Mortgage30
Did you chuck your Halloween pumpkins into the backyard? That’s what I did and ended up with like 3 randomly placed in my grass.
CitySky_lookingUp
I get mystery cucurbits just by forgetting which seedlings I planted where 🤪
Fit-Mud2473
It’s weed. Bring it inside and convert a spare bedroom.
SnooCats7735
You’re growing a cumbre. A cantacumbre, cucumbre, watercumbre, some sort of meloncumbre? A pumcumbre or squacumbre
kuhkuhkuhK8
*Mysterious Cucurbit has entered the chat*
BloodRed_ruby
Looks like squash to me my plant looks similar
Dad-Baud
It is easy for redditors to misguess this so stick with the vaguer guesses. As with summer squash, initial male flowers will be long and thin (edit: picture two!) to attract pollinators. Later flowers will be close to the stem – these are the females that may form fruit. I had what I thought was volunteer spaghetti squash and they turned out to be monstrous 75 lb spherical squash I was able to compare to my banana squash, which was clearly one of the parents. The other parent squash did not wait for Maury so I’ll never know. I had four of these 75 pounders on one vine and won a couple of blue ribbons. Have fun!
16 Comments
Some sort of squash/pumpkin. You’ll have to wait until it grows something to find out what.
Yep a cucurbit for sure! Looks like squad or pumpkin to me, you’ll have to wait and see what variety.
Love gardening surprises! So funny. Please keep us updated!
I just discovered I’m unintentionally growing pumpkins. Looks just like your plant
Pumpkins
Cucurbit surprise!
I have mystery cucurbits as well!!! Mine are half intentional, I had pests eating my seedlings, so I planted bunches of seeds in my raised bed lol.
No female flowers yet, so the mystery continues!🧐
It’s clearly a cucumber… or melon… or zucchini, punpkin, or squash…..
Definitely a pumpkin I think! It matches the vines I have
Did you chuck your Halloween pumpkins into the backyard? That’s what I did and ended up with like 3 randomly placed in my grass.
I get mystery cucurbits just by forgetting which seedlings I planted where 🤪
It’s weed. Bring it inside and convert a spare bedroom.
You’re growing a cumbre. A cantacumbre, cucumbre, watercumbre, some sort of meloncumbre? A pumcumbre or squacumbre
*Mysterious Cucurbit has entered the chat*
Looks like squash to me my plant looks similar
It is easy for redditors to misguess this so stick with the vaguer guesses. As with summer squash, initial male flowers will be long and thin (edit: picture two!) to attract pollinators. Later flowers will be close to the stem – these are the females that may form fruit. I had what I thought was volunteer spaghetti squash and they turned out to be monstrous 75 lb spherical squash I was able to compare to my banana squash, which was clearly one of the parents. The other parent squash did not wait for Maury so I’ll never know. I had four of these 75 pounders on one vine and won a couple of blue ribbons. Have fun!